News & Politics
June 12, 2021
What Webb County’s Medical Examiner Has Learned From the Dead
Along the border, forensic experts such as Corinne Stern have dealt with a surge in migrant deaths during the Biden administration.
Laredo
Health
May 20, 2020
The Dr. Fauci of South Texas
Laredo cardiologist Ricardo Cigarroa is on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis, making house calls and “dealing hard doses of truth.”
Politics & Policy
February 27, 2020
Henry Cuellar’s Constituents Are Restless, But Are They Ready for AOC Ally Jessica Cisneros?
Voters in the Laredo-based border district will choose between the eight-term conservative Democrat and a young, progressive immigration attorney who is running an unabashedly left-wing campaign.
Tacos
January 14, 2020
Taco of the Week: The Robert Special at Los Jacales in Laredo
At this mainstay, a flaky flour tortilla is the foundation of a smoked brisket breakfast taco—or, rather, a mariachi—that's one of the best in the state.
True Crime
December 14, 2017
For Lagordiloca, Live-Streaming Crime Scenes Is Just a Night’s Work
Priscilla Villarreal doesn’t work for the local news in Laredo—but for her 80,000 Facebook followers, that doesn’t matter.
The Daily Post
July 27, 2015
Dear Mr. Trump: The Border’s Business Benefits You Probably Didn’t See
The U.S.-Mexico border provides plenty of economic benefits for Texas cities. Trump doesn’t want to see that.
Health
April 8, 2015
The Most Walkable Cities in Texas
Houston, Dallas, and … Laredo?
News & Politics
April 8, 2014
Who Will Watch the Watchers?
Heightened security measures along the border—including a dramatic increase in personnel and highly sophisticated military equipment—have made that part of our state resemble a war zone. As violent clashes with Mexican citizens increase, a crucial question emerges: Who will hold the U.S. Border Patrol accountable?
Business
January 21, 2013
Laredoans Love Sweat Suits
The Texas border city sneaks onto a list of consumer markets that buy the most "sweats and sweat items" each year.
Business
January 21, 2013
Laredo Dentist Tries Hand at Plastic Surgery and Lying to Medicaid
A dentist who previously dabbled in unlicensed plastic surgery, pleaded guilty to making false statements to Texas Medicaid about procedures he conducted while he was on vacation out of state.
January 21, 2013
DEA Sting Nets American Soldiers Who Agreed to Kill for Zetas, Officials Say
Three men allegedly agreed to a murder-to-hire plot proposed by DEA agents posing as members of the Los Zetas cartel.
January 21, 2013
Kentucky Man Defends Laredo
After an angry Laredo transplant uploaded a hateful YouTube video blasting the city, Jack Strunk, a former Laredoan, posted his own video defending the border town. Now, he's being given the keys to the city.
The Culture
January 20, 2013
76–100
From the Great Storm washing ashore in Galveston to Charles Elmer Doolin cooking up the frito in San Antonio
The Culture
January 20, 2013
76–100
From the Great Storm washing ashore in Galveston to Charles Elmer Doolin cooking up the frito in San Antonio
Food & Drink
January 20, 2013
Let’s Have Mex-Tex
Where’s the best place to get a perfect plate of enchiladas? A chile relleno to die for? A salsa you’ll never forget? Come along on our tour of the fifty greatest Mexican restaurants in Texas, from Hugo’s, in Houston, to Tacos Santa Cecilia, in El Paso. This is not your
John Phillip Santos
January 20, 2013
Two Burials
Today my grandfather is buried in a family plot in Laredo. But to understand who he was and what his family was like, you have to know the story of his first burial, seventy miles away and nearly twenty years earlier.
Texas History
January 20, 2013
“Beldades” of the Ball
Every February, on the weekend of Presidents’ Day, the daughters of Laredo’s most prominent families are presented to society in dresses that cost $20,000 or more at a colonial pageant that is the party of the year.
February 8, 2012
Racist Video Enrages Laredo
The racist YouTube rant of a Colorado transplant to Laredo has the city's residents seeing red.
News & Politics
October 31, 2010
Back to the Future
A trip through South Texas in search of the ghosts of borders past—and a vision for what comes next.
Books
March 1, 2010
Read It and Weep
The closings of bookstores in San Antonio and Laredo leave a void that can’t be filled with a Kindle.
Feature
March 31, 2008
Child’s Play
Summer vacation is right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean you should panic. We’ve rounded up 68 of our favorite things to do with your toddlers, teens, and every kid in between. Dance the hokey pokey. Rope a horse. Eat way too many hot dogs. Zip down a waterslide.
Critters
January 1, 2008
Fred Garza, Tick Rider
Garza was born and raised in Webb County. For the past fifteen years, he has been an inspector with the Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program, a mounted patrol started by the USDA in 1906.A tick rider patrols the border, the Rio Grande River, on horseback every day. Our job is
Politics & Policy
May 31, 2006
Betty Flores
“We don’t look at color, we don’t look at religion, we don’t look at economic means. Laredo is a real laid-back, accept-everybody kind of place.”
Politics & Policy
January 1, 2001
Numbers Game
Inside the election's numbers.