(Laredo, Texas)-Purchase tickets at the Big Jim’s Discount Liquor Store location on Zapata Hwy. (Next to Dollar Tree) for next week’s 2019 Texas Outlaw Fight Fest that will take place Friday March 15th and Saturday March 16th at the Casa Blanca Ballroom. Big Jim’s Discount Liquor has General Admission tickets for $15 for either
Courtesy Maria Del Rocio Moore, (Laredo, Texas)-Ruiz Elementary National Honor Society spent the day in Austin, Texas this past Saturday, March 2, 2019. Students participated in Explore UT, a day-long event in where students can experience research experiences, hands-on demonstrations, and experiments, and participate in the richness of the university’s history. Principal Michelle A. Cantu encourages
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at eight South Texas ports of entry seized a significant amount of narcotics, unreported currency, weapons and uncovered numerous immigration violations during Fiscal Year 2018. Fiscal Year 2018 began October 1, 2017 and ended Sept. 30, 2018. “Our frontline CBP officers continued to
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers intercepted a noteworthy amount of hard narcotics with an estimated street value of more than $2 million in one enforcement action over the weekend. “I congratulate our frontline officers for their firm commitment to carry out the CBP
Courtesy Steve Harmon, (Laredo, Texas)-New and experienced teachers can learn how to effectively teach Advanced Placement (AP) classes in their classrooms by attending an intensive summer institute at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) July 30-Aug. 2. Registration is underway for the 2019 Advanced Placement Summer Institute (APSI), which will be offered through the TAMIU Office
Courtesy Alex Meyer, (Laredo, Texas)-Burlington Stores Inc., through its partnership with Adoptaclassroom.org, donated $10,000.00 to UISD’s San Isidro Elementary School in celebration of a second Burlington store in Laredo. New store manager Diana Chavez and store associates Billy Flores, Catarina Herbst, Cassandra Gomez and Elizabeth Flores presented the check to campus principal Dr. Myrtha Villarreal during