Brown calls TABS scores unacceptable in district report
San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated ISD official Joe Brown criticizes Texas Assessment of Basic Skills results as unacceptable and outlines plans for curriculum focus. He notes funding shifts, building needs, and aims for a core language arts math science and social studies program while addressing disparities and aligning with area and national averages.
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del Rio
Joe Brown
San Felipe del Rio Consolidated Independent School
Brown
Del Rio man to stand trial in Gibson's robbery
Armando Lomas 21, indicted for Del Rio’s first 1980 murder, is set for 9 a.m. Monday in 63rd District Court in connection with the December 1979 Gibson's Discount Center robbery and the March 9 shooting death of Ruben Lara. He allegedly cut a Gib son’s employee during the escape and fled on foot after waving a knife. Police arrested him blocks from the store. he previously was free on a $15,000 bond. Also slated this week are Don and T L Steward for the April 3 murder of Raymond Kennedy, and Daniel Rivas III for welfare fraud theft over $200.
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Armando Lomas
Gibson's Discount Center
Ave
F. Lomas
Val Verde County
Ruben Homero Lara
63Rd District Court
Gibson's
Defendent
San Felipe Ave
Lomas
del Rio
Lara
Water Ave
Margarita Avenue
Don L. Steward
T.L. Steward
McCamey
Raymond R. “Slick” Kennedy
Don Steward
Del Rio summer workshop canceled due to low registration
Del Rio High School canceled a two day summer homemaking workshop on convenience cookery and food processors. Instructors cited too few registrations for the free class. Other community events include a car wash to raise church funds and a yard sale to support scholarships.
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del Rio High School
Assaults in Del Rio Parks Reported on Thursday
Police investigate two park attacks in Del Rio. Duane Sheppard was assaulted at Lion's Park around 2 p.m. near 100 Bridge St. Later, Nicholas Cantu reported being attacked by two men in Poplar Park on East Garza St about 9:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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Duane Sheppard
Lion's Park
Sheppard
Bridge St
Poplar Park
East Garza Street
Nicholas Cantu
Albert St
Del Rio Weather Update With Record Heat Ties
Del Rio and vicinity forecast partly cloudy and hot with an overnight low in the upper 70s. Today and Saturday near 105 degree highs with southeast winds 10 to 20 mph this afternoon easing to about 10 mph tonight. June 19 and 20 records note 105 degree highs, first set in 1951, rainfall year to date 6.87 inches, below normal by 0.85 inches. Sunset 8:46 p.m. Sunrise 6:44 a.m.
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del Rio
Amistad measurements show small declines across index data
Today's index reports Amistad elevation at 1107.33 feet, down 0.12 from Thursday. Dam depth at 208.33 feet, storage 2,972,365 acre feet, surface 58,371 acres, and downstream flow steady at 4,200 cfs.
Vandals Cause Over $600 In Del Rio Area Damage
Reports show three vandalism incidents totaling about $600 in Del Rio area damage. Glass and windows were broken at Del Rio Glass Co. and Al’s Pak N Snak Drive In, with eight school windows at Seventh Grade campus and a rock throwing incident at 1512 W Martin St under investigation.
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First St
Pak ‘N’ Snak
Bedell Ave
San Felipe del Rio Consolidated Independent School District
Robert Zaragoza
Water Ave
Lions hear Jim Lowe at Del Rio meeting Thursday
News-Herald report covers Jim Lowe, president of the Val Verde Archeological Society, speaking to the Del Rio Lions Club at San Felipe Country Club after two juniors were inducted. New members Waylon Cowan inducted Mike Healy and Daryle Allsdredge, sponsored by Terry Crawford and Tom Swinson.
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Val Verde County Archeology Society
Val Verde
Probation, pretrial hearings set in Del Rio area cases
A Ciudad Acuna man Jose Guadalupe Cedillo Guadarrama 31 faces a probation hearing before U S District Judge D W Suttle Tuesday at 11 a m after a March 28 conviction for conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute and a four year sentence with five years of special parole. Other Del Rio defendants Juan Ramirez Bocanegra 34 Thelma Kiniskey 36 and Clelia Delgado 32 are set for a 2 p m Monday pretrial conference on conspiracy aiding and abetting illegal transportation of aliens. Estanislado Rangel Genera Candulario Arnoldo Gonzalez Copado 25 and Salvador Sanchez Ojeda 19 also have 2 p m pretrial conferences on conspiracy to transport aliens illegally. Sarah Mitchell is to be sentenced Tuesday at 9 30 a m by U S Judge Suttle in a separate case of aiding and abetting illegal transportation of an alien. A show cause hearing with IRS officer Charles E Hurst and the United States versus Gravis Ray Bibb is set for Tuesday at 2 p m, with forfeiture hearings scheduled for 9 30 a m and 2 p m Wednesday.
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Mexico
U.S
D.W. Suttle
U.S. District Court
Jose Guadalupe
Cedillo Guadarrama
Juan Ramirez Bocanegra
Thelma Kiniskey
Joe
Water pressure fixes planned for Buena Vista area
Del Rio councilman Don Ellis reports District 2 water pressure drop due to pump and casing at the north side water well. A rush order with Culbertson Roy Pumps and Wet Service is placed, with parts expected to arrive and repairs completed early next week.
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District 2
del Rio
Don Ellis
Ellis
Culbertson Roy
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