Valley Freedom NewspapersFederal officials are predicting above-normal hurricane activity this year with three to six major hurricanes forecast for the Atlantic season.Overall, forecasters say there could be 12 to 18 named storms.The National Oceanic...
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Busy storm season ahead, NOAA says
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PHOTOS: Fire at Sun Valley Motel
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San Benito’s newly elected mayor takes Oath of Office
SAN BENITO — Mayor Joe Hernandez on Thursday took the oath of office before asking City Commissioners Celeste Sanchez and Bill Elliott to “overcome any bitterness” 16 months after they declared him ineligible for office.City officials canvassed...
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PHOTOS: 3 dead, arms cache seized near Matamoros
MEXICO CITY — Mexican soldiers seized a big cache of weapons after fighting a running gunbattle with drug cartel gunmen fleeing in a 17-vehicle convoy near a northern border city, the military said Thursday.
The Defense Department said three...
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Videotape led authorities to alleged sexual predator
MISSION — Wearing dingy gray cargo shorts and a like-colored shirt, a shackled and disheveled Luis Andres Cardona hunched his shoulders and cried.
“I’m ashamed of what I did,” the 52-year-old Cardona, who gave police a confession, said in...
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In the zone for veterans
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Honoring the future
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Artificial lure convert
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PHOTOS: Harlingen High School Early College Graduation
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Early College High School Class of 2011
HARLINGEN — The first graduating class of Early College High school had much to cheer about Friday evening as the students walked through the halls of Harlingen Municipal Auditorium. Together, the graduating class of 2011 walked away with hundreds...
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RISD officials confident about 2011-12 school year
RAYMONDVILLE — School district officials are planning for the 2011-12 school year in light of decreasing state and federal funding but said they are confident that fund balances and reserves will prevent any staff cuts or teacher layoffs.Lorenzo...
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Mid Valley Airport goes international
WESLACO — City leaders holding that morning’s Mexican newspapers were beaming recently as they stepped out of a Hawker jet onto U.S. soil at the Mid Valley Airport.The day marked the first time international flights were able to land at the site,...
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Kayak fishing tourney draws 80 anglers to South Padre Island
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Greeted by the reflection of a soft orange sunrise on the waters of the bay, Marti Etheridge was ready to “take it all” at the U.B. Captain Kayaks Lower Laguna Madre Kayak Fishing Tournament.“I want to win,” Etheridge,...
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Airshow performer succumbs to injuries in crash
BROWNSVILLE — Amanda Franklin, the air-show performer gravely injured in Brownsville in March, died Friday night in San Antonio, her family announced.Her husband, Kyle Franklin, had said Thursday that her condition had deteriorated to the point...
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52 cadets graduate from Marine Military Academy
HARLINGEN — Fifty-two cadets cheered “hooray!” three times and tossed their white hats into the air in celebration of graduating from Marine Military Academy Saturday morning.In keeping with the academy’s longstanding tradition, the morning...
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PHOTOS: MMA Graduation
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Seniors at Harlingen South proudly cross the stage
HARLINGEN — A sea of green caps and gowns moved into Boggus Stadium Saturday night as Harlingen High School South graduates were about to proudly accept their diplomas.Slowly the green and orange Hawks moved in procession as orange and green flags...
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Harlingen High seniors ready for next chapter
HARLINGEN — Four hundred and seventy-eight Harlingen High School Cardinals graduated on a warm and extremely windy evening at Boggus Stadium.The students’ bright red caps and gowns sparkled in the setting sun Saturday as each name was announced...
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WhiteWings drop one against Thunder, 8-5
HARLINGEN — This time it didn’t go their way.
McAllen Thunder starter Alec Lewis pitched five effective innings and catcher Derek Marshall drove in five runs as the Thunder beat the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings, 8-5, on Monday at Harlingen Field....
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Valley’s spelling bee finalist has a way with words
By JACQUELINE ARMENDARIZ/The Brownsville HeraldBROWNSVILLE — Ask Mashad Nair Arora to describe the taste of samosa, his favorite food, and he will define the Indian pastry for you.“It’s not a sweet. It’s just a type of snack,” he said....
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