DPS Briefs Two incidents no injuries in Del Rio area
DPS reports a 1989 Nissan Frontier rollover eight miles north of Loma Alta on U S 277. Javier Piedra 37 of Stephenville and Luciano Aguilar 31 of Carlton escaped injury thanks to belts. Two troopers also rescued a man from leaping at Amistad Bridge, holding him for 10 to 15 minutes until help arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Matthew Swinney
Loma Alta
U.S. Highway 277
del Rio
Swinney
Javier Piedra
Stephenville
Texas
David Morgan
Piedra
Morgan
Luciano Aguilar
Carlton
Jose Duefiez
Bobby White
Duefiez
White
Amistad Bridge
U.S. 277
Val Verde County
Residents push for road access in Cienegas Terrace
About 35 residents met at Santa Maria Hall to demand answers from County Commissioner Precinct 4 Jesus Ortiz County Judge Mike L Fernandez and judge’s assistant Otila Gonzalez. They pressed for a reliable exit from the flooded area after heavy rains, noting Cienegas Terrace has had only one evacuation route via Duck Pond Road for two decades and seeks a flood resistant road.
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Jesus Ortiz
Val Verde
Mike L. Fernandez
Otila Gonzalez
Cienegas Terrace
Colonia
Duck Pond Road
Duck Pond
Dimensions in Blue Jazz Ensemble to Perform in Del Rio
The U S Air Force Band of the West group Dimensions in Blue will give a free 7 30 p m concert at the Paul Pony Theatre in Del Rio on August 28 sponsored by the Del Rio News Herald The 18 member unit with two vocalists directed by Technical Sergeant Don Marchand will play jazz standards and aim to evoke 1940s Army Air Corps style in pinks and greens uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Air Force
United States Air Force Band of the West
Dimensions In Blue Jazz Ensemble
del Rio
Paul Pong
Don Marchand
Dimensions In Blue
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
Woody Herman
Glenn Miller Army Air Corps
Nems
Bill Sontag
Lackland Air Force Base
Glenn Miller
Army Air Corps
Dizzy Gillespie
Bob Hope
Lou Rawls
Paul Pong Theatre
Wildfires Spread in Oregon and Washington Races On
In central Oregon a fast moving wildfire grew to about 16 000 acres in two days fueled by drought and strong winds. It started near a campground west of La Pine and was 30 percent contained as of Monday night with over 620 firefighters and 150 support staff on scene. A separate blaze near Oroville Washington burned 800 to 900 acres of grass and timber near the Canadian border, destroying four structures and threatening twelve more with no injuries reported. Both fires are under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grants Pass
Ore
Oregonce
LaPine
Montana
Deschutes National Forest
Carol Connolly
Oroville
Wash
Department of Natural Resources
Brett Walker
Abducted Toddlers Recovered After Florida Amber Alert
In Miramar Florida two toddlers were taken during a late night raid from their grandmother’s home. Investigators traced the suspects through a credit card leading to a motel 468 miles away in the Panhandle. The children ages 2 and 3 were found and prepared for reunification.
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Miramar
Fla
Nora Sarria
Fort Lauderdale
Sarria
Nora Montano
Robertson
Montano
Karla Sarria
Florida Panhandle
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Karen Gleason
News-Herald
Karen Gleaser
Eva Cortazzo
Main Street
Susana Maldonado Klein
Qatar
Abilene
Jeffrey Klein
Klein
Santiago M. Maldonado
Juana Maria Garcia
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