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Five busted Lawmen arrest 5 suspects, seize drugs By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ THE ZAPATA TIMES
The narcotics taskforce unit arrested five suspected street level dealers and seized contraband during a four-week period, authorities announced Tuesday. “The Zapata County Sheriff ’s narcotics taskforce unit’s hard work and dedication paid off,” stated Sheriff ’s Office Chief Deputy Raymundo Del
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Bosque Jr. Authorities said the first incident occurred Aug. 29. At 11:30 a.m., the narcotics unit said they received consent to
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search a home in the intersection of 16th Street and Roma Avenue.
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Authorities arrested two suspects and seized 372 in cash and 30.8 grams of crack cocaine from a house in the 800 block of Villa Avenue on Sept. 18.
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HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
ABORTION SERVICES
RESTORATION OBSTACLES
Tough law heads to Supreme Court Legislation has forced most abortion clinics to close By DAVID CRARY AND JUAN CARLOS LLORCA ASSOCIATED PRESS
Photo by Bob Owen | San Antonio Express-News
Randi Teaff, office manager for Hoover Construction Co., tries to make out letters on the wall on the second floor of the old Santa Monica Hotel on Aug. 20, in San Antonio. Randall K. Hoover had been hesitant to put money into the battered Santa Monica Hotel, which he’s owned since the late 1990s, because it’s located in a sketchy neighborhood.
Bid to restore blighted properties raises concerns By BENJAMIN OLIVO SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
SAN ANTONIO — Randall K. Hoover had been hesitant to put money into the battered Santa Monica Hotel, which he’s owned since the late 1990s, because it’s located in a sketchy neighborhood.
Though it’s a historic district, Cattleman Square on the near West Side is home to many blighted buildings, including the hollowed-out Santa Monica. Buildings that sit idle until they start to decay are common throughout the downtown area. Many of the structures attract indigents who hang out in front
of them — and sometimes make their way inside the buildings. Soon these properties will be the target of stricter city rules aimed at pressuring their owners to either develop the buildings or clean them up.
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EL PASO — Abortion-rights lawyers are predicting “a showdown” at the U.S. Supreme Court after federal appellate judges allowed full implementation of a law that has closed more than 80 percent of Texas’ abortion clinics. As of Friday, abortion services for many Texas women required a round trip of more than 200 miles — or a border-crossing into Mexico or New Mexico. Operators of some of the affected clinics and their lawyers from the Center for Reproductive Rights vowed to appeal Thursday’s decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans that allows Texas to fully en-
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EBOLA IN TEXAS
Crew cleans quarantined apartment By DAVID WARREN AND JAMIE STENGLE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — A hazardous-materials crew arrived Friday at a Texas apartment where the U.S. Ebola patient stayed to collect bed sheets and towels used by the infected man before he was hospitalized. The family living in the apartment has been confined to their home under
armed guard while public-health officials monitor them — part of an intense effort to contain the deadly disease before it can get a foothold in the United States. Louise Troh, who shares the apartment with her 13-year-old son and two nephews, said she is tired of being quarantined and wants authorities to decontaminate her home. “Who wants to be locked up?” she said
Thursday. Private security guards and sheriff ’s deputies blocked the entrance to the 300-unit apartment complex. Elsewhere, NBC News reported that an American freelance cameraman working for the network in Liberia has tested positive for the virus and will be flown back to the United States, along with the rest of the news crew. A cleanup crew hired by the county and state paid an initial visit to the
apartment Thursday evening to assess the job. They returned around midday Friday to complete the work, which was expected to take about three hours. The family living there will be allowed to remain in the apartment during the cleaning. Earlier, officials had said they would have to be moved. Items from both the apartment and
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