Jamie Stengle

1 week ago | madison.com | Jamie Stengle

Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the United States go back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War. It declared that all enslaved people in the state were free and had "absolute equality."Word quickly spread of General Order No. 3 — issued June 19, 1865, when U.S. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger landed in the South Texas port city of Galveston — as troops posted handbills and newspapers published them.

1 week ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Lekan Oyekanmi |Jamie Stengle

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Heavy rains in San Antonio rapidly flooded roads, swept away submerged cars and sent some people scrambling up trees to escape fast-rising waters Thursday while firefighters made dozens of rescues across the nation’s seventh-largest city. At least five people died and two were still missing, authorities said. The deaths all occurred in the northeast part of the city, where authorities found over a dozen vehicles in the water.

1 week ago | arubatoday.com | Lekan Oyekanmi |Jamie Stengle |Juan Luis Pinto

By LEKAN OYEKANMI and JAMIE STENGLEAssociated PressSAN ANTONIO (AP) — Heavy rains in San Antonio rapidly flooded roads, swept away submerged cars and sent some people scrambling up trees to escape fast-rising waters Thursday while firefighters made dozens of rescues across the nation’s seventh-largest city. At least five people died and two were still missing, authorities said. The deaths all occurred in the northeast part of the city, where authorities found over a dozen vehicles in the water.

2 weeks ago | ncnewsonline.com | Lekan Oyekanmi |Jamie Stengle

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Heavy rains in San Antonio rapidly flooded roads, swept away submerged cars and sent some people scrambling up trees to escape fast-rising waters Thursday while firefighters made dozens of rescues across the nation’s seventh-largest city. At least five people died and two were still missing, authorities said. The deaths all occurred in the northeast part of the city, where authorities found over a dozen vehicles in the water.

2 weeks ago | arkansasonline.com | Lekan Oyekanmi |Jamie Stengle

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. SAN ANTONIO -- Heavy rains in San Antonio rapidly flooded roads, swept away submerged cars and sent some people scrambling up trees to escape fast-rising waters Thursday while firefighters made dozens of rescues across the nation's seventh-largest city. At least four people died and two were still missing, authorities said.