Tax offices to close due to upgrades
BROWNSVILLE — Branch Cameron County tax offices will be closed Wednesday and on Feb. 14 for upgrading of Texas department of Motor Vehicles’ computer equipment.The improved equipment will speed motor...
View ArticleTwins accused of assaulting mother
HARLINGEN — Twin brothers were charged Sunday in connection with an assault on their mother, according to a police report. Christopher Contreras and Pierre Contreras, both 17, were arraigned on a...
View ArticleDeath at UTPA ruled a suicide, source says
A pathologist ruled a young woman’s death at the University of Texas – Pan American a suicide Tuesday afternoon, sources close to the investigation said. University officials have yet to announce the...
View ArticleSan Benito teen killed in weekend car accident
SAN BENITO — The San Benito school district’s students and staff Monday were mourning the death of a 14-year-old Miller Jordan Middle School student killed in a car crash that occurred Saturday.Pedro...
View ArticleDeath at UTPA ruled a suicide
EDINBURG — An Edinburg North High School junior found dead at the foot of an external staircase at the University of Texas-Pan American committed suicide, a pathologist ruled Tuesday.University...
View ArticleHearing aimed at blocking annexation scheduled
BROWNSVILLE — Attorneys will be back in state District Judge Janet Leal’s courtroom Feb. 15 to consider an amended lawsuit filed by opponents to the city of Harlingen’s reannexation of areas west of...
View ArticleSPI beach accesses to be a part of ‘Cash for Trash’
Valley Morning Star SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — The Cameron County Parks and Recreation System will hold another “Cash for Trash” program at beach access points No. 5 and 6, officials said.The program will...
View ArticleConference targets downtown revitalization
HARLINGEN — Carolyn Harvey was looking forward to learning how she can do an even better job revitalizing her downtown area.“They’ll give us different approaches we haven’t tried before,” said Harvey,...
View ArticleFormer fugitive pleads guilty to Island murder
Formerly a fugitive on Texas' top ten most wanted list, Dennis Wayne Capps, 58, has entered a guilty plea in the murder of a man whose body was found on South Padre Island in 2006. Capps, who faced a...
View ArticleTip from boy, 8, leads to Texas stolen plane
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) — A tip from an 8-year-old boy has helped deputies recover a plane reported stolen from an East Texas airport. The Cessna 182 turned up missing Jan. 28 from a hangar at Athens...
View ArticleTexas sales tax revenue up nearly 10 percent
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas Comptroller Susan Combs says state sales tax revenue for January was up almost 10 percent over last year. Combs reports 22 consecutive months of increased revenue. Wednesday's sales...
View ArticleFeds seize 200 weapons in busted Mexican smuggling ring
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Federal authorities say young housewives who bought assault rifles from Texas gun dealers are among nearly two dozen charged in an alleged plot to smuggle firearms into Mexico. The...
View ArticleTop Texas officials warn of power plant shortages
AUSTIN (AP) — The private companies that generate electricity in Texas are not building enough new capacity to meet the state's future needs, top officials told lawmakers Thursday. "The basic problem...
View ArticleSpring rain unlikely for Texas despite La Nina end
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — La Nina is winding down and will end in a few months, but folks shouldn't expect spring showers in drought-stricken Texas, weather experts said Thursday. The National Weather...
View ArticleFeds: Cartel smuggled drugs from Valley to Florida
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Eleven men suspected of being involved in a multistate drug distribution organization were charged in U.S. District Court after they were arrested by federal agents in a bust that...
View ArticleEntomologist: 14 diseased citrus trees destroyed
By ROD SANTA ANA/Special to the StarMcAllen — A total of 14 citrus trees infected with citrus greening disease have been destroyed, leaving experts hopeful that the destructive plant disease can be...
View ArticleMatamoros man convicted in drug conspiracy
By MADELINE BUCKLEYThe Brownsville HeraldBROWNSVILLE — A federal jury in Brownsville convicted a Matamoros man Wednesday on drug charges related to a failed drug smuggling attempt last May.Omar...
View ArticleWoman discovers identity theft at tax time
BROWNSVILLE — Five years ago, Brownsville resident Joanna Velez had her purse stolen.It had been in her locked car, and someone had smashed a window and taken the purse.Velez, now 25, dealt with the...
View ArticlePolice Blotter
HARLINGEN — A man was charged Thursday after police found a small amount of marijuana in his right boot during a traffic stop, according to a police department press statement.Reymundo Flores Jr., 25,...
View ArticleLawsuit against UTB in finger injury closed
BROWNSVILLE — The lawsuit of a man who accidentally amputated several fingers while using a table saw on the UTB-TSC campus in 2008 has been dismissed without him recovering damages or reimbursement...
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