The U.S. Department of Education today announced the selection of Amanda E. Ong of Del Rio, Texas, who attended Del Rio High School in Del Rio as a 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholar.

A gunman opened fire at Eagle Pass’ Lucky Eagle Casino parking lot overnight, leaving 2 dead and at least 6 others injured, according to Maverick County officials. At time of publishing the gunman remains at-large.

The Cody Wardlaw Memorial Gymnasium was dedicated and opened in 1951. It was the home of the then Del Rio Wildcats. For over 50 years it would facilitate basketball games, volleyball games, weight-training sessions and other needs for student-athletes. But in 2004 when the new Del Rio Middle School campus concentrated student activities away from the gym, it’s doors were chained and windows boarded --- put out of use indefinitely.

For more than a month, city employees have been waiting and wondering if they are one of the 22 full-time employees and 4 part-time employees slated for layoffs. Pushback from City staff and the City Council has pressured City Manager Shawna Burkhart to create a version of the budget without layoffs. After at least 8 rounds of revisions and repeated public hearings, the City of Del Rio has updated their proposed 2025-2026 fiscal year budget yet again. The City Council delayed

As part of an ongoing investigation into Welfare Check, Val Verde County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigators conducted a follow up interview 100 Rusty Drive at approximately 10:00 AM, on September 17, 2025. While conducting an interview with a resident of the home, Investigators observed a suspicious container with electronic components attached to it. For officer and public safety, Investigators and Deputies secured the home and evacuated the residence.

On Wednesday, a “suspicious device” found inside a home on Rusty Drive in the Val Verde Park Estates neighborhood sparked a multi-agency investigation. The device was initially thought to be explosive. In response, Val Verde County Sheriff’s Office issued an evacuation order for residents on Rusty Drive and Grissom Drive as a precautionary measure.

Del Rio News Network journalist Eddie Martinez is on the scene in Val Verde Park Estates, where authorities are investigating a...

Del Rio’s Barrio San Felipe, a neighborhood founded and settled by Mexican immigrants in the 19th century, continues a long-held tradition of Mexican Independence Day festivities this year. Celebrations began on September 7th and reconvened with a community festival the following weekend on Sunday the 14th lasting through tonight.