One person was shot outside of Sunrise Mall just after 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening, police said.
Preliminary information indicates there was a fight among people in two separate vehicles outside Dillard’s, Sgt. Juan Lopez said.
Shots rang out, and a...
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One shot at Sunrise Mall
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1 injured in Sunrise Mall parking lot shooting
One person was shot outside of Sunrise Mall just after 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening, police said.Preliminary information indicates there was a fight among people in two separate vehicles outside Dillard’s, Sgt. Juan Lopez said.Shots rang out, and a man...
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Spanish soap opera star to be named Mr. Amigo
BROWNSVILLE — A Mexican soap opera star, Arath de la Torre, will be the 47th Mr. Amigo inductee, coinciding with the 75th annual Charro Days celebration in February.Mr. Amigo is meant to be a living symbol of the friendship between the U.S. and...
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Suspect in cold case identified
WESLACO — Authorities have released the name of a suspect in a 23-year-old double homicide of a Winter Texan couple.Arturo Almaguer, 42, remains jailed in Grand Rapids, Mich., in connection with two pending counts of breaking and entering and one...
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Man accused of sex with horses arrested, charged
EDINBURG — Authorities arrested a man accused of having sex with horses in at least two ranches.Cirilo Castillo, 41, went before Justice of the Peace Charlie Espinoza this past week, who formally charged him with two counts of cruelty to animals...
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Two men face child endangerment charges
HARLINGEN — Two Harlingen men have been charged with offenses endangering children.Sergio Aguilar Arevalo, 38, was charged with injury to a child on Friday after police went to the 9600 block of Kingbird Drive at 5:20 p.m. in respond to a...
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Officials continue extensive search for man lost in canal
RAYMONDVILLE — An emotional Willacy County Sheriff Larry Spence and Emergency Management Coordinator Frank Torres briefed news media Monday on extensive efforts to find a missing fisherman believed to have drowned in a drainage ditch late...
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$8.4M grant awarded for street, drainage projects
RAYMONDVILLE — A total of $8.4 million in “quality-of-life” grant funds have been awarded by state officials to Willacy County, and another $1 million for Sebastian will be announced on Thursday, County Judge John F. Gonzales Jr. said.The Texas...
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City officials approve controversial land issue
HARLINGEN — A second vote taken Wednesday reannexed nearly 1,000 acres of land in West Harlingen.The City Commission meeting approved the controversial topic through the consent agenda with no discussion by the commission that includes new District...
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Client unaware of Rosenthal federal investigation
BROWNSVILLE — A Nueces County man, whose name appears on a list of persons whose emails are of interest to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, said Monday that he doesn’t know anything about the federal case against Austin-based attorney Marc G....
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UPS move to McAllen finalized
McALLEN — The City Commission approved several agreements with UPS on Monday night, clearing the way for the parcel company to shift operations from Valley International Airport in Harlingen to McAllen-Miller International Airport.The switch will...
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Karate teacher trial begins
BROWNSVILLE — Opening arguments will begin today in the trial of Harlingen karate instructor Carlos Levon Anderson, who is accused of sexually assaulting three teenagers over a three-year period.On Monday, 12 jurors and two alternates were selected...
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Body of missing fisherman found
RAYMONDVILLE — The body of a fisherman missing since Thursday night floated to the surface of a ditch in eastern Willacy County early Tuesday.
Sheriff Larry Spence said deputies checked the area near a weir at an area known locally as “21...
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Sheriff's deputy flips patrol car
RAYMONDVILLE — A Willacy County sheriff’s deputy responding to a call from a woman reporting a possible prowler flipped his patrol car possibly twice on Expressway 77 at about 3 a.m. near Lyford, was ejected from the car, but suffered no serious...
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Weapons found in student's car at Brownsville HS
Brownsville Independent Security Police seized a pistol that shoots blanks and a machete from a student's car at Lopez High School this morning, a school district spokeswoman said.
Police searched the student's car on a tip and discovered the gun,...
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Harlingen Police Blotter
- HARLINGEN — A Weslaco man was arrested Monday on an attempted kidnapping charge.Eduardo Ozuna Jr., 38, was arrested for his attempt to kidnap his ex-girlfriend on Jan. 6, while she was jogging on Loop 499.Police said the incident occurred around...
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Man on trial for fondling girls acquitted
A Cameron County jury acquitted a man this afternoon accused in 2010 of fondling three girls at a Brownsville Walmart.
Jacob Valentine Vasquez, 21, went to trial Monday in the 197th District Court before state District Judge Migdalia Lopez. The...
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South Padre Island offers amnesty period for outstanding warrants
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Maybe a tourist parked illegally because he was excited about attending Sand Castle Days. Or perhaps she was hurrying to see a rare bird.
In any case, those with unpaid speeding and parking violations have a chance now to take...
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Mexico lists 12,903 deaths for nine-month period
BROWNSVILLE — The same month that ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata was killed in Santa María Del Rio in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, 25 other people died in the state as rival drug cartels battled for control of trafficking routes.They are...
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East Morrison Road could open to traffic early next week
BROWNSVILLE — Try driving east on Morrison Road from Pablo Kisel to Paredes Line Road and you might get a traffic ticket.Officials said the road — years in the making — is not yet open to traffic as workers put the final touches on the...
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