Kinney County News

On Friday, a member of the notoriously violent Mexican Mafia escaped from the Kinney County Detention Center in Brackettville, TX.

Here I was all set to light into the National Weather Service for scaring us about nasty weather last night only to find out what they really meant to say was right now.

A high-speed chase that started in Kinney County ended inside Del Rio city limits Thursday afternoon.

A proposed wind energy 'farm' in Kinney County could affect thousand of flying hours and sorties for Laughlin Air Force Base student pilots, as well as critical weather radar, LAFB officials told members of the Joint Airport Zoning Board this week.

A high-speed chase that started in Kinney County ended inside Del Rio city limits Thursday afternoon.

Shadows fall on the ground at Alamo Village near Brackettville, where John Wayne starred in 'The Alamo,' which came out in 1960.

Virginia Shahan, widow of rancher Happy Shahan, who owned the movie set called Alamo Village, has died at 93, the San Antonio Express-News reports.

Survived by: Two daughters, Jamie Shahan Rains of Brackenridge; Tulisha Shahan Wardlaw of Brackettville; a son, James Tullis Shahan II of Brackettville; eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Brackettville.

An inferno at Crown Recycling kept firefighters busy over the weekend. On Saturday, dozens of firefighters from the Val Verde County Rural Volunteer Fire Department, Del Rio Fire and Rescue Department, Laughlin Air Force Base Fire Department and Kinney County Fire Rescue Department responded to Crown Recycling on Hamilton Lane.