Del Rio Water Disruptions Prompt 8-Hour Outages
City of Del Rio warns residents along U S Highway 90 East Laughlin AFB Val Verde Park Estates Gateway Apartments Payne Village Hunter Addition and San Felipe area of water pressure loss or outage during a phased transition to a new treatment plant. Planned eight hour disruptions begin 7 30 a m on various days with storage advised and a helpline for questions at 830 774 8636.
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Laughlin Air Force Base
Val Verde Park Estates
Gateway Apartments
Payne Village
U.S. Highway 90
Hunter Addition Subdivision
San Felipe Area
San Felipe
Highway 90
Hunter Addition
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Remains Found Behind Suspect Weaver Home Oregon City
FBI crews uncovered human remains in an outbuilding behind Ward Weaver's house in Oregon City as investigators intensified searches for two missing girls across the street. A body was found in a shed and a second removal was underway under a concrete slab while authorities prepared to identify the victim.
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Ore
FBI
Ward Weaver
Charlie Mathews
Portland
Gordon Harras
Weaver
John Klidker
Val Verde County Commissioner Candidates Finance Reports
The two candidates for Val Verde County precinct 4 commissioner filed campaign finance reports. Jesus Cheo Ortiz lists self as treasurer and reports $500 in contributions for July 1, 1999 to Dec 31, 2001, with expenses to Tax Office, Democratic Party, Apache Meat Market, and H E B. A subsequent report covers Jan to Dec 31 with $450 in contributions and $363.71 in expenditures. A March 4 filing shows $560 in contributions all under $50 and $252.43 in expenditures including $202.43 to Quality Printing.
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Val Verde County
Maria Elena Cardenas
Jesus “Cheo” Ortiz
Ortiz
Local artist Dorcas Katz creates generations of mandalas
Dorcas, an 86 year old Del Rio artist known as Doris Katz, has a long history of giving black and white mandala patterns to elementary schools for students to color. Her free hand designs began in 1964 and span poster sizes with over 1,000 variations. She once worked in Standard Oil's drafting department and remains active in schools each new year.
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Doris Katz
del Rio
Standard Oil
Eleanor
News-Herald
Girls tour law and order program across four troops
Four Del Rio Eagle Pass and Uvalde Girl Scout troops spent a Saturday exploring law enforcement realities. They heard from local attorneys and Judge Tom Lee, met Sheriff Jernigan, toured the sheriff's office and county jail, and heard from Sgt. Dwayne Wilson and others on crime scene DNA, blue light use, and investigative work.
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Law and Order
del Rio
Uvalde
Eagle Pass
63Rd Judicial District
Tom Lee
Patti Maldonado
Maldonado
Dwayne Wilson
Kathy Velasquez-Perez
Val Verde County
A. O’ Wayne Jernigan
Jernigan
Sheriff's
Spt
Rick Riojas
Larry Pope
Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division
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Pope
News-Herald
Karen Gleason
Sheriff's Office
Danica Tipton
Dacey Allen
Uvaide
Cadette Girl Scouts
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