New Military Signs at Veterans Park
New military signs were unveiled on Friday, May 27 at the Veterans Park located on Alto Street. The signs were unveiled in honor of Memorial Day by city officials and veterans.
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City of Alice gains three additional Certified Fire Inspectors
For the first time in the history of the city, the Alice Fire Department now has four certified fire inspectors- an increase from just one certified fire inspector. Three Alice firefighters recently earned a Certification from the Texas Commission on Fire Protection as Certified Fire Inspectors.
Benavides Field Day
BENAVIDES - Benavides Elementary students participated in several games in the Field Day activities on Thursday morning. Students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.
South Texas responses to tragedy in Uvalde
School districts, cities and law enforcement are collaborating in South Texas to ease South Texas residents after the tragic events in Ulvade on Tuesday that left 19 children and two adults dead. “The Alice Police Department and the Jim Wells County Sheriff’s Department extends their most heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of (Tuesday’s) tragedy and senseless act in Uvalde, Texas.
Community Resources
Domestic Violence Support Groups • Domestic Violence Support Groups are now forming. For information call the Women’s Shelter — The Purple Door, outreach office in Alice Texas at 664-8598.
O’Rourke interrupts Texas school shooting news conference, confronts Gov. Abbott
Democratic candidate for Texas governor Robert (Beto) O’Rourke on Wednesday interrupted a news conference in Uvalde, Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott was providing an update on the Robb Elementary School shooting that killed 21 people.
Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman’s rampage killed 19 children and two teachers, witnesses said Wednesday, as investigators worked to track the massacre that lasted upwards of 40 minutes and ended when the 18-year-old shooter was killed by a Border Patrol team.
San Diego Councilwoman’s son arrested in connection with shooting teenager
SAN DIEGO - Investigators with the Duval County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a shooting that occurred Tuesday evening on the 300 block of West St. Joseph Street that sent a teenager to the hospital.
Alice HS student detained for terroristic threat against campus
All threats to school districts around the nation are being taken seriously and investigating. Law enforcement entities and school districts are seeing a spike in calls for threats.
Police operation arrests man with stolen items hidden in infant carrier
Amado Sanchez Different law enforcement operations are being conducted around Alice to deter crime especially in parking lots. Recently, Alice police were stationed at a business parking lot on the 2700 block of East Main when they observed a man, later identified as 41-yearold Amado Sanchez, exit a vehicle with an infant carrier and enter the business.