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American Express, Main Street small business grants opening

American Express and Main Street America are offering qualifying small businesses a chance to obtain a $10,000 grant. The application period will open at 9 a.m. on March 14 and close by 11:59 p.m. on April 7, or once 5,000 applications have been submitted. A webinar on the process is set March 13 at 11 a.m. which offers an application... READ MORE >

Traffic stop nets 48 people packed in truck

Uvalde Police Department stopped an 18-wheeler that contained 48 people, believed to have entered the U.S. illegally, yesterday morning around the same time a San-Antonio bound transit bus left Uvalde with immigrants released by the U.S. Border Patrol. This was the second 18-wheeler involved in human smuggling that area law enforcement officers stopped in a week, with another found last... READ MORE >

Feds again releasing migrants here

Between 120-150 immigrants are scheduled to be released daily at the Uvalde Border Patrol Station and offered a bus ride to San Antonio. “We’re going to have to do this seven days a week now, not Monday through Friday,” Uvalde Mayor DonMcLaughlin Jr. said of the process that began yesterday.  According to McLaughlin, federal officials chose Uvalde because the city... READ MORE >