Courtesy Rafael Benavides,  LAREDO, Texas—The Laredo Book Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary on Saturday, December 14, 2019. The annual event promotes reading and instills enthusiasm for literature, authors, and the arts. Through puppet shows, author readings, literary mascots, workshops, and crafts, the community comes together to enjoy what is best about literature and books. Over

Courtesy Isabel Sosa,  LAREDO, Texas—While many were enjoying their Thanksgiving holiday weekend, vandals had other ideas in mind. Vandal(s) were out spray-painting graffiti over the newly painted cement hills at North Central Park. Parks and Recreation maintenance crews discovered the graffiti cement hills early morning on Monday, December 2. Volunteers from the Return of the

Courtesy  Isabel Sosa LAREDO, Texas—The City of Laredo will commence a parking enforcement initiative this week in Central-East Laredo, in the area between the following streets: Creekside, Towne East, Woodlands, San Jose, Heritage and Ponderosa. The initiative consists on enforcing city ordinances related to parking violations across the city by issuing parking tickets and educating

Courtesy Isabel Sosa, LAREDO, Texas— The City of Laredo Tax Department wants all property owners to be advised of their option to pay 2019 Property Taxes in two equal installments without penalty and interest by paying the first half on or before December 2, 2019. The second half payment will be due on June 30, 2020.

Courtesy Karen Garza, LAREDO, Texas – The City of Laredo Solid Waste Department will be providing residents across the city with a free big and bulky items collection service beginning on Wednesday, November 20 until December 18, 2019. The Solid Waste Department will pick up bulky items on specific days according to ZIP codes. Please see

Courtesy Rafael Benavides, LAREDO, Texas – City of Laredo Co-Interim City Managers Rosario Cabello and Robert Eads today announced Juan J. Gomez, Jr. as permanent director of the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, effectively immediately. Mr. Gomez was appointed as interim department director on August 6, 2019. He has been with the City of Laredo for

Courtesy Karen Garza, LAREDO, Texas—In observance of Veterans Day, all City of Laredo administrative offices will be closed on Monday, November 11, 2019. All city offices will reopen on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. There will be regular garbage pickup on Monday, November 11 and the City Landfill will remain open regular hours

Courtesy  Raphael Benavides, LAREDO, Texas—El Metro will offer free rides all day on Friday, November 1 as part of a partnership with H-E-B. City residents and visitors are invited to take advantage of the free service to experience El Metro and attend H-E-B’s Feast of Sharing Thanksgiving Dinner Friday at Sames Auto Arena from 4:00

Courtesy Karen Garza, SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas -The Texas Border Coalition (TBC) is pleased to announce that it has elected Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, Jr., chairman of the organization. Treviño will serve a two-year term effective today. He succeeds Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz who has served as chairman since November 2017 and will continue to represent the