County workshop to discuss jail overcrowding
BROWNSVILLE — Overcrowding at Cameron County jails has reached critical proportions with the estimated cost to house inmates outside the county for the first two months of the fiscal year is nearly...
View ArticleTSC weighs cost of election
BROWNSVILLE — Costs for a November 2012 election might have been less than a May election for Texas Southmost College, but the board of trustees voted this week to continue to hold the election for two...
View ArticleSeven charged with kidnapping
SAN JUAN — Chains rattled as four men and three women all shackled together shuffled into a courtroom to stand before a municipal judge and face formal charges in connection with the kidnapping of two...
View ArticleTravelers should be prepared, CBP says
BROWNSVILLE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is asking that holiday travelers be prepared, whether it’s having necessary documents at the ready for crossing or anticipating travel time for...
View ArticleMan, 17, accused of robbery, kidnapping
HARLINGEN — A 17-year-old man was arrested Friday after police said he participated in an aggravated kidnapping and robbery earlier in the week.According to a Harlingen Police Department press release,...
View ArticleMass Makeover
BROWNSVILLE — One of the most commonly used greetings in the Catholic Mass is getting a makeover.The greeting “And also with you” will no longer be used. Instead, “And with your spirit” will be the...
View ArticleHigh winds blamed for spreading house fire
WESLACO - A fire at a home on the northwest corner of Iowa and Mesquite was preceded by an explosion, witnesses said. The fire destroyed one home and an unattached garage and, because of the wind,...
View ArticleFormer La Joya judge to appeal felony theft verdict
EDINBURG — Former La Joya municipal judge Joe Henry Garza will be home for Christmas, after all.Jurors convicted Garza, 57, of theft by a public servant Wednesday in the 206th state District Court....
View ArticleFest a success: 4,000 gathered to bird watch
HARLINGEN — Close to 4,000 birders from points as far away as Denmark and Slovakia descended on the 18th annual Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival, making this a “big year” for Harlingen. About 600...
View ArticleConsolidating precincts creates confusion
Confusion abounds on Cameron County Commissioners Court — which recently eliminated two constable posts — as to whether the court also did away with two justices of the peace. Commissioners Court...
View ArticleUTB-TSC students urged to evaluate teachers
BROWNSVILLE — To counter low UTB-TSC course evaluation response rates, this fall students who fail to complete online evaluations will wait an extra two weeks for their grades, officials said. The fall...
View ArticleGas leak leads to evacuations
Residents in the area surrounding West Levee Street between 12th and 14th streets are being asked to evacuate because of a gas leak. The Brownsville Police Department and Fire Department are currently...
View ArticleWoman accused of attacking husband, baby
HARLINGEN — A 25-year-old Harlingen woman was arrested Saturday after she allegedly lunged at her common-law husband with a kitchen knife while he was holding their 7-month-old son. Amanda Suetkamp of...
View ArticleCity Commissioner Kori Marra sentenced to jail
Harlingen City Commissioner Kori Marra has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and given a $500 fine for failing to file a conflict of interest affidavit. The commissioner appeared before visiting Judge...
View ArticleYoung man killed in early morning accident
McALLEN — A man is dead after a single-vehicle wreck early Monday morning. Eduardo Antonio Mujica, 21, of Mission, was traveling along the 5500 block of North Ware Road about 3 a.m. when his vehicle...
View ArticleJury deliberates in Mexican mafia trial
BROWNSVILLE — Witnesses have testified that the 33-year-old Harlingen woman grew deeply entrenched in the drug trafficking business of the notorious prison gang, the Mexican mafia, until the “captain,”...
View ArticlePolice charge woman with assault, endangering child
HARLINGEN — A 25-year-old Harlingen woman was arrested Saturday by city police for allegedly attempting to attack her common law husband with a knife. Amanda Suetkamp is charged with aggravated assault...
View ArticleWeslaco house fire kills elderly man
WESLACO — An elderly man is dead after being trapped Monday evening in a burning house near East 18th Street and South Bridge Avenue. The man was reportedly the grandfather of a former Weslaco...
View ArticleLawyer files civil rights complaint over recording
BROWNSVILLE — The video recording of a prisoner’s conversation with his attorney in an office at the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department spurred a complaint and an investigation to determine why the...
View Article17-year-old pleads guilty to murder
BROWNSVILLE — The mother of 17-year-old Jose Francisco Araujo, who was shot to death in September, looked squarely at the teenager who pleaded guilty to her son’s murder and said, “I forgive you.”...
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