Drinking, driving is deadly, family warns
SAN JUAN — Three-year-old Antonio still has nightmares about the crash that killed his parents seven months ago. His younger brother Benjamin, now 1, doesn’t, but Antonio does, his grandmother Maria...
View ArticlePolice find cocaine in baby's crib
BROWNSVILLE - After a traffic stop that led to a household search for narcotics Tuesday evening, officers found 2 grams of cocaine hidden in a baby's crib, Brownsville police said.A month-old baby...
View ArticleHomes sought for animals from Brownsville shelter
BROWNSVILLE - After a traffic stop that led to a household search for narcotics Tuesday evening, officers found 2 grams of cocaine hidden in a baby's crib, Brownsville police said.A month-old baby...
View ArticleMan accused of practicing medicine without a license
BROWNSVILLE — A Brownsville man is charged in a 15-count indictment with performing unlicensed medical procedures and selling umbilical cords to an out-of-state research facility after telling patients...
View ArticleRio Hondo officials trade accusations
RIO HONDO — In a heated exchange, Mayor Alonzo Garza and City Administrator Hipolito Cabrera on Wednesday traded accusations after city commissioners discussed Cabrera’s performance four months after...
View ArticleLeader of weapons purchasing ring gets 10 years
McALLEN — A restaurant owner will spend 10 years in prison for his leadership role in a ring that illegally bought firearms by using intermediaries in a practice called straw purchasing. The ring is...
View ArticleUTB chess team won’t compete in ‘final four’
BROWNSVILLE — The UTB-TSC chess team went all out to win the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championships in Fort Worth this week, and the strategy may have cost them a top-four finish and a...
View ArticleMan charged with assaulting 14-year-old girl
BROWNSVILLE — Police arrested a man Wednesday accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl after her mother found suggestive text messages on her phone and reported it to police, a criminal...
View ArticleUTB-TSC sorts through fine points of separation
BROWNSVILLE — The year began with the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College still sorting out their 20-year partnership. That soon changed, and by September TSC had hired its...
View ArticleValley Proud wants disposal of trees
HARLINGEN — Now that Christmas is over, what do you do with your natural Christmas tree?In an ongoing effort to save valuable landfill space, Valley Proud is promoting the composting of used Christmas...
View ArticleSome say ambulance chasing a Valley problem
In mid-December, a 56-year-old man was injured in a car accident in Hidalgo County. He gave his cellphone number to the McAllen police officers who responded and to emergency room personnel at Edinburg...
View ArticleMeningitis shot required for college students
PHARR — Jose Rivera vaguely remembers the last time he saw his brother, Tomas Rivera, three years ago.The two Pharr natives lived in Riverside, Calif., and attended different colleges but shared an...
View ArticleCozy Quilts
HARLINGEN — When Winter Texans pull into Park Place Estates, they’re hauling goods for a group of women who sew and stitch to help the poor stay warm in the winter.For 23 years, they’ve been making...
View ArticlePolice Blotter
* HARLINGEN — A Harlingen couple surrendered to police after a months-long investigation into allegations that they stole more than $2,000 of merchandise from Beall’s department, police said.According...
View ArticleWind turbine project generates jobs
RAYMONDVILLE — Construction of 171 wind turbines to generate 400 megawatts of electricity in Willacy County will begin in late January or early February, a Duke Energy spokesman said.As many as 300...
View ArticleDPS: Man killed in weekend car crash in San Benito
SAN BENITO — A San Benito man died in a car crash early in the morning on New Years Day, a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman said. Ruben Torres III, 23, was killed after the vehicle he was...
View ArticlePrincipal accused of pinching gets reassigned
FORT WORTH (AP) — A Texas high school principal accused of pinching some students is being reassigned for the rest of the semester. Fort Worth schools spokesman Clint Bond said Monday the investigation...
View ArticleCommunity calls for action against animal cruelty
BROWNSVILLE — Maria Martinez remembers the day her neighbor killed the family dog, Negro.When nearby residents accused Martinez’s neighbor, Mario Gasca, of neighborhood mischief in December 2009, he...
View ArticleBorder relief program still running years after founder’s passing
HARLINGEN — A program to feed the poorest of the poor on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande continues nearly three decades after the death of its founder. Frank Ferree, known as the “Border Angel” who...
View ArticleCouple welcomes first local baby born in 2012
HARLINGEN — One San Benito couple celebrated New Year’s Day with the birth of their second child, the first baby born in northern Cameron County in 2012, hospital officials said. Isabella Magdalena...
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