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Teacher held on drug trafficking charges
McAllen — McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A South Texas fifth-grade science teacher remained in the classroom for more than a month after being indicted on federal drug trafficking charges.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents plucked David Rey Ramirez, known on the street as Devil, from Rio Grande City’s General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School last week. School district officials say they were never told about his arrest or his Dec. 10 indictment on charges of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute at least 1,000 kilograms of marijuana.
Ramirez, who has been detained since his arrest, was scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Scott Hacker for a detention hearing Tuesday in Laredo. Ramirez’s attorney did not immediately return a call for comment.
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Man dies in incident at PHS campus
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Cayuga headed to state finals
AUSTIN — Coming into the Class A, Division I state semifinals, it was Spurger who was going to rely on the three-point shot.
By the end of game, it was Cayuga who used the shot from behind the arc to its advantage.
The Wildcats defeated Spurger, 82-48 Thursday morning at the Frank Erwin Center on the University of Texas campus. -
Tugboat’s calls to tanker unanswered before crash
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — Radio calls from a tugboat to an 800-foot tanker that made an emergency anchor drop and pulled a distress alarm went unanswered in the moments before the two vessels collided, causing the worst oil spill in Texas in 15 years, the tugboat’s captain testified.
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