Sanchez won't seek recount of votes
SAN BENITO — Former City Commissioner Celeste Sanchez said Wednesday that she will not request a recount after her Tuesday defeat to consultant Ruben Cortez in the race for the Democratic nomination...
View ArticleDiaz takes Democratic race nomination for constable
HARLINGEN — Cesar Rene Diaz defeated Angela Ramirez-Gonzalez in the race for the Democratic Party nomination for Cameron County Precinct 5 constable.Unofficial results show Diaz winning with 2,365...
View ArticlePolice Blotter for August 2
HARLINGEN — Four teenagers were arrested early Tuesday on charges of being minors in possession of alcohol, according to a police department press release.Officer Dave Osborne wrote that an officer...
View ArticleForecasters keep watchful eye on storm activity
BROWNSVILLE —Weather forecasters advise keeping a watchful eye out for tropical storm activity, even though there were no named storms in July.Experts said the vast majority of hurricanes occur between...
View ArticleAttorney files motion for Marchan to forfeit $62K
The U.S. Attorney’s Office is requesting that Port Isabel attorney Ray R. Marchan forfeit $62,000 to the United States, arguing the funds were derived from offenses for which he has been...
View ArticlePolice: Teen breaks boyfriend's nose for coming home late
HARLINGEN — A woman was arrested on assault charges after her boyfriend said they argued when he came home late, according to a police department press release. Officer Dave Osborne wrote that...
View ArticleUndocumented immigrants found in stash house, police say
Nearly a dozen suspected undocumented immigrants were found in a mobile home San Benito police believe was being used as a stash house. Eight men and 3 women were arrested Wednesday afternoon at a...
View ArticleOfficials still searching for shooting suspects
The Brownsville Herald BROWNSVILLE — The families of three young people — one wounded, two dead — continue to wait for justice in the two criminal cases.Arrest warrants have been issued for two...
View ArticleTSTC car wash event will also check your blood pressure
SAN BENITO — Members of the Texas State Technical College will wash your car and check your blood pressure. The fundraiser will be held Saturday at Advanced Auto, 877 N. Sam Houston Blvd. (at the...
View ArticleBomb squad finds firecracker in mailbox
SAN BENITO — Authorities on Thursday were investigating a prank that led the Brownsville Police Department’s bomb squad to discover a firecracker in a man’s mailbox, Cameron County Chief Deputy Gus...
View ArticleICE agents search for immigrant smugglers
SAN BENITO — Authorities are searching for smugglers who held 11 undocumented immigrants in a trailer at a local mobile home park, officials said Thursday. Agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs...
View ArticleMan found critically injured on San Benito sidewalk
A San Benito man was critically injured in a hit and run accident Thursday night. Police say they were called the intersection of the frontage road of U.S. Expressway 77/83 and Hidalgo Street where...
View ArticleSearch for drowning victim’s body continues
SOUTH OF McALLEN — The family of an 18-year-old who drowned Thursday continued a desperate search for his body in irrigation canals Friday evening. Authorities believe Pharr resident Andres Farias, 18,...
View ArticleSpaceX chosen to build crafts for NASA
Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, is one of three aerospace companies named Friday by NASA to build small rocket ships to take astronauts to the International Space Station.SpaceX — which said...
View ArticleSchool coaches announce hopes for this season
HARLINGEN — Harlingen South Hawks’ new football coach Lanny Wilson doesn’t want the best players; he wants the right players.This was the message he sent standing at a podium in a room filled with...
View ArticleSheriff: Man suspected his wife of cheating on him
LA TINA — Investigators are calling a double fatality a murder-suicide, the result of a man’s fear that his common-law wife was cheating on him, Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio said Friday.Jose...
View ArticlePolice Blotter for August 4
- HARLINGEN — A woman who was arrested Wednesday on marijuana possession charges now faces additional charges after it was learned that she misidentified herself to police, according to a police...
View ArticleTeen accused of sexually abusing children
BROWNSVILLE — A 19-year-old Rio Hondo man remained in jail on $100,000 bail Friday after he was accused of sexually abusing two girls and making them drink his bodily fluids, Cameron County Sheriff...
View ArticlePolice: Hit-and-run leaves man in critical condition
SAN BENITO — A local man was listed in critical condition at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen after a 9 p.m. Thursday hit-and-run accident on the southbound Expressway 77/83 frontage road at...
View ArticleBegum contests election results
BROWNSVILLE — Yolanda Teran Begum has filed an election contest in state district court against Erin Hernandez Garcia, alleging widespread fraud in mail-in balloting and early voting in the runoff for...
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