By Karen Rosen RIO DE JANEIRO – Simone Biles discovered there’s actually a drawback to having more than one Olympic gold medal. After Biles won team and all-around gold medals at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, she and teammate Aly Raisman, who has a gold and a silver, wore their…

(Press Release) Today, Hillary Clinton released her 2015 personal tax return and Senator Tim Kaine and his wife Anne Holton released 10 years of their returns. “Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine continue to set the standard for financial transparency as she releases her 2015 personal tax return and builds on…

By Nick McCarvel RIO DE JANEIRO – Halfway through the women’s all-around final, Simone Biles was in an unfamiliar, unthinkable place: Second place, that is. But Biles, the three-time reigning world champion and heavy favorite for Olympic gold, steadied herself with the sturdiest – and icy-cool – balance beam routine,…

By Vicki Michaelis RIO DE JANEIRO – Michael Phelps used to do this as if he were a metronome: Swim fast, climb quickly out of the pool, don podium gear, listen to national anthem with game face on, wave to crowd. Repeat. This week at Olympic Aquatics Stadium, the swims…

By Peggy Shinn RIO DE JANEIRO — It was a good day for women named Simone at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. A few hours after Simone Biles won an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics, Simone Manuel dove into the pool and won a gold of her own. The 20-year-old…

2016-17 Licenses on Sale Starting Monday, Aug. 15 AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) reminds hunters and anglers that the new 2016-2017 licenses go on sale Monday. All current year Texas hunting and fishing licenses (except year-to-date fishing licenses) expire Aug. 31. Every year, the department issues…

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Aug. 11, 2016 Texas Democrats are being told they have their “greatest opportunities in a generation” this November with Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee and majorities of voters viewing corruption as a major problem in state government. Austin-based Democratic pollster Leland Beatty…

DEL RIO, Texas – The Eagle Pass South Station Border Patrol Explorers Post 925 competed in the John Sartain Memorial Explorer Competition in Corpus Christi. “The Border Patrol Explorer Program brings a wide range of benefits to our youth, families and communities,” said Del Rio Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent…

by Khorri Atkinson, The Texas Tribune Aug. 11, 2016 A former national security aide to President George W. Bush says Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has shown no interest in “learning the responsible behavior of a statesman” and warned that the GOP standard-bearer would risk the country’s national security and…

(Press Release) In Del Rio today, the Federal Grand Jury returned a superseding indictment adding new charges against two former Crystal City, TX, officials announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division. In February 2016, the federal grand jury indicted…