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Michelle Thorpe

Reporter · US

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Michelle Thorpe

    Alexander High School seniors take first step toward the ballot box (opens the original)

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    LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Nearly 900 Alexander High School students completed voter registration forms Thursday, Oct. 1, through a campus drive hosted by Get Out the Vote. Most are 17-year-old seniors preparing to turn 18 ahead of Election Day. The deadline to register to vote is Monday, Oct. 5. Almost every seat in the Alexander cafeteria was filled with seniors holding a pen in one hand and a registration slip in the other. They registered to vote for the first time. “But before today, yes, I didn

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Michelle Thorpe

    LISD installs yellow crosswalk signs to protect deaf students (opens the original)

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    LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo ISD is installing bright yellow crosswalk signs outside its schools to bring attention to deaf students, starting with Cigarroa High School. Cigarroa is home to the district’s Program for the Deaf. The signs are debuting during National Deaf Awareness Month. Dr. Higinio Reyes, director of LISD Health and Occupational Safety, has pushed for the signs for nearly two years. “The new signage being installed around district campuses within LISD is to bring awareness to al

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Michelle Thorpe

    Laredo food bank, TAMIU pack bags for seniors as prices rise (opens the original)

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    LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Rising gas and grocery prices are affecting families across Webb County. The South Texas Food Bank (STFB) and Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) teamed up to prepare necessities for seniors enrolled in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. Amanda Castillo grew up in Laredo, where her family relied on resources like the STFB. Castillo now volunteers alongside her spirit team at the food bank’s volunteer day. Volunteers packed items including peanut butter, apple j

  4. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Michelle Thorpe

    Meals on Wheels, Pets Alive Laredo team up to feed seniors and their pets (opens the original)

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    LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Low-income seniors in Webb County will no longer have to choose between feeding themselves or their pets through a new partnership between Meals on Wheels and Pets Alive Laredo. Backed by a $15,000 donation, the initiative brings volunteers from both organizations together to deliver more than 3,000 pounds of pet food alongside home-cooked meals for homebound older adults. Organizers expect the program to serve more than 60 seniors and more than 65 companion animals across

  5. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Michelle Thorpe

    DPS warns Laredo parents of teen recruitment in human smuggling (opens the original)

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    LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Texas Department of Public Safety is warning families to keep teenagers away from human smuggling operations, which can lead to felony charges. Investigators say they are seeing more teens recruited across the state. Within the past two weeks, two 17-year-olds have been arrested and charged with multiple felonies for human smuggling in Laredo. One was Ruben Lopez, 17, who was accused of taking part in a failed smuggling attempt. A week earlier, troopers arrested 17-year

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