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.
If you’ve been needing that extra boost to get outside, here it is: the Chacon Creek hike and bike trail is a hidden gem in south Laredo.
When a landowner refuses right of entry, the federal government then files a condemnation lawsuit.
City Manager Robert Eads assured that they would continue prioritizing those who are 65 years and older.
Between Sunday, Feb. 14, and Friday, Feb. 19, the Laredo Fire Department received seven calls relating to the power outages.
The food shortage is affecting small, locally-owned businesses like 550 Pizzeria.
Some people are using their cars to avoid the cold, to charge their devices or even to sleep, but cars release fumes, including carbon monoxide.
ERCOT continues to defend its decision to deliberately shut off power for millions of people, saying rotating outages was not sufficient.
The Sames Auto Arena is accepting people from 6 p.m. to midnight and will reopen at 8 a.m., for those who arrive before midnight, they have the option to stay overnight.
Not everyone has the luxury of keeping warm, but there is a way to lend a helping hand.
With temperatures expected to drop into the 20s this weekend, both humans and animals are at great risk if exposed to cold temperatures for a long period of time.
The bust of an alleged stash house on Wednesday afternoon is just one of many that have happened in our area this year alone.
If you didn’t know, there are options to make sure you don’t pay a dime.
Patients who will be admitted will have been previously hospitalized, but the site allows these patients to have a few extra days of monitoring while also freeing up beds in the ICU’s.
The medical director of emergency medicine at Laredo Medical Center says people are delaying or not getting care because of fears related to the virus.
Henry Cuellar cited the more than 10,000 positive COVID-19 cases in two weeks in Laredo as evidence of the urgent need for help.
On January 17th, 249 people were hospitalized, dropping to 179 as of Wednesday.
The Biden administration ordered a 60 day suspension of issuing new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits on federal lands and waters, another effort to reverse Trump-era policies.
City Council passed a motion that will allow the city to ask big box stores, such as H-E-B and Walmart, to voluntarily keep contact tracing logs and to voluntarily reduce their capacity and limit shoppers to one member per household.
City officials say lives could have been saved if it weren’t for the medical inequities in Webb County.
Arrests related to human smuggling are 145% higher than this time last year and agents have already made more than 32,000 arrests in the area in less than four months.
It’s no surprise that some of the updates involved COVID-19, but the mayor touched on other developments throughout the city as well.
A local OBGYN wants to reassure parents that they are safe when it comes to delivering their baby in the hospital during a pandemic.
A dozen medical volunteers arrived just in time for the City of Laredo’s vaccination drive for those needing their second dose.
First serving the country as a Vietnam veteran and later serving the community, Juan Roberto Ramirez’s career has led up to this moment: a school named after him.
With three inaugurations under his belt, Doctor Chris Buckley said this one was unlike the others.
Congressman Cuellar has attended many inaugurations, but this is the first one that he can say he had to undergo extreme security precautions.
One agenda item on Vanessa Perez’s list was addressing a persisting problem for district seven, an eye sore from the Dellwood Apartment debris.
On the eve of MLK Day, at least a dozen people gathered across the street from the LMC emergency room addressing a topic that has not only divided people politically, but also physically.
It shocked some, but that was the goal, according to Mayor Pete Saenz and City Manager Robert Eads.
KGNS’s Ashley Soriano will donate 18 inches of her own hair, and shows you just how easy the process can be.
The month of January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, but for cancer patients and survivors it’s a lifelong battle.
KGNS spoke with people on both sides of the aisle from Laredo who made the trip to be in the Rio Grande Valley for President Trump’s visit.
Members of the No Border Wall Coalition took steps to prevent President Trump’s visit, but when they were unsuccessful, they arranged to be present for his arrival.
Some who don’t necessarily fall under the prioritized groups have been able to get vaccinated, while others who qualify have been turned away after doses ran out.
A “day of infamy” is what Dr. Jerry Thompson, regents professor of history at Texas A&M International University, calls it.
The entire nation’s eyes are on Washington, and local leaders respond to what happened.
If you’re still waiting to receive your $600 from the IRS as part of the most recent COVID-19 relief bill, you’re not alone.
City officials held an unexpected media briefing Monday evening announcing a public health order for COVID-19 providers.
Arriving at 10 o’clock at night, going to the bathroom outside, camping out in their cars: that’s the experience of many who lined up to get their dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Forty-year-old Myra Rodriguez from Zapata greeted her 37-year-old brother Arnufo on Friday at the Laredo International Airport
The small social media series has grown since April with more than 1,200 followers on Instagram and 3,000 on Facebook.
A child is taken to the hospital after she was injured by a stray bullet shortly after midnight.
The proposal remains on the senate floor, despite some Americans already seeing the money in their bank accounts.
A Nuevo Laredo dog has become famous after news spread about his touching story.
City officials anticipate a site dedicated to administering an antibody cocktail treatment.
While a pandemic may be new to the world, the opioid and drug epidemic is not.
The state of Texas shipped 975 doses to Laredo Medical Center, and that arrived Thursday morning.
The Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe has only 15,000 people left across Texas, but they continue to take a stand against the things that threaten their culture -- the border wall, pipelines and of course the pandemic.
To help offset expenses at the South Texas Food Bank, this year they’re holding a holiday raffle with a chance to win some new wheels.
Alyssa Cigarroa was the first write-in candidate to win an election in recent Webb County history.