Lacks impostor strikes again
McALLEN — Irma Garcia thought it was strange when a well dressed man showed up at her home and told her she won a bed from Lacks Furniture. After all, she doesn’t shop at the retailer.But the man...
View ArticleBaby Love: Emma Kipp
The thing Emma Kipp enjoys most about her volunteer work at Valley Baptist Medical Center is watching premature babies go home with their families.Kipp, who will turn 80 in September, has volunteered...
View ArticleFirm aims to fix flooding at colonias
Flooding is a perpetual problem for homeowners in Curry Estates, said 12-year resident Emma Alaniz.She wants to improve services and the quality of life in the 36-acre colonia near San Carlos, but her...
View ArticleJaimez: Great to have Billy Garza back on the football field
I’ll never forget the night of September 20, 2003. It was a Saturday and I was Brownsville bound to cover a footballl game between the Donna Redskins and the Brownsville Porter Cowboys. Porter was 2-0...
View ArticleLyford Bulldogs out to prove naysayers wrong
LYFORD — Every August, it seems most prep football pundits don’t expect much from the Lyford Bulldogs. Certainly not a knock on the athletes, but rather the size and quantity—or lack of both. But...
View ArticleCommissioners propose raises for elected county officials
Two Cameron County elected officials are in line to receive salary increases of nearly $3,000 a year for the coming fiscal year although a decision to give employees a raise remains up in the air. This...
View ArticleDrowning victim recovered from irrigation canal
SOUTH OF McALLEN — Firefighters pulled a body from Irrigation District 2’s main canal early Sunday morning, ending the unprecedented search for 18-year-old Andres Frias, who drowned Aug. 2 while...
View ArticlePet of the Week: Sammie
Sammie, a young calico cat, has lived at the Humane Society of Harlingen since May. At about 5 months of age, Sammie is in transition from kitten to young cat. According to Humane Society officials,...
View ArticleFirefighters recover teen’s body from canal
SOUTH OF McALLEN — Firefighters pulled a body from Irrigation District 2’s main canal early Sunday morning, ending the unprecedented search for 18-year-old Andres Frias, who drowned Aug. 2 while...
View ArticleUTB, TSC at odds over land, education building
BROWNSVILLE — At the center of a land dispute between the University of Texas System and Texas Southmost College is the Education and Business Complex on campus often referred to as the EDBC. Real...
View ArticleSanta Rosa opens doors to new technology center
SANTA ROSA — Eight years in the making, a center has now opened to provide services here ranging from child nutrition programs to job skills training and career planning to family budgeting...
View ArticleLucio seeks raises for employees
Cameron County Commissioners Court hasn’t decided if or how to provide county employees with a salary increase in the new fiscal year, but one department head already is asking for adjustments.Sheriff...
View ArticleHarlingen's Koppel proposes flattening levee to open for development
BROWNSVILLE — The city has one levee too many, according to one of the developers behind the planned University Park subdivision in Amigoland.Rollins “Rollie” Koppel, a longtime Harlingen attorney, is...
View ArticleChance of rain, plus heat index of 109
Thunderstorms could be in the forecast later Monday night or Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service in Brownsville is currently watching a group of thunderstorms over the Gulf of Mexico, which...
View ArticleTwo killed in rollover
HARLINGEN — A 20-year-old Harlingen man and an 18-year-old Harlingen woman died after their car rolled off the road Tuesday morning, a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper said. Vanessa Garcia...
View ArticleFeds: Drug smuggler admits to previous attempts
BROWNSVILLE — A 20-year-old Brownsville man arrested on a charge of attempting to smuggle cocaine across the border told authorities it was not the first time he had brought drugs from Mexico to the...
View Article8th suspect arrested in fatal kidnapping
The number of suspects linked to the fatal kidnapping of Brownsville resident Reyes Bocanegra continues to rise. Police early this morning arrested 37-year-old Serafin Lazaro Lugo on a warrant...
View ArticleElderly man pleads guilty to killing ranch hand
EDINBURG — An elderly man was convicted Tuesday of murder in the death of a ranch hand near Elsa last year. Troy H. Thorp went before 389th state District Court Judge Letty Lopez and entered a guilty...
View ArticleAnother man arrested in kidnapping, slaying
BROWNSVILLE — The number of suspects in the kidnapping and slaying of Brownsville resident Reyes Bocanegra continues to rise with authorities making an eighth arrest in the case. Serafin Lazaro Lugo,...
View ArticleUndocumented immigrants apply for new work permits
BROWNSVILLE — Two sisters were among the nearly 100 undocumented immigrants seeking guidance Wednesday at the Mexican Consulate in Brownsville as they prepared to apply for a new U.S. immigration plan...
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