Help our veterans photo drive and parade plans
Community seeks 8 by 10 photographs of WWII veterans who paid the supreme sacrifice. A July 4 parade ends at Del Rio Civic Center for ceremonies and viewing of the veterans pictures. Contact Jesse Cardenas at 775-2609 for details. News also reports a Brazoria County teen autopsy in a separate Houston AP brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio Civic Center
Houston
Brazoria
Department of Public Safety
Gary Pflugnaupt
Mark Mitchell
Galveston County Medical Examiner
Pflughaupt
Houston Chronicle
Maurice Davis
Davis
Fort Bend
Suspect in officer assault charged in federal case
Ricardo Rios, a U S Customs Service Canine Enforcement Officer, is in the University Hospital ICU after a pursuit by Del Rio police. Reymundo Avalos III, who stole a patrol car and allegedly struck Rios, faces assault on a federal officer with serious bodily injury and related charges. The incident ended with Avalos fleeing toward the U S Mexico border while officers pursued across the Del Rio International Toll Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Customs Service
Ricardo Rios
University Hospital
San Antonio
del Rio
Rios
DRPD
Reymundo Avalos III
Avalos
U.S
Alia Moses Ludlum
Fred Hernandez
13Th St
Mexico
del Rio International Toll Bridge
John Lissner
Two-jet crash over Germany kills 71 passengers
A chartered Russian Tupolev 154 and a cargo plane collided near Lake Constance, killing 71 people including 52 children bound for a beach vacation in Spain. Officials in Germany and Switzerland reported conflicting warning times and blamed air traffic control for the disaster. Investigators recovered flight data and cockpit recorders as searchers scoured 57 wreckage sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ueberlingen
Germany
Spain
Agency For Air Accident Investigations
Lake Constance
Anton Maag
Zurich
Maag
Bashkirian Airlines
Nikolai Odegov
Interfax
Odegov
Moscow
Domodedovo
Erwin Hedger
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Heavy rains flood San Antonio area after drought relief
Central Texas saw torrential rain for a third straight day with rising creeks and flooded roads including I 35. Dozens evacuated as officials used rafts and helicopters. One man died after slipping into floodwaters. a boy was rescued after being swept downstream. The Edwards Aquifer rose above 675 feet as rain continued through Wednesday, with flight delays reported at San Antonio and Austin airports.
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San Antonio
Texas
Interstate 35
National Weather Service
San Antonio International
Edwards
Larry Eblen
NWS
New Braunfels
South
Huebner Creek
University Health Center
Austin
Del Rio Study Pins Limits On Attracting Firms
A Del Rio analysis by TSP Development Strategies finds weak economic development efforts and no comprehensive incentives policy. It notes incentives draw criticism and that Texas relies on local governments for programs, highlighting DRADF’s 1962 creation to supply competitive industrial property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
TSP Development Strategies Inc
Austin
TSP
Mercedes
BMW
Alabama
South Carolina
Titan Wheel International
Brownsville
Texas
del Rio Area Development Foundation
DRADF
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Jesse Cardenas
Agustin Silvas
U.S. Army
Arturo Reyes
Alfredo L. Vitela
Pec Paulino Lomas
Ernesto Rodriguez
U5. Army
Arcadio
Boy
Hernandez
Diethar Endlichar
Emergency Situations Ministry
Baden- Wuerttemberg
Berling
Karen Gleason
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