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Courtesy Will Krueger, (AUSTIN) — Senator Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, honored students from Mexico and Spain who attend The University of Texas at Austin (UT) with a reception at the Texas Capitol. Sponsored for the eleventh consecutive year by BBVA Compass Bank, the reception provided students an opportunity to interact with legislators and top-ranking UT officials. “As
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, It’s time to get ready to help Laredo’s Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Rock the Cure at their 2012 Walk to Cure Diabetes event on Saturday, April 14, 2012, starting at 8:00 a.m. at Texas A&M International University. Douglas Gonzalez, HEB’s Director of Retail Operation for the Southwest is the 2012 Walk Chair
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Earlier this month, 4-Time All-Star and World Champion San Antonio Spurs Point Guard Tony Parker recently hosted, along with his brothers T.J. and Pierre, a basketball skills camp for young Laredoans, to help promote their basketball skills to mirror the European style of the fast-paced, skilled game. Hundreds of kids came out
Courtesy Raul Leal, LAREDO, Tx – Child passenger safety advocates and any interested person can now learn how to properly install child passenger safety seats in vehicles while getting certified to teach parents and child caregivers to do the same. Safe Riders, in conjunction with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) plans to conduct a child
Courtesy Raul Leal, LAREDO, TX – Please be advised that Ballenger Construction will be closing various lanes on Southbound LP 20 between SP 400 and SH 359. The closures will take place during the night beginning Tuesday, March 27, 2012 thru Thursday, March 29, 2012 between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. (CSJ: 0086-14-025)
Courtesy Steve Harmon, Friday and Saturday: Folklorico Concerts – A remarkable opportunity to see traditional folkloric dance in action happens this weekend with the 2012 Ballet Folklórico Festival and Concert Friday, March 23 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 24, also at 7 p.m. in the Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Theatre. Admission is
Courtesy Raul Leal, LAREDO, TX – Earlier today, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), in collaboration with the City of Laredo, inaugurated the IH 35 Railroad Advance Warning System made possible by STRATIS, TxDOT Laredo Districts South Texas Regional Advanced Transportation Information System. Laredo Mayor Raul G. Salinas, who pushed for the advance warning system
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Private contractor doing work for Webb County Jail Pantoja Construction will be working along the 1000 and 1100 block of San Agustin Avenue tomorrow March 23, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 24, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. with intermittent lane and sidewalk closures throughout the
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Annual library poetry contest deadline nears The Laredo Public Library’s 9th Annual Poetry Festival is once again upon us. Organizers hope to receive haikus, sonnets, poems that rhyme and poems that don’t, all vying for a bevy of prizes in the annual poetry contest. “Poetry is such a beautiful and powerful way
Courtesy Steve Harmon, Heather Herschap, author of a children’s book that focuses on diversity and human kindness, “My Friends and I,” will lecture at Texas A&M International University Thursday, March 22. Herschap’s appearance is part of the “Voices in the Monte Speaker’s Series” hosted by the TAMIU Writing Center. She will offer a Reading
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