One shot at Sunrise Mall
One person was shot outside of Sunrise Mall just after 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening, police said. Preliminary information indicates there was a fight among people in two separate vehicles outside...
View Article1 injured in Sunrise Mall parking lot shooting
One person was shot outside of Sunrise Mall just after 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening, police said.Preliminary information indicates there was a fight among people in two separate vehicles outside Dillard’s,...
View ArticleSpanish soap opera star to be named Mr. Amigo
BROWNSVILLE — A Mexican soap opera star, Arath de la Torre, will be the 47th Mr. Amigo inductee, coinciding with the 75th annual Charro Days celebration in February.Mr. Amigo is meant to be a living...
View ArticleSuspect in cold case identified
WESLACO — Authorities have released the name of a suspect in a 23-year-old double homicide of a Winter Texan couple.Arturo Almaguer, 42, remains jailed in Grand Rapids, Mich., in connection with two...
View ArticleMan accused of sex with horses arrested, charged
EDINBURG — Authorities arrested a man accused of having sex with horses in at least two ranches.Cirilo Castillo, 41, went before Justice of the Peace Charlie Espinoza this past week, who formally...
View ArticleTwo men face child endangerment charges
HARLINGEN — Two Harlingen men have been charged with offenses endangering children.Sergio Aguilar Arevalo, 38, was charged with injury to a child on Friday after police went to the 9600 block of...
View ArticleOfficials continue extensive search for man lost in canal
RAYMONDVILLE — An emotional Willacy County Sheriff Larry Spence and Emergency Management Coordinator Frank Torres briefed news media Monday on extensive efforts to find a missing fisherman believed to...
View Article$8.4M grant awarded for street, drainage projects
RAYMONDVILLE — A total of $8.4 million in “quality-of-life” grant funds have been awarded by state officials to Willacy County, and another $1 million for Sebastian will be announced on Thursday,...
View ArticleCity officials approve controversial land issue
HARLINGEN — A second vote taken Wednesday reannexed nearly 1,000 acres of land in West Harlingen.The City Commission meeting approved the controversial topic through the consent agenda with no...
View ArticleClient unaware of Rosenthal federal investigation
BROWNSVILLE — A Nueces County man, whose name appears on a list of persons whose emails are of interest to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, said Monday that he doesn’t know anything about the federal case...
View ArticleUPS move to McAllen finalized
McALLEN — The City Commission approved several agreements with UPS on Monday night, clearing the way for the parcel company to shift operations from Valley International Airport in Harlingen to...
View ArticleKarate teacher trial begins
BROWNSVILLE — Opening arguments will begin today in the trial of Harlingen karate instructor Carlos Levon Anderson, who is accused of sexually assaulting three teenagers over a three-year period.On...
View ArticleBody of missing fisherman found
RAYMONDVILLE — The body of a fisherman missing since Thursday night floated to the surface of a ditch in eastern Willacy County early Tuesday. Sheriff Larry Spence said deputies checked the area near a...
View ArticleSheriff's deputy flips patrol car
RAYMONDVILLE — A Willacy County sheriff’s deputy responding to a call from a woman reporting a possible prowler flipped his patrol car possibly twice on Expressway 77 at about 3 a.m. near Lyford, was...
View ArticleWeapons found in student's car at Brownsville HS
Brownsville Independent Security Police seized a pistol that shoots blanks and a machete from a student's car at Lopez High School this morning, a school district spokeswoman said. Police searched the...
View ArticleHarlingen Police Blotter
- HARLINGEN — A Weslaco man was arrested Monday on an attempted kidnapping charge.Eduardo Ozuna Jr., 38, was arrested for his attempt to kidnap his ex-girlfriend on Jan. 6, while she was jogging on...
View ArticleMan on trial for fondling girls acquitted
A Cameron County jury acquitted a man this afternoon accused in 2010 of fondling three girls at a Brownsville Walmart. Jacob Valentine Vasquez, 21, went to trial Monday in the 197th District Court...
View ArticleSouth Padre Island offers amnesty period for outstanding warrants
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Maybe a tourist parked illegally because he was excited about attending Sand Castle Days. Or perhaps she was hurrying to see a rare bird. In any case, those with unpaid speeding...
View ArticleMexico lists 12,903 deaths for nine-month period
BROWNSVILLE — The same month that ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata was killed in Santa María Del Rio in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, 25 other people died in the state as rival drug cartels...
View ArticleEast Morrison Road could open to traffic early next week
BROWNSVILLE — Try driving east on Morrison Road from Pablo Kisel to Paredes Line Road and you might get a traffic ticket.Officials said the road — years in the making — is not yet open to traffic as...
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