Interview with Jessie Degollado, a reporter at KSAT 12 News in San Antonio. She discusses her family and growing up in Laredo, Texas, as well as her education at Baylor University and her career in the news.

This article is a short biography of broadcast journalist Yolette Garcia describing her educational background and career in both radio and television, as well as teaching.

This article is a short biography of Jessie Degollado describing her family and her career in journalism as a reporter.

Based on documents from the Laredo Archives, Life in Laredo shows the evolution and development of daily life in a town under the flags of Spain, Mexico, and the United States. Isolated on the northern frontier of New Spain and often forgotten by authorities far away, the people of Laredo became as grand as the river that flowed by their town and left an enduring legacy in a world of challenges and changes. Because of its documentary nature, Life in Laredo offers in sights into the nitty-gritty of the comings and goings of its early citizens not to be found elsewhere. Robert D. Wood, S.M., presents the first one hundred years of history and culture in Laredo up to the mid-nineteenth century, illuminating--with primary source evidence--the citizens' beliefs, cultural values, efforts to make a living, political seesawing, petty quarreling, and constant struggles against local Indians. He also details rebellious military and invading foreigners among the early settlers and later townspeople. Scholars and students of Texas and Mexican American history, as well as the Laredoans celebrating the 250th anniversary (in 2005) of Laredo's founding, will welcome this volume. "Although there have been a number of books on the history of Laredo, …

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about San Antonio police and federal narcotics who seized over a ton of marijuana in a drug raid and arrested a San Antonio man and his wife at their southwest side residence.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about in the love field area of Dallas federal agents who seized 5 pounds of pure heroin and 4 pounds of cocaine which they say has a conservative value of one and 3 quarter million dollars.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Amtrak officials who say that the passenger load is encouraging but far from conclusive.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a dispute over the operation of the new Amtrak train from St. Louis to Laredo which has brought legal actions in Kansas city.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about weather reports in different counties of Texas.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Amtrak inter- American which was expected to be hours behind schedule for its Dallas and Fort Worth stops on the run to Laredo because of the hoorah ceremonies along the way.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about scattered showers and thunderstorms which were roaming portions of Texas.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about for the first time in several years where the cry will ring through the halls of union station in downtown Dallas where passenger train service returns to big.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the U. S immigration service at Laredo which says that it has appended 58 thousand aliens attempting to enter the United states between February 4th and March 1st.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story on the financial problems which the United States faced abroad as a result of not paying close attention to how their decisions affected other countries.

Photograph of the 1601 Hidalgo in Laredo, Texas.

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the sports news of the day.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.