AAA forecasts that over 70 million people will travel for the Fourth of July, with more than 60 million traveling by car and ...

As the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos celebrate their 85th anniversary, the beloved bi-national baseball team has added another ...

TRLA is offering a free expunction clinic to help low income Laredo residents seal criminal records and regain access to ...

Two smugglers convicted in the deaths of 53 migrants in a sweltering truck in Texas will spend the rest of their lives in ...

A Dallas man wonders about a long-standing tradition that stretches from Abilene to Westphalia. (But not, so far as we know, ...

The founder of Galveston's popular Steampunk Festival in April is expanding his love of fantasy themes with a new ...

Make Music Day is a growing holiday of sorts, where people are invited to play music, host performances, or attend free music ...

The former president lauded the work of Texas community leaders for their decadeslong push to make June 19th a federal ...

Juneteenth, born in Galveston, Texas, marks the day—June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, before it became a federal holiday.

Biden called Galveston "the city where freedom rang out 160 years ago." Former President Joe Biden speaks during a Juneteenth event at the Reedy Chapel AME Church, on June 19, 2025, in Galveston ...

While long honored by Black Americans, the holiday has gained broader recognition since becoming a federal holiday in 2021 under President Joe Biden, who attended an event in Galveston, Texas ...