Ricardo News

Armando "Tito" Salazar Jr. took a plea deal during a probation hearing and was convicted in the shooting death of Kristie Canino, 32, of Kingsville, according to a news release.

Neither Ronald Wesley Hood, 55, of Pulaski, Ala. nor his 50-year-old female passenger from Vinemont, Ala.

A Kingsville police officer responded about 4:30 p.m. to U.S. Highway 77 near Carlos Truan Boulevard after reports of a vehicle parked in the roadway.

An official with Uranium Resources, Inc. confirmed that the Ricardo Fire Department is at the scene fighting the blaze, which is being fueled by near 40 mph winds.

The Kleberg County Sheriff's Office received a call about 8:45 p.m. of a shooting in the 200 block of County Road 1040 in Ricardo.