Game-changer: Cowboys Stadium to host bowling
DALLAS — Bowling balls will roll where footballs usually fly when Cowboys Stadium hosts the U.S. Women's Open this summer. Shiny wooden lanes will be placed on either side of the famous Dallas Cowboys...
View ArticlePHOTOS: 32 more corpses found in Mexico pits, total at 177
MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities say another 32 bodies have been exhumed from clandestine graves in the northeastern border state of Tamaulipas, bringing the total to 177 this month. Tamaulipas...
View ArticleFour rescued from capsized boat at SPI
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND - A person described as a Good Samaritan rescued two men and two women from their capsized boat near the Queen Isabella Causeway, according to a U.S. Coast Guard press release. The...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Lamar Elementary Easter egg hunt
Ms. P. Palomo's first grade students had an Easter egg hunt Friday at Lamar Elementary.
View ArticleFiery accident leaves 2 dead near Los Fresnos
LOS FRESNOS — An accident on Highway 100 just east of Los Fresnos has left two people dead. The accident happened near the intersection of Highway 100 and California Road. Brownsville police say the...
View ArticleJurors find McAllen oral surgeon not guilty in Medicaid fraud case
McALLEN — Federal prosecutors claimed a local oral surgeon had turned his practice into an assembly line for low-income patients, overbilling Medicaid insurance claims one extracted tooth at a time....
View ArticleWing Beat: Continuation of the ‘Little Gull Saga’
By Fr. Tom Pincelli Over the past couple of weeks a number of people have approached me about an update on the now infamous “Little Gull Saga.” If you remember, a portion of my birding “Posse” and I...
View ArticleSemana Santa shoppers not deterred by Mexico violence
MERCEDES — Maria Perez–Dominguez said that every time she travels from Monterrey, Mexico, to the Rio Grande Valley, she is fearful of her and her family’s safety as they trek close to four hours along...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Easter Mass Draws Faithful Worshipers
Catechism students, family members and other parishioners participate in the candlelight procession Saturday evening at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Harlingen. The tradition takes place...
View ArticleWeslaco librarian wins $20,000 in graphic novels and furniture
WESLACO — The Weslaco Public Library is unexpectedly adding a major new collection after an employee won $20,000 worth of graphic novels and furniture this month. Librarian Eduardo Zepeda clinched the...
View ArticleSTC president wins national higher education award
McALLEN — As South Texas College President Shirley Reed drives around town, new restaurants, bigger hospitals and locally owned businesses remind her every day of the value of her school. “Students...
View ArticleEx-DA: I was unaware of Limas' bribery
BROWNSVILLE — Former Cameron County District Attorney Yolanda de Leon says she never suspected that former Judge Abel C. Limas was taking bribes in exchange for rulings. But she says the information...
View ArticleReport: Ex-San Benito mayor spent the most on campaign
SAN BENITO — Former Mayor Joe Hernandez outspent Mayor Jack Garcia in his bid to win back the city’s top elected position in the May 14 election, reports show. Hernandez listed expenses that totaled...
View ArticleWillacy officials to consider cutting cost of lawyers for criminals facing...
RAYMONDVILLE — A proposal to cut Willacy County’s cost of providing lawyers to criminal defendants facing a possible death penalty was heard recently by county commissioners. Ana Jimenez, an attorney...
View ArticleTSC begins addressing accreditation
BROWNSVILLE - University Provost Alan Artibise said accreditation is not in any current danger, and it’s the university’s hope that TSC would have its own accreditation by Fall 2013. "It should be...
View ArticleSecond murder suspect in custody
PHARR - Alberto Reyna, 29, who had been wanted by Pharr Police on a murder charge, turned himself in to authorities about 4:28p.m. and was subsequently arraigned on the charge. After the arraignment,...
View ArticleMagic In Flight
For Canadian John Tyacke, the spring bird migration is a magical time. For the past eight years he had made the long journey from Toronto to the Rio Grande Valley to witness one of nature’s greatest...
View ArticleMonterrey widow’s lawsuit: Continental Airlines lost late husband’s body
McALLEN — Airlines misplace millions of passengers’ bags each year, causing frustration for travelers who may arrive at their destination — but without a change of underwear. But has an airline ever...
View ArticleSan Benito hosting Trash Bash event, party at Falligant Park
Valley Morning StarSAN BENITO — The city will hold its Trash Bash today, asking residents to “help clean your neighborhood.”The event will run from 8 to 11 a.m., with a party at noon at Falligant Park...
View ArticleHarlingen MMA reunion brings together past, present cadets
HARLINGEN — Levi Noguess said that in 2010 during a military flight over Afghanistan, he and his new copilot, Brian Bartholf, started talking about where they both went to military school.Noguess, a...
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