On April 11, 2026 Del Rio Police Officer Alexis Ramos was shot and injured while responding to a call in the 900 block of E 10th St. Since then, the Del Rio Community has been sharing their thoughts on how the City of Del Rio pays, recruits, and keeps our first responders. The shooting started an online conversation with residents, current, retired, and former police officers all concerned that the department’s pay scale isn’t competitive enough.
House Democrats will move to expel Republican Rep. Tony Gonzalez from office next week, according to a report from Axios. Gonzalez, whose vast 23rd Congressional District includes Del Rio, is already under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for his admitted affair with a staffer.
At 9:08 p.m. Tuesday, after nearly two hours of deliberations in executive session, Mayor Al Arreola called the meeting back to order and announced that no actions had taken place under clauses a, b, and c.
At least one gunshot fired when a human trafficker refused to stop at a Border Patrol checkpoint north of Del Rio on HWY 277 late Thursday evening
The City of Del Rio has announced a special meeting to pass resolutions appointing an Interim City Manager and Interim City Attorney on Wednesday March 4th.
Two essential roles in Del Rio’s government turned vacant overnight. In surprise decisions by city council, the city attorney and city manager were permanently removed from their seats in the final minutes of a 5-hour meeting Tuesday evening.
U.S. Representative Tony Gonzales, whose 23rd Congressional District stretches from San Antonio through Del Rio to El Paso, said yesterday that he will not resign amid mounting evidence of an affair with a staffer, who died by suicide in Uvalde in 2025, and internal pressure from his own party.
On January 7, 2026, at approximately 12:16 p.m., the Del Rio Police Department responded to Ceniza Hills Elementary School regarding an outcry of physical abuse involving a student.