After 73 years, the remains of a Laredoan who served in the Korean War are coming home. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that Army Sgt. Cresenciano Garcia, Jr., 22, of Laredo, Texas, died as a prisoner of war. Garcia will be buried in Laredo on Oct. 14. #laredo
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, officials were conducing a drill which caused the temporary closure of Bridge 1 ; however, Mexican officials claim otherwise...
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Check out my new piece on @TexasMonthly! What I initially thought would be a quick and easy piece about a small Laredo council race turned into a larger commentary on #border politics and #ElectionIntegrity, thanks to the magazine’s great editors. https://t.co/uiLVEv9fWJ
Breaking: Texas House votes to impeach @KenPaxtonTX, 121-23 #txlege
According to journalist @PatrickSvitek Representative Richard Raymond and Tracy King, who each represent a district in Laredo, voted.
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Deteriorating water infrastructure continues to fuel a growing number of boil-water notices statewide.
Over the last five years, 55% more boil-water notices were issued than over the previous five-year period, according to a Tribune analysis. https://t.co/ZdSMOPVCGf
The @cityoflaredo for providing services like the HPV vaccine at low cost for people ages 9-26. In the United States, 13,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed and about 4,000 women die of this cancer each year. #CervicalCancerAwarenessMonth#laredo
Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers. With routine screenings and a vaccine, the number of deaths relating to it has decreased drastically in the past years. https://t.co/f5AjyNeWKD