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.
On Friday, reports of air conditioning failures inside school buses belonging to SFDRCISD prompted multiple district board trustees to issue messages over the weekend to apologize publicly and call for corrective action. At least one bus that experienced a cooling problem was transporting Del Rio High School’s “Mighty Ram Band” to a competition located in McCallen, TX. Another was carrying members of DRHS’ Queen City Belles to and from San Antonio.