Culture
John Adams Jr.: how an American conservative built a fortune in revolution-racked Mexico
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From San Diego, Texas to a front row seat at the Mexican Revolution, Buckley Sr. played a hand in the country’s nascent oil industry
Community
Ceremony of the 1864 Battle of Laredo historic marker set for Sat., March 25
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Public invited to unveiling at 100 Market St.
Culture
Friendship binds new ‘Ways of Seeing’ art exhibit shared at TAMIU CFPA Gallery and Laredo Center for the Arts
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A remarkable and enduring friendship anchors a historic bridged art exhibition that spans two art spaces.
Culture
A brief history of the Flor de Noche Buena
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It was named in 1836 for U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Joel Robert Poinsett
Commentary & Opinion
Elected drivellers Trump, Cruz, Paxton, Patrick, and their Laredo imitators and inferiors care little of citizens’ prosperity; their focus is reelection
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The ludicrous statements of Laredo’s Republican “leadership” inanely parroting propaganda is shameful, but not as senseless as the silence of eligible Webb County citizens not voting
Commentary & Opinion
Crime Scene Confessions: Trump and his incompetent attorneys planned to overthrow the government by violent insurrection; if all you watch is Fox News, then you would not know anything
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Currently under five criminal and civil investigations, he has announced his candidacy for the presidency; he has pled the 5th 440 times – a first for any president, former or present
Government and Politics
2022 Election Guide for City races features Q & A with candidates for Mayor and four Council seats
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History will make note if the electorate seized this important moment to elect five sound members who can begin the work of restoring decorum, morale, and the public trust
Culture
Laredo Electric Railway Company (LERyCo): first electric street railway west of the Mississippi River
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Service began Jan. 27, 1890; ended in 1935
Many Texas rivers were named by the first Spanish explorers
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Names often relative to characteristics of the river, what grew along its banks; others named in homage to religious figures