Business owner expresses concerns for continued outages
Feb. 19, 2021
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KinderClub Learning Center TOO, LLC has been closed this week due to being without electricity and water.CourtesyShow MoreShow Less
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Businesses already adjusting to the pandemic faced additional challenges this week as winter storms are having a drastic impact across Texas.
“We have been without light and water since the beginning of the week, and we have been unable to provide our services for our customers,” said Veronica Valdez, owner of the childcare facility KinderClub Learning Center TOO, LLC.
Valdez is one of several owners around the Gateway City who have expressed how the continued effects of the winter storm have affected her business significantly to the point of possibly losing great revenue and causing many of her employees to not work.
Suspected firearms smuggler arrested at Laredo bridge
Feb. 19, 2021
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Shown is .223 AR-15 ammunition and a high capacity 30-round clip on a table at the “Get Some Guns & Ammo” shooting range on Jan. 15, 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah.Stringer /Getty Images
A suspected firearms smuggler who was released in April due to COVID-19 protocols was arrested over the weekend as he tried to enter the country with 636 grams of pot, states an arrest affidavit.
Leonel Avalos-Santoyo was charged with export and attempt to export firearms and ammo into Mexico.
Avalos-Santoyo, a U.S. citizen, arrived as a bus passenger at the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge at about 1:30 a.m. on Feb. 13. In secondary inspection, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said they discovered six foil wrapped bundles within a stuffed animal in Avalos-Santoyo’s luggage.