Business

Singer/songwriter and producer Radney Foster hails from Del Rio. The second of four children of John and Bette Foster, born in 1959, he learned to play the guitar at age 12, living in his ancestral home on Hudson Ave. in south Del Rio.

The San Felipe Amistad Lions Club announced last month that Eunice Gomez will be the 2008-09 president. She replaces outgoing president Claudia Lopez. Gomez is a 1998 graduate of Del Rio High School and the general manager of Del Rio Home and Auto, also known as H&A.

Javier Martinez is an icon of local Del Rio radio. His “Town Talk Live” is a popular hour of talking about the issues. Or, detractors would say, one hour of local political drama. He is also the founder of the local chapter of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

If you think you have been seeing an increased number of black and white highway patrol cruisers along U.S. Highway 277 and U.S. Highway 90 over the past several months, your eyes are not deceiving you.

Approximately 50,000 people in Ciudad Acuña were without long distance telephone service because thieves had cut and removed a fiber optic cable between Acuña and Piedras Negras.

Carta Valley, a ghost town located about one-hour north of Del Rio on U.S. Highway 377, was the site of the filming of a horror film over the past two weeks. We were there and have the photos to prove it!

Among the highlights of this weekend's reunion of the 4080th SRW from Laughlin AFB will be the dedication of the Texas Historical Marker honoring the unit. Click here for a full lineup of activities open to the public.

Enforcement activities by U. S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector, resulted in the seizure of 915 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value of $732,624, over the past weekend.

Southwest Texas LIVE! is hiring for a Del Rio-area manager. Find out more here.

Del Rio’s fine dining choices are expanding, but The Herald Restaurant, 321 S. Main St., is smoking the competition with a penchant for creative, new menu choices. Carnivores rejoice! The buffalo is great, more meats and spicy sauces are on the way, and dessert lovers will anticipate a new cheesecake, coming soon.