BROWNSVILLE — Kimberly Latigo, a 13-year-old at Lucio Middle School, was racing her brother around their home. They got tired and she needed something to drink. Her father told her orange juice would help her rehydrate and regain energy.Thus, a...
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School science projects tackle practical questions
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Red tide warning lifted for South Padre
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Health officials have lifted a red tide advisory for persons with respiratory conditions, three months after the warning was issued.County officials said they will continue to monitor red tide reports, but decided to lift the...
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Uninjured shooting victim jailed
EDINBURG — A man lucky enough to escape unharmed from an attack by eight gunmen earlier this month was not lucky enough to escape charges by authorities for what authorities say was an act of retaliation.On Friday, Fernando Garza went before...
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Health Kick
SAN BENITO — A cool breeze greeted about 2,500 elementary school children and their families for the annual Texas Rio Grande Valley Marathon Kids “kickoff” at Bobby Morrow Stadium Saturday morning in San Benito.The nonprofit program aims to...
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Officials consider revising City Charter in Port Isabel
PORT ISABEL — Officials are considering changes to the City Charter that would lengthen the terms of elected officials from two years to three and increase stipends paid to the mayor and city commissioners.One proposal would increase stipends from...
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Weapon-shaped liquor bottles popular with collectors
HARLINGEN — Taking shots of tequila has taken on new meaning.
Elaborate glass tequila bottles in red, blue and white — shaped like pistols, AK-47s, rifles, machetes and bullets — have been surfacing in the Rio Grande Valley in the past year or...
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Lucio III leads in campaign financing
The run is on for the campaign dollar, and the incumbent in the race for the state House District 38 seat apparently is reaping the benefits of incumbency.
From July 1 through Dec. 31, 2011, state Rep. Eddie Lucio III, D-San Benito, raised $70,060,...
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King James Bible exhibit opens at UTB-TSC
BROWNSVILLE — The Rio Grande Valley is the only place in Texas where a traveling exhibit of the King James Bible is on being displayed.The exhibition, “Manifold Greatness: Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible,” has opened at the...
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Hippie-themed dance brings back memories for retirees
MERCEDES — Joe Nettuno’s outfit of bell-bottom pants with yellow and red inserts, and a red, white and blue headband with strings of beads trailing down to his shoulders was much like the clothes he wore four decades ago.
Nettuno remembers...
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Official pushes for new shelter
SAN BENITO — A Cameron County commissioner says he wants the county to replace its aging and overcrowded animal shelter as quickly as possible.
Precinct 2 Commissioner Ernie Hernandez said he will urge County Judge Carlos Cascos and fellow...
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IRS warns of identity theft, fraud, when filing taxes
Maria Rojas held her W2, waiting to file her taxes at a tax service center. The recent trip to the office in her local Walmart would take her a step closer to a much-awaited refund check.Like many taxpayers, Rojas is not very familiar with the tax...
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Man accused of attack at Harlingen assisted living center
HARLINGEN — Police said they were forced to use a stun gun on a Harlingen man after he ignored orders to drop a metal pipe that he was using to assault several people at an assisted living center on Friday.
Harlingen Police Department officers said...
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Local teens serving community as flag football coaches in Los Indios
At first glance, Sal Mendoza Jr. and Rene Garcia are just two typical teenagers.
But what they’re doing this winter makes them anything but.
The two friends, who met as classmates at Rangerville Elementary, are now 13 and recently took on roles as...
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Another dense fog advisory in effect this morning
For the second day in a row, the National Weather Service office in Brownsville has issued a dense fog advisory for this morning.
This time, the advisory includes all of the four counties in the Rio Grande Valley, which include Cameron, Hidalgo,...
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Expressway lanes closed for repairs
The Texas Department of Transportation will close a section of Expressway 77/83 near Valle Vista Mall, to allow road repairs in the area.
TxDOT said Thursday the two southbound lanes will be closed as far south as FM 509, also known as Paseo Real and...
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Schlitterbahn to open Island hotel, water park
Schlitterbahn announced this morning plans to build a new indoor waterpark hotel on South Padre Island.
The company says the new beachfront resort will include a 221-room hotel, a year-round indoor/outdoor convertible waterpark, restaurants and...
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Schlitterbahn SPI to become resort
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Schlitterbahn on Thursday announced plans for the transformation of its Island water park into the Schlitterbahn Beach Resort, South Padre Island.The remade park will be connected to the former Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort,...
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County park money missing, investigation under way
BROWNSVILLE — Money is missing from the Cameron County Parks Department, and county commissioners agreed Thursday to turn the matter over to law enforcement.County Administrator Pete Sepulveda said they don’t have a dollar amount yet on the...
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Family of missing man bracing for the worst
WESLACO — The family of a man who has been missing for more than a month is hoping for the best, but bracing for the worst.Tomas Nuñez’s family has not heard from the 32-year-old since the morning of Jan. 1., his sister Estela Delgado...
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Local man charged with assaulting daughter with knife
HARLINGEN — A Harlingen man was arrested Wednesday after police said he broke into his daughter’s home and held a knife to her stomach.According to the Harlingen Police Department, Jesus Domingo Vela, 62, was intoxicated when he arrived at his...
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