Texas Gasoline Prices Edge Down Across State
Across Texas the statewide average for regular self serve sits at 1.33 per gallon with Corpus Christi at 1.27, San Antonio and Austin at 1.28, Dallas at 1.35, and Fort Worth 1.335. AAA Texas cites possible further price drops as reformulated fuels phase out by late summer. Tropical low Bertha weakens as it moves inland toward Mexico, bringing 1 to 3 inches of rain but limited winds.
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Houston
Texas
American Automobile Association
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Austin-San Marcos
Dallas
Rose Rougeau
AAA
Fort Worth
Brownsville
National Weather Service
Miami
Mexico
Jesse Hato
Bertha
Haro
Runaway teen found after missing since Sunday afternoon
Del Rio police found 14-year-old Yvette Rodarte Thursday afternoon at a housing project. The ninth grader had left her uncle's home on West 11th Street claiming to go out with a friend and her mother. Police confirmed the mother’s belief that a 15-year-old boy named Lupe was involved. the girl had been hiding with her boyfriend and evading officers.
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Yvette Rodatte
del Rio
Focal
11Th St
Rodarte
Martha Rodarte
Lupe
Yvette
Del Rio High expands band facilities under $29.4 million bond
Del Rio High School advances a 9,000 square foot band hall expansion funded by a $29.4 million district bond. The new structure will connect to the existing hall, house offices and a music library, and expand capacity to 200 musicians. Completion is slated for 330 days at a cost over $1 million. The choir will move to the old band hall, now cleared and refurbished with new carpet and storage, while roof repairs continue with $975,000 state aid.
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del Rio High School
Mighty Ram
Bobby Fernandez
Fernandez
Del Rio Water Treatment Plant Passes 10 Day Commissioning
The city’s new water treatment plant completed a 10 day startup test with success, officials praising teamwork among the city, contractors, consultants and state agencies as the plant achieved a 16 million gallons per day maximum production rate. The startup team met for the final time as the commissioning period concluded with acceptance of the plant as complete.
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Paul Chabot
City of del Rio
Camp, Dresser & McKee Inc
Rafael Castillo
OMI Inc
Gierer
Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission
TNRCC
Nationwide public schools resegregate by race study says
Harvard Civil Rights Project reports increasing or steady separation of whites and minorities in most large districts over 14 years. In 185 districts examined, black exposure to whites rose in four districts, Latinos in three, while white isolation rose in 53. Rapid resegregation centered in Clayton County Georgia, with South leading trends.
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Boston
Civil Rights Project
Harvard University
Chungmei Lee
Lee
Chester Darling
Lynn
Mass
Clayton County
South
Texas
Georgia
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