AUSTIN (AP) — A Texas board has decided the state won't issue specialty Confederate license plates.
All nine members of the Department of Motor Vehicles board voted against the proposed plates Thursday.
The board was appointed by Gov. Rick Perry,...
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No Confederate license plates in Texas
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Kori Marra convicted on one count, acquitted on second charge
BROWNSVILLE - Harlingen City Commissioner Kori Marra this afternoon was found guilty on one count of failing to file a conflict of interest affidavit, but was acquitted on a second charge.
Sentencing is set for Nov. 21. She could be sentenced to up...
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Harlingen Police Blotter
Valley Morning StarHARLINGEN — A Rio Hondo woman was charged with forgery after police said she falsified documents to withdraw money from the bank account of her ill half-brother.Harlingen Police Department officers said Guadalupe Villanueva, 56,...
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Metal plant to expand
HARLINGEN — A local metal stamping company has announced a $1.6 million plant expansion at the industrial park here.ITD Precision plans to enlarge its existing operation by 28,500 square feet that will allow the company to add five jobs, bringing...
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UTB-TSC hosts special events for local veterans
BROWNSVILLE — The brilliant silver shine of an Army ROTC helmet reflected the red, white and blue of the flag, giving a focus to the emotions felt during a special event Thursday on the UTB-TSC campus.It was the 12th year the ceremony at the...
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Constable posts consolidated to 5
BROWNSVILLE — Cameron County voters might only have to elect five constables in 2012 instead of seven after the Commissioners Court approved consolidating four of the posts at their meeting Thursday.Within the space of a few hours, the...
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Top Mexican Cabinet secretary dies
MEXICO CITY — Mexican Secretary of the Interior Francisco Blake Mora, the No. 2 official in the country, died Friday in a helicopter crash at age 45, according to President Felipe Calderon’s office.
Spokeswoman Alejandra Sota said Blake Mora...
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Birding contest essays
Writing Contest Winners
Best of ShowJustin De Leon Harlingen South High SchoolTeacher: Deborah Vaughn
Welcoming a DaySunshine permeating through the trees Waking the world from its dreamsA rainbow emerges from a nest for a glanceProtected by...
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Brownsville police looking for suspect in stabbing
BROWNSVILLE — Police are still searching for a man accused of stabbing his estranged wife nearly a dozen times, and have asked for the public’s help in locating him.
Police posted a video on the Brownsville Crime Stoppers website asking anyone...
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Hinojosa announces re-election campaign
McALLEN — U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa announced his re-election campaign Thursday as he promised to fight for educational opportunities, health care and safety net programs for vulnerable populations who could be hit hard by federal deficit talks....
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Couple welcomes baby boy on 11-11-11
HARLINGEN — Little Jakob Rocha crinkled his rosy colored face and made some of his first cute baby sounds and expressions as his mother and father, Juana Tavera-Rocha and David Rocha, spent most of the day admiring their first-born child.
Jakob,...
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NASA engineer encourages students to reach their goals
BROWNSVILLE — Many of the sixth graders at Faulk Middle School on Friday sat transfixed while watching simulations of space shuttle and satellite flights — part of a presentation by NASA engineer Rogerio Rojas.
When they watched an astronaut run...
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Veterans Day ceremony pays special tribute to 6,200 fallen soldiers
BROWNSVILLE — In a steady stream, one after another, the names of the more than 6,200 military personnel who died in recent wars were read starting at 6 a.m. Friday in honor of Veterans Day.
The ceremony took place on the campus of the University...
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Harlingen man shot, police search for suspects
HARLINGEN — A 27-year-old Harlingen man was shot in the upper torso Saturday night and police were looking for a light colored pickup with loud mufflers and a tool box that fled the scene after shots were fired.
Police said they found Ramiro Barron...
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Wind, solar technology firm growing in Brownsville
BROWNSVILLE — American Made Solar & Wind was launched in Brownsville in 2005 and has landed some high profile projects locally, though the vast majority of the firm’s business comes from outside the county.Alex Pena, project manager and co-owner,...
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Officials welcome truck-part manufacturer to Brownsville
BROWNSVILLE — They’ve been up and running for months now, but CK Technologies finally held its grand opening Thursday at the company’s manufacturing plant in what was once the Titan Tire building on Paredes Line Road.Among the dozens of...
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For-profits see opportunity in Texas higher education woes
For-profit institutions see opportunities in the declining state support for public institutions, disappointing graduation rates, and questions about productivity and efficiency.Such schools, often referred to as career colleges, have their own...
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Facing attacks by cartel hit men, Twitter users refuse to go silent
REYNOSA — The scene in Nuevo Laredo is one that has become all too common in recent months. A headless body was left in public with the same message from the Zetas: Shut up or face a similar fate.
The killing of an apparent Twittero — a social...
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Future veterans: New Valley recruits enlist
McALLEN — Dominick Davila and Corbin Barth wanted to join the Army, a choice their mothers opposed.
To be sure, their timing wasn’t great, applying in mid-September.
In a two-week span beginning Sept. 14, the Rio Grande Valley lost three of its...
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Funds earmarked for recreation area
RAYMONDVILLE — Grant funding for the Laguna Point Recreation Area planned for Port Mansfield has been restored after being cut from the Texas Parks and Recreation Department budget in April, an Austin consultant told Willacy County commissioners...
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