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Texas military records show a National Guard member shot and wounded a migrant during a struggle this month on the U.S.-Mexico border.

It’s the first-known incident where a soldier has shot a migrant since the mission began. The injury is non-life threatening.

A Texas state trooper was led on a high-speed chase after three illegal immigrants were seen bailing out of a vehicle, following a routine traffic stop.

Abdul Wasi Safi’s physical and mental health are deteriorating as he waits at a detention center near the border.

From the first transgender military training instructor to a contestant on Ru Paul's Drag Race, these are some of the moments that defined the LGBTQ+ community in South Texas.

After surviving the fallout from a war in his home country and a global trek, Abdul Wasi Safi was arrested at the Texas-Mexico border on a misdemeanor charge, delaying his chance for asylum.

The cold weather concerns migrants lining up to seek asylum at the border. Some are seen wrapped up in blankets as they wait to cross into El Paso. The same concern is also happening in Del Rio.

The looming disaster has thrown both Governor Abbott’s and President Biden’s failed border policies into sharp relief.

Uvalde High School will be hosting soccer scrimmage competition in the Honey Bowl. The Uvalde Coyotes will host Del Rio’s Heritage Academy in boys varsity scrimmage play tomorrow, beginning at 7 p.m. Coach George Menchaca’s Coyotes will kick off their regular-season soccer campaign with road action when they face the Bandera Bulldogs on Jan. 3

The service member is expected to recover.

The Uvalde Coyotes will begin the final week of their current basketball road swing with action against the Del Rio Rams Tuesday at Del Rio. Tip-off time for the varsity game is set for 6:30 p.m., while both the junior varsity game and the freshman game will get underway at 5 p.m. Following play Tuesday,

One of the first major issues the Rio GrandeValley’s new congressional delegation should address is the condition of the Amistad dam. The dam, connecting Del Rio, Texas, and Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, is the primary water-control structure for the lower part of the Rio Grande, including the Rio GrandeValley. Falcon Dam lies between here and there, but Amistad has a greater capacity. For example, on Dec. 1 Amistad water levels were at 46.7% of the reservoir’s capacity while Falcon held only 14.4% of its lower capacity. As the dam is jointly owned by the United States and Mexico, our southern neighbors need to do their part.

One of the first major issues the Rio GrandeValley’s new congressional delegation should address is the condition of the Amistad dam. The dam, connecting Del Rio, Texas, and Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, is the primary water-control structure for the lower part of the Rio Grande, including the Rio GrandeValley. Falcon Dam lies between here and there, but Amistad has a greater capacity. For example, on Dec. 1 Amistad water levels were at 46.7% of the reservoir’s capacity while Falcon held only 14.4% of its lower capacity. As the dam is jointly owned by the United States and Mexico, our southern neighbors need to do their part.

Drag queens are the target of anti-LGBTQ+ hatred in North Texas town in new season of their HBO show.

Melissa Federspill|Leader-NewsIn this Uvalde Leader-News file photo from the Dec. 11, 2021, performance, Prickly Pear Flats talent show judges (left to right) portrayed by Susan Austin, Linda Ramon, and Ellen Balke react to Alexis Rose, a character from the television show Schitts Creek, as portrayed by Camille Sanders Jefcoat, as she auditions for the role

Migrants who arrived in Philadelphia from Texas on Wednesday were greeted by city agencies and nonprofits ready to assist with services

A San Antonio man and a Dallas man are facing a lengthy prison sentence and a large fine after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Del Rio for allegedly trying to smuggle weapons and ammunition into Mexico.

Philadelphia officials are preparing for the potential arrival of 52 migrants on a bus from Del Rio, Texas, but the exact timing of the trip is unclear.

U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionAbout 320 bundles of methamphetamine worth approximately $11.9 million seized by USCBP officers. In the largest methamphetamine seizure in port history, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers at Del Rio port of entry seized methamphetamine valued at $11.9 million within a tractor trailer. “This is a massive

Statistics tells us that 2022 drought is one of the worst San Antonio has seen since records have been kept.

Uvalde Morales and Del Rio split two seventh-grade football games last Wednesday night at the Honey Bowl. The Uvalde White team posted a 44-14 win, while the Uvalde Maroon team lost a 26-6 decision. For the White team, running back Juan Alvarez scored on touchdown runs of 45, 64, 54, 16, and 46 yards, while

A small protest was held in response to the Friends of the NRA event in Del Rio Saturday.

Authorities say one person was detained after someone opened fire on three Angeles National Forest contract workers in mountains near Los Angeles. A sheriff's official says nobody was struck by gunfire in the shooting. (Sept. 29)

The two companies awarded contracts on Thursday will erect border barriers in Del Rio and the Rio Grande Valley

The two companies awarded contracts on Thursday will erect border barriers in Del Rio and the Rio Grande Valley.

For the second consecutive month, apprehensions of migrants along the Rio Grande Valley continued to decline, signaling a possible shift in migration patterns. But unlike prior years, the Rio Grande Valley is no longer the place where most people are trying to cross the border. Data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows that as of June, the Rio Grande Valley sector was no longer the busiest — a break in a trend observed for years. It remained the busiest for years until 2013, when most of the migrants began entering the U.S. through the Rio Grande Valley. Of the 203,598 encounters recorded along the southwest border this year, 22 percent of them were people who had already attempted to enter the U.S. but were turned back to Mexico.

Amistad Reservoir continued to rise steadily throughout the past month, according to Barry S. Goldsmith, NWS warning coordination meteorologist.

A search is underway for a Del Rio man who is considered “armed and dangerous” and is facing charges of robbery and kidnapping, according to Del Rio police.

Javon Rene Tristan, 19, and Kameron Jahmal Tapp, 19, are each charged with attempted murder.

Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History says a prehistoric human skeleton found recently in a flooded cave system along the country’s Caribbean coast was actually discovered and registered by the institute in 2019 and will not be threatened by a nearby tourist train project.

A cave-diving archaeologist on Mexico’s Caribbean coast says another prehistoric human skeleton has been found in a cave system that was flooded as seas rose 8,000 years ago

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Del Rio Port of Entry seized methamphetamine valued at $11.9 million, the largest in the port’s history, according to CBP officials.

It's been nearly a year since tens of thousands of Haitian migrants converged on Del Rio, Texas. Some of those migrants are still looking for safety — and accountability for how they were treated.

EAGLE PASS (AP) — A Texas pecan farm nearly the size of Disneyland has become entangled in a turf war between the Biden administration and Republican Gov.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border searched for more victims Saturday after at least nine migrants died while trying to cross the rain-swollen Rio Grande river, a dangerous border-cross[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

The bodies of eight people were recovered from the Rio Grande after dozens of migrants were swept downriver near Eagle Pass, Texas, in what appeared to be the deadliest mass-drowning incident along the border in years, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Friday.

A Texas pecan farm nearly the size of Disneyland has become entangled in a turf war between the Biden administration and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over immigration enforcement on the southern border. Hugo and Magali Urbina, who bought Heavenly Farms in April 2021, at first welcomed the state footing the bill for a new chain-link fence through their property earlier this year as part of Abbott’s multibillion-dollar crackdown on border crossings along the Rio Grande. The lock was put there, the couple says, by Texas authorities who have spent months arresting thousands of migrants on trespassing charges on private land.

Two females are dead and one male is hospitalized after police found them Sunday in an apartment in Del Rio where cocaine and traces of fentanyl were found.

A San Antonio woman was arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot her ex-boyfriend and the kids he teaches in Del Rio, according to police.

Mexico’s ambitious Maya Train project along the country’s Caribbean coast it is threatening the indigenous Maya people it was named for and dividing communities it was meant to help.

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San Antonio police have arrested a man who they say stole more than $400 worth of beer and threatened a convenience store employee with a handgun.

The Supreme Court has certified its month-old ruling allowing the Biden administration to end a cornerstone Trump-era border policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.

A Lone Star State native living in Chicago insists that only small pastry squares filled with cooked fruit deserve that name. A Lone Star native living in Chicago insists that only small pastry squares filled with cooked fruit deserve that name.

Rescue simulations at border aimed at providing better understanding of dangers as crossings of migrants don't slow down. Over the weekend, Border Patrol Del Rio apprehended more than 2,500 migrants.

A Jan. 6 fugitive was staying on a ranch that documents suggest belongs to an official who helped write the county’s “invasion” declaration.

Less than 24 hours after opening new processing facility in Eagle Pass, Border Patrol agents say its almost at capacity.

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board is on the verge of implementing Stage 2 of the city’s Drought Contingency Plan due to critically low water levels in Amistad and Falcon international reservoirs, which supply water to the Rio Grande Valley.

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board is on the verge of implementing Stage 2 of the city’s Drought Contingency Plan due to critically low water levels in Amistad and Falcon international reservoirs, which supply water to the Rio Grande Valley.

Border Patrol agents on horseback who confronted non-threatening Haitian migrants in Del Rio in 2021 used "unnecessary" force, according to a report released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Border Patrol agents on horseback engaged in “unnecessary use of force” against non-threatening Haitian immigrants but didn’t whip any with their reins, according to a federal investigation of chaotic scenes along the Texas-Mexico border last fall.

A federal jury in Del Rio found three San Antonio residents guilty of human smuggling.

Minutes before Governor Greg Abbott arrived to Eagle Pass’ International Bridge II Wednesday, a group of undocumented immigrants defied Operation Lone Star efforts and crossed the Rio Grande River into the U.S.

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Del Rio called the Jan. 6 attack "a dust-up at the Capitol," which he later apologized for.

Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio has been fined $100,000 by the team for his comments about protests in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd and the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

It didn’t take long for Del Rio’s words—uttered on the eve of the first Jan. 6 hearing—to deepen the trench for the team with the worst reputation in American professional

Spring-fed San Felipe Creek anchors the community along the Rio Grande

Stacks of razor-sharp concertina wire, or c-wire, sat coiled up on a flatbed trailer parked at the entrance of federal property in Mission on Friday — a representation of the governor’s border security partnership with local landowners.

Martina Torres Martina Torres, 85, of Sabinal died on May 1, 2022, at Uvalde Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on Feb. 24, 1937 in D’Hanis to Sapopa (Porter) and Jacinto Rodriguez. She is survived by three daughters, Diana Torres and husband, Guadalupe of Sabinal, Norma Soto and husband, Jesus Rogelio, of Del Rio

Texas officials say a National Guard member who drowned on the U.S.-Mexico border while on duty wasn't wearing a flotation device and had not been issued one.

When Governor Greg Abbott took immigration policy into his own hands, sending ten thousand troops to the border, not everyone went along.

The Del Rio Police Department is searching for a missing 44-year-old man whose disappearance poses a credible threat to his safety, according to a CLEAR Alert from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Less than a week after Governor Greg Abbott announced "aggressive action" at the border ahead of Title 42 ending, the busing of migrants has begun, as has mass migrant response rehearsals by the Texas Military Department.

Alexander and United took home the team title at the District 30-6A tennis tournament...

LBJ and Alexander will play in the Regional Semifinals on Friday night with the Bulldogs...

Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial border mission was subject to a slew of bad news this week, including a major shakeup at the Texas Military Department, whose top leader Abbott replaced.

Scores and schedules for the Calallen Wildcat Classic, Mira's Sports and More Classic and Best of the Bay baseball tournament.

The Uvalde Lobos will journey to Del Rio Tuesday to play the Del Rio Queens in softball competition. Varsity action is set to begin at 6 p.m. and that contest will be preceded by a 4:30 p.m junior varsity ball game. Coach EJ McNamara’s Lobos, 5-3 for the season, will enter the Del Rio game coming off of a 5-2 […]

Texas Gov_ Greg Abbott has ordered the state’s child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as “child abuse."

The quagga mussel — a close relative of the zebra mussel that’s already invaded 33 state lakes — was detected in Texas for the first time.

Gov. Greg Abbott will hold a news conference following a briefing about the severe winter weather bearing down on Texas.

Members of the Uvalde High School powerlifting team will be in Del Rio Saturday to compete in meet competition. Action in the Del Rio meet will get underway at 9 a.m. Last Saturday, Coach AJ Martinez’s Coyotes and Lobos hosted the UHS Invitational meet. As a team, the Uvaldeans finished fourth in the team points standings with 24 points. Janel […]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said demand for power won’t surpass supply during this week’s winter weather after a briefing with state officials.

Three people were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy in Del Rio, according to police.

No law requires that people fleeing political violence and natural disaster should be met by the militarized cordon sanitaire in South Texas.

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Jolie and Alexa about a potentially influential court case in Gov. Greg Abbott’s effort to arrest migrants at the border and a high rejection rate among applicants seeking to vote by mail.

A man drowned in a water-filled gravel pit after he ran from Texas National Guard soldiers along the U.S.-Mexico border last week, according to federal authorities.

We dive into the difference in how the U.S. handles asylum seekers versus those who cross the border illegally and try to go undetected.

Gov. Greg Abbott will hold a news conference Tuesday in San Antonio with sheriffs from across the state of Texas.

Recent reports from the Army Times into poor conditions and an uptick in suicides among Texas National Guard soldiers tied to Operation Lone Star has state lawmakers concerned over how the soldiers are being treated.

Towering above Liberia's ramshackle capital Monrovia stands a hotel that once symbolised an African dream yet today lies in ruins, a legacy of brutal conflict.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Last month was the hottest December in Texas since at least 1889, state Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon said.Gammon found that temperatures from Dallas through Abilene [San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

In late 2021, KSAT revamped the South Texas Pride series to bring viewers more long-form content full-length Q&As. We highlighted some stories that made a difference to the local LGBTQ+ community, as well as state, national and even international communities.

After the ‘Del Rio News-Herald’ shuttered last year, Frank Lopez Jr., who broadcasts as “US Border Patriot,” found a national audience.

Eleven of the thousands of Haitian migrants who set up camp under the international bridge in Del Rio in September have filed a lawsuit against the federal government. The documents filed allege physical abuse, racial discrimination and failure to process asylum claims.

Love is in the air.

Though South African nationals have been arrested crossing the United States border in past years, a KSAT analysis showed how rarely it has occurred.

The Nicaraguan government has dropped visa requirements for Cuban citizens, a move that may spark an increase in Cubans travelling there in a bid to reach the United States.

A pilot who was killed after two military jet trainers collided at Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio has been identified by military officials.

Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas has identified the pilot killed in the mishap involving two T-38 Talons Friday as a student aviator.

A pilot is dead and two others are injured after two military planes crashed on the runway Friday morning at Laughlin Air Force Base, east of Del Rio, military officials said.

After talking with border residents and immigrants, it's clear the only crisis at the border is how we're putting immigrants in danger.

Images of mounted agents dispersing migrants along the Rio Grande prompted nationwide outrage in September.

The town of Del Rio was shaken up by drag performances from their very own mayor and LGBTQ+ community members who were part of the Emmy-nominated HBO show “We’re Here.”

Congressional investigators say two Border Patrol agents were fired from among 60 found to have committed misconduct for participating in a private Facebook group that mocked migrants and lawmakers.

U.S. authorities say illegal border crossings from Mexico fell in September for only the second time in 17 months, but the federal fiscal year ended with the highest count ever.

The Del Rio-raised Border Patrol Chief chatted with Texas Monthly about the situation in his hometown and immigration enforcement across the state.

The foreign minister of Panama, Erika Mouynes, has alerted the U.S. government that as many as 60,000 mostly Haitians could be heading to the border.