BROWNSVILLE — Rock samples from outer space made a stop in Brownsville on Saturday to the fascination of some of the 600 area elementary and middle school students who were waiting to see them.With continued hopes of inspiring an interest in math...
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Science is fun
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U.S. 77 lanes will be closed
HARLINGEN — Two northbound main lanes of Expressway 77 in the Harlingen area will be closed beginning Monday for road work, the Texas Department of Transportation has reported.The lanes will be closed between Farm-To-Market Road 509 and the US...
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Former mayor honored
HARLINGEN — A portion of Loop 499 is being dedicated in memory of former Mayor Bill Card.A ceremony will be held Monday at 11 a.m. to dedicate part of State Highway (Loop) 499 as Col. Bill Card Jr. Boulevard.The ceremony will take place at the...
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Fighting identity theft
Local police departments, Cameron County sheriff’s deputies and other area law enforcement officials will participate in an identity-theft summit Tuesday to learn investigative techniques designed to combat the crime.Texas ranks fifth among U.S....
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City pay merit based; no cost-of-living raises
HARLINGEN — When City Attorney Roxann Cotroneo recently received her second $25,000 pay raise in as many years, it wasn’t without opposition.
Mayor Chris Boswell said the city’s budget was too tight for a salary that would rival the city...
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Valley Food Bank packs 8,700 lbs. for holiday
McALLEN — Volunteers inspected, processed and packed more than 8,700 pounds of food for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at the Rio Grande Valley Food Bank.More than 150 volunteers went through the doors of the food bank this weekend to...
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HPD: Man resists arrest when found on train tracks
HARLINGEN — A Harlingen man who was “highly intoxicated” and seen staggering along railroad tracks was arrested after he resisted an officer, police said in a news release.
Police said Roberto Cano Caballero Jr., 49, was seen staggering near...
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Port of Brownsville profits from Willacy wind farm
BROWNSVILLE — The development of a wind farm project in Willacy County is proving beneficial for the Port of Brownsville by virtue of wind generation components being shipped through the port.Wind towers manufactured in China and destined for a...
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Man on trial in McAllen native’s New York slaying
McALLEN — Laura Garza’s family has waited more than three years for justice.They now hope their wait will soon be over.The trial for the man accused of killing the McAllen native began this month in Orange County, N.Y.The 25-year-old aspiring...
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Weevil war: Eradication program beats cotton scourge
BROWNSVILLE - Perhaps it’s fitting that the boll weevil’s last stand is taking place in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, since it was here — near Brownsville — in the 1890s that a little pest with a big appetite first crossed into the continental...
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Valley bus service expands
HARLINGEN — Ridership is looking up for Valley Metro and is expected to nearly double this fiscal year, the same time the bus system is expanding services.One of those is the new Route 45 – Cameron Career Connection, which connects Harlingen, San...
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Jaime Gonzalez Jr.: Tough guy or good boy?
BROWNSVILLE — Photos of Jaime Gonzalez Jr. may well tell the story.
One appears to be a darkly moody Jaime with a crucifix behind him, hands twisted in a manner that appears to be a possible gang signal.
Another shows a sweetly smiling Jaime...
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Portion of Highway 499 dedicated to the late Bill Card
HARLINGEN — It was a warm and windy Monday as a large group gathered to dedicate a portion of State Highway 499 to honor former Mayor Col. Bill Card Jr., renaming it Col. Bill Card Jr. Boulevard.“It is fitting that today is Martin Luther King Jr....
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Event draws at least 2,000 Winter Texans
HARLINGEN — A Mariachi band played “My way,” by Frank Sinatra, while singing the iconic song in Spanish, as a group of smiling Winter Texans held out their iPhones, Blackberries and Androids to record the performance.The Mariachis were a part...
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Harlingen Police Blotter
- Five women were arrested Saturday after they assaulted a 23-year-old Harlingen resident over an argument about a Facebook post, according to a police report. Police responded to the H-E-B parking lot at Expressway 77 where the victim told...
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Mayor, city manager to travel to China
SAN BENITO — Mayor Joe Hernandez and City Manager Manuel Lara will travel to China on an invitation to an economic development conference, Hernandez said Monday.Hernandez and Lara will attend the International Conference on Urban Development and...
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Veterans to be honored at Citrus Fiesta
MISSION — The 75th Texas Citrus Fiesta will pay tribute to the Rio Grande Valley’s Iraq and Afghanistan veterans about six weeks after U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq.Rio Grande Valley veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring...
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Two local groups earn honor for serving communities
BROWNSVILLE — A Los Angeles-based group has awarded Healthy Communities of Brownsville and CASA of Cameron and Willacy counties with its Healthy Communities Initiative Awards for January.The two organizations garnered the award that supports...
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Teens accused of beating woman over Facebook comment
Five women were arrested Saturday after they assaulted a 23-year-old Harlingen resident over an argument about a Facebook post, according to a police report.
Police responded to the H-E-B parking lot at Expressway 77 where the victim told police that...
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Texas AG Abbott has $12M in campaign war chest
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ended last year with more than $12 million in his political war chest, considerable funds he could use to run for governor in 2014.
Abbott said in a filing with the Texas Ethics Commission on...
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