Ashley Soriano
Multimedia Journalist
Laredo, Texas
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Ashley Soriano grew up in Georgia, but she always knew she would move to the Lone Star state one day since most of her family lives in the Austin area. After getting her start in newspapers, Ashley began her TV broadcast career in her last semester of college. She graduated from the University of Georgia in December 2019 and took a six-month position with Fox 5 Atlanta.
Since starting at KGNS in July 2020, Ashley already loves the Gateway City.
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The U.S. Border Patrol is finding new ways to deal with the influx of undocumented people crossing the border while the pandemic continues.
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Locally, the Laredo Police Department will strictly enforce driving while intoxicated laws and officers will work overtime June 25th through July 11th.
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City council approved an alternative incarceration program which will allow non-violent inmates to assist in the sanitation and cleaning of the animal shelter.
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One research organization has found that asylum seekers allowed into the country under a Trump-era rule has sharply decreased.
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A multi-vehicle accident is reported at Main and Jefferson just before 7 p.m. on Wednesday evening.
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This comes after the city held a press conference announcing the demotion of Karina Elizondo, who was the interim director of animal care services.
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Veronica Castilla was cast in In the Heights, a musical film that takes place in Washington Heights in New York, a film about family, Latin culture, and sueñitos.
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The No Border Wall Coalition says each mile of wall built could fund 300,000 COVID-19 vaccines or a major trauma center, and 2.1 miles of wall could replace the El Metro fleet.
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Ten years is how long it’s been since the fees for Webb County Water Utilities have been changed, but commissioners court started discussions about a possible update.
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Congressman Cuellar says the focus should instead be to address issues with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, also known as ERCOT.
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The team are almost halfway through the season, and after coming off of a big win against the number two team in the Lone Star Conference Division, they feel confident.
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The Texas state legislature passed two senate bills relating to the forced power outages from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas and the devastating impacts the outages had.
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An army veteran wants to spread the message that you're never too old to go back to school, even in your seventies.
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A father, a husband, a softball coach, and an officer who served our country... Jose Antonio Santana passed away from complications due to COVID-19, but the community continues to honor his memory.
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This year’s PONY World Series will feature baseball teams from Taiwan, Puerto Rico, Mexico and the U.S. and it will host a team from Laredo.
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The Golden Heart Project and 550 Pizzeria are partnering up by holding a lemonade stand. Although the lemonade is free, the Golden Heart Project is asking for donations.
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In addition to concerns about children’s well being, CBP continues to focus efforts on stopping smuggling organizations.
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Webb County Constable Rudy Rodriguez is donating monetary funds to help repair Fasci’s roof using donations from the Angel of Hope charity.
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Veteran after veteran spoke at Monday night’s city council meeting, making their case for why the museum shouldn’t happen, or at least shouldn’t be located at the Farias house.
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More than a year later, the society is ready to announce this year’s George and Martha Washington and unveil their costumes.
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Despite many companies struggling to fill open positions, the Biden administration says there isn’t a labor shortage.
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This particular museum in Laredo has been talked about for about two decades, but local veterans are speaking out about not wanting it.
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According to the Biden administration, 559,000 jobs were created in May, a member of the council of economic advisers calling it “historic progress.”
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The hands-on summer camp will teach about the importance of cyber safety and how to protect personal devices and information from outside threats.
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They’re offering four summer camps throughout June and July, including a two-week robotics course, a mad scientist camp, neuroscience camp, and environmental imagineers camp.
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Some say word choice matters, and calling the immigration situation a disaster promotes a negative stereotype for border communities.
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Students enrolled in the Multilingual Children’s Literature course wrote, illustrated, and published forty-two children’s books.
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If passed, this will be considered one of the nation’s strictest voting laws.
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The first stop of Bill Hrncir’s tour is by invitation only, but the public is invited to his second stop at Dosis Coffee on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
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A spokesperson with AAA Texas offers essential advice before you head out the door to travel over the holiday weekend.
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Using her love for food and passion for the craft, Chef Jesse Kuykendall outcooked three other chefs to take home the grand prize of $10,000.
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The local business says they never stopped operating during the pandemic, but now they’re looking forward to a busy summer.
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You must have swimming experience and a $150 registration fee is required, but the city is waiving that fee for about 40 new applicants.
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Laredo Border Patrol add rescue beacons to prevent migrant deaths
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While illegal border crossings are on the rise, the number of individuals who have succumbed to unbearable conditions has also increased as well.
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Water boil notice lifted in south Laredo as other struggles continue
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The college invested in the sports facilities in 2018 and 2019, which Zepeda says shows the college’s intent to continue the program... emphasizing that this is a temporary suspension, and they will revisit the topic.
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Jury summons will begin going out through the mail in anticipation of resuming in-person jury trials.
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Laredo College Coach Michael Chavez says he hasn’t been kept in the loop, but instead he’s finding out everything as it unfolds.
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According to a Texas Education Agency study, the effect of student learning from March 2020 to early fall 2020 was about 3.2 months of instructional loss.
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Construction on Ricardo Molina Middle School is 60% done.
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Laredo native Raul Sanchez has gone from a church drummer as a teenager to a music producer for award-winning artists, traveling to 25 countries and more than 700 cities over the last two decades.
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More than three decades after playing at flea markets, backyard parties, mariachi contests and eventually sold-out venues across the U.S., Astudillo hasn’t put the pen or the microphone down.
According to Fire Chief Guillermo Heard, the state of Texas denied the city’s request for healthcare assistance under the “State of Texas Assistance Request,” or STAR, apparently because the request was not for COVID patients.
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Three years and one month later, no ground has been broken and negotiations with contractors are still ongoing.
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The Board of Trustees voted to revisit the topic to look into sources of funding.
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About half of all active COVID cases in Laredo are children under the age of 18.
A former executive is speaking out through his recently published book that details his time working for the company and the issues behind it.