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2020: Year in Review - Part 1: Border wall, elections, crime among year's top stories Dec. 30, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Construction work on a new section of the border wall in Donna, Texas on Dec. 12, 2019. While COVID-19 has dominated the headlines in 2020, the year has still featured plenty of major news. And LMT’s four-part year in review series will take a look at both, beginning with the two-part top non-COVID headlines and culminating with a two-day look at the top COVID stories of 2020.Ilana Panich-Linsman /NYT Editor’s note: 2020 has been filled to the brim with notable news, an...

4 year old involved in auto-pedestrian accident Dec. 22, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Accident or crime scene cordon tape, police line do not cross. It is nighttime, emergency lights of police cars flashing blue, red and white in the backgroundkali9/Getty Images An accident involving a child being hit by a vehicle Monday has resulted in a toddler being injured. Information is still scarce following the scary incident. At approximately 5 p.m., a 4 year old was treated by paramedics as a result of an auto-pedestrian accident, according to the Laredo Fire Department. LFD said that crews responded t...

Laredo Fire Department receives new fire pumper Courtesy of the Laredo Fire Department Dec. 19, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail The Laredo Fire Department recently received a new 2020 fire pumper. The truck will be replacing an older fire pumper. It was purchased with proceeds derived from available capital outlay funds. This fire pumper will be assigned to Fire Station #11, (5210 Hwy 359) and will be designated as Unit 3011. The activation of Unit 3011 was Friday, Dec. 18. The new fire pumper was built by Pierce Fire Apparatus in Appleton, Wisconsin with input from a select group of Laredo firefig...

Laredo City Council runoff candidates report spending, receiving thousands through December Dec. 10, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 Laredo City Council members discuss expanding options for citizen's commenting during council meetings, Tuesday, Sep. 8, 2020, at City Hall.Danny Zaragoza, Staff Photographer / Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less 2of11 11of11 In the week running up to the November general election through Dec. 2, five of the six runoff candidates for Laredo City Council spent $123,246 and received $153,381 for their campaigns. Alyssa Cigarroa was again the biggest spender and...