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The Average Annual Salary in This Poor Texas Town Isn’t Even 5 Digits Long
Your very first job probably paid you more than $10,000 per year. Picture yourself, 16 years old, living off of mom and dad, blowing your measly paychecks on cigarettes and clearance t-shirts from Hollister. You were broke, but it didn't matter. Your mom was still feeding you Hamburger Helper and putting gas in your car when you inevitably spent your entire check on BS. You were just a kid, learning how to become a productive member of society. $10k a year was likely all you needed to have a little fun with your pals.
Seven killed, two children seriously injured in major crash outside Carrizo Springs
CARRIZO SPRINGS, Texas - The National Transportation Safety Board released new preliminary information Tuesday from a crash that killed seven people last month. Around 4:40 p.m. on June 6, a 2021 Chrysler 300 was traveling West on Farm to Market Road 1433 in Dimmit County, when investigators believe it crossed the center line and collided with a 1998 Dodge Ram pickup truck that was traveling in the opposite direction.
Texas man sentenced to 37 years for methamphetamine conspiracy
DEL RIO, Texas — A Texas man has been sentenced to 37 years in federal prison for conspiracy to import and distribute methamphetamine. Joseph Ivy, 45, and his spouse, Yvette Contreras, 35, were found to have imported and sold large amounts of methamphetamine, according to court documents. Deputies from the Dimmit County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) executed a search warrant on their Catarina home on Aug. 18, 2020, uncovering 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine, $7,389 in cash, two firearms, and a ledger documenting narcotic transactions. Ivy was apprehended during a traffic stop on Aug. 21, 2023, with 2.4 kilograms of methamphetamine in his vehicle.
Texas couple gets decades in prison in meth case
A Texas man will spend 37 years in a federal prison in a methamphetamine case, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release Monday. Joseph Ivy, 45, was sentenced in a federal court in Del Rio for conspiracy to import and distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Ivy...
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