TEA recognizes HCISD campuses for academic performance
HARLINGEN — Campuses of Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District earned 58 Gold Performance Acknowledgements from the Texas Education Agency for academic performance in the 2010-2011 school...
View ArticleValley Unity
HARLINGEN — First responders from across the Rio Grande Valley came together this past week to get better acquainted in an effort to act as “one Valley, one response” in times of an emergency.On...
View ArticleUTPA private info posted
EDINBURG — Grade point averages, identification numbers and other information about every student enrolled at the University of Texas-Pan American was posted online for more than two months.And with a...
View ArticleWoman charged with debit card abuse
HARLINGEN — A Harlingen woman was arrested Thursday after police said she made fraudulent debit card purchases using the bank account of an 86-year-old man who was a patient at a day care facility...
View ArticleMayor slams feds for refusing money
MISSION — Texas has set aside $7 million to build at least four new northbound inspection lanes at the Anzalduas International Bridge, a move designed to sharply reduce congestion that occasionally...
View ArticleFormer baliff, trooper to run for Cameron sheriff
HARLINGEN — Former state trooper and court bailiff Joe Cisneros has announced his candidacy for Cameron County sheriff.Cisneros said he recognizes the challenges of the office of sheriff.“We need a...
View ArticleIDEA, UTB/TSC win state higher education award
BROWNSVILLE — IDEA Public Schools and the University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College received the state’s highest award for exemplary higher education programs that help students get to...
View ArticleMethodist church damaged by fire rededicated
MERCEDES — The steeple of the First United Methodist Church towers high above the ground. Inside, freshly refinished pews line the sanctuary as the sun beams in through intricately designed stained...
View Article2 suspects sought in Harlingen homicide
HARLINGEN — A 27-year-old Harlingen man fatally shot on Knox Avenue Saturday night did not live on the street, but grew up in the neighborhood and was walking to a longtime friend’s house when he was...
View ArticlePower outage at TSTC
The TSTC campus in Harlingen is without power this morning. According to Angie Gonzalez from TSTC, there is currently a power outage on campus. TSTC employees are assessing the situation, and classes...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues shrimp boat
PORT ISABEL — A Coast Guard crew towed a shrimp boat into Port Mansfield Sunday evening after it had engine problems, a Coast Guard spokesman. The "Whiskey Joe" was adrift in choppy seas so it was...
View ArticleGas leak at Port releases propane, closes road
BROWNSVILLE — A gas leak at a Port of Brownsville business Monday injured one worker, caused the evacuation of seven companies in the area and released about 57,000 gallons of propane gas into the air,...
View ArticleImmigrant's rape testimony gets Matamoros man longer smuggling sentence
BROWNSVILLE (AP) — A woman's testimony that she was raped has led a federal judge to break from sentencing guidelines for a Mexican man given 10 years in federal prison for his role in an immigrant...
View ArticleGang lieutenant testifies in Mexican Mafia trial
BROWNSVILLE — The Mexican Mafia used Jo Ann Chavez, the 33-year-old Harlingen mother slain in 2003, to lure distributors to do business with the drug-trafficking prison gang, a lieutenant in the...
View ArticleRape testimony gets Matamoros man increased sentence
BROWNSVILLE — A 21-year-old Matamoros man accused of smuggling multiple undocumented immigrants to a Brownsville stash house — and in one instance accused of raping a female immigrant — was sentenced...
View ArticleMexican national sent to prison after kidnapping
McALLEN — A federal judge sent a Mexican national to prison after he admitted to kidnapping an illegal immigrant and holding her for ransom. Lucindo De La Cruz Estrada, 31, was sentenced to 40 months...
View ArticleAustin group files complaint about shelter
BROWNSVILLE — An Austin-based animal rescue group has asked the Texas State Board of Veterinary Examiners to investigate the Brownsville Spay and Neuter Clinic and its operations.PAWS of Austin states...
View ArticleCounty mulls new inspection fees
BROWNSVILLE — Cameron County Commissioners Court today will consider setting numerous inspection, testing and permit fees and increasing some fees already in place under the Fire Marshal Service....
View ArticlePolice arrest man after 9-1-1 calls
HARLINGEN — Police said a Harlingen man was arrested after making repeated and abusive phone calls to 9-1-1. According to a Harlingen Police Department press release, Howard Steven Dobrkovsky, 54, of...
View ArticleSan Benito tenants protest
SAN BENITO — Dozens of RV, mobile home park and apartment residents gathered to express outrage over a new $10 water surcharge during a heated City Commission meeting in San Benito Tuesday night.It was...
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