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Courtesy Joe Baeza, Investigator Adriana Reyes with the Laredo Police Department was one of the 22 law enforcement professionals to graduate from Session 26 of The University of Tennessee National Forensic Academy™ (NFA™). Graduation was held March 19 on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville. The NFA is one of the nation’s premier training
Courtesy Joe Baeza, On Monday March 29, 2010 at approximately 9:09 a.m. Laredo Police Officers were dispatched to United South High School for a robbery that just occurred. Upon the officers arrival he was met by the victim who advised that he had just been robbed at gun point at the intersection of Guaymas and
Courtesy Ashley Patterson, Legislation Praised at Congressional Hearing Examining Federal Finances Washington, DC – Today, performance-based budgeting legislation, authored by Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), was center-stage at a House congressional hearing reviewing the oversight of federal financial management. The legislation calls for the nation’s federal programs to be assessed at least once every five years
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, City of Laredo Mayor Raul G. Salinas once again welcomed John Quinones, ABC News Prime Time Anchor/Correspondent, as well as City of Nuevo Laredo Mayor Ramon Garza Barrios, for a joint interview regarding border issues; specifically, the continued drug violence in Mexico and the potential threat of spill-over into Texas. Quinones, a
Courtesy Roberto Treviño, High school juniors currently enrolled at Laredo Independent School District have a one-time opportunity to take a college admissions test at no cost to the student. With funding from the Texas Legislature, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has contracted with ACT and The College Board, which oversees the SAT testing program, to
Courtesy Richard Pauza, EAGLE PASS, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry this week seized cocaine valued at $1.2 million from a vehicle driven by a man from San Antonio . The seizure occurred on April 7, 2010 at Bridge I. A CBP officer referred
Courtesy Roberto Treviño, Rogelio Gonzalez, a junior at Dr. Leo G. Cigarroa High School, will be living his dream this coming summer. Gonzalez is among 1,000 students worldwide who was recently accepted as a residential student to Harvard’s prestigious Secondary School Program (SSP) in Cambridge, Massachusetts on the Harvard University campus. Gonzalez, who will be
Courtesy Maribel Valdez, More fresh produce is being added to the menus in the cafeterias at the Laredo Independent School District. LISD Child Nutrition Program now includes herbed red potatoes to its school lunch menu for April and May. The Child Nutrition Program received 4,000 pounds of herbed red potatoes from the Texas Farm School
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, The Garcia family home was reconstructed through the Community Development Block Grant Housing Rehabilitation program. The previous structure was dilapidated beyond repair and structurally unsound. After the damaged structure was demolished, a new home was constructed on the owner’s lot. This new house is 1,165 square feet in size. The house consists
Courtesy Joe Baeza, On Wednesday, April 07, 2010 at 8 am, a Laredo Police Officer from the traffic division was patrolling the morning traffic when he spotted a suspicious vehicle with an occupant in the car at the intersection of Park and San Agustin. The officer went up to the Chevy Silverado Truck and witnessed
