Budding Minds: Students reap real-world insight at ag fair
HARLINGEN — Yvonne Welther is in her second-to-last semester at Texas State Technical College where she studies agriculture and technology. She spent the better part of a rainy Thursday morning in the...
View ArticleWater fee fued: San Benito board to recommend changing ordinance
SAN BENITO — Members of the city’s Utility Board will recommend that the city modify a controversial $10 monthly base water service fee imposed on RV park lots, board members said Thursday. But Utility...
View ArticlePolice arrest teen in firearm purchases
PROGRESO — A man wanted in connection with the illegal purchase of firearms was arrested Thursday at the Progreso International Bridge, authorities said.Arnulfo Gaytan Jr., 18, of Weslaco was taken...
View ArticleWinter Texans show off carving artistry
HARLINGEN — The creativity of woodcarvers can be seen in the intricacy of their wooden wares, such as clocks, miniature farm tractors, flower arrangements and walking sticks.Many of these craftsmen and...
View ArticleChanges to Medicaid upset local pharmacists
HARLINGEN — Rio Grande Valley pharmacists say a move to a “managed care” system in the Texas Medicaid program will have a devastating impact on patients, small businesses and all Valley...
View ArticleMissing man destined for Mexico
HARLINGEN — The last thing Noel Shankle told his father Stan before he boarded a plane Feb. 3 was, “I love you. I’ll see you tomorrow or Sunday at the latest.”His family in Carrollton heard from him...
View ArticleU.S. increases travel warning to 14 Mexican states
MEXICO CITY — The U.S. State Department is recommending that Americans avoid travel to all or parts of 14 of 31 Mexican states in the widest travel advisory issued since Mexico stepped up its drug war...
View ArticleCenter Stage: Anissa Martinez
Anissa Martinez eats, breathes and sleeps theater. She has loved acting for a very long time and began her career in middle school.She is now a freshman at Early College High School and has high hopes...
View ArticleProsecutor expects guilty plea in Harlingen woman’s slaying
BROWNSVILLE — The man accused of being the ringleader of four people charged with killing a Harlingen woman in 2009 and stuffing her body in a refrigerator is expected to plead guilty next week, state...
View ArticleEdinburg nixes proposed low-income housing project
EDINBURG — A proposed 92-unit, affordable living apartment complex was scrapped this week after residents who live in surrounding neighborhoods complained about its impact on traffic, noise and...
View ArticleFormer officer convicted on drug charges
BROWNSVILLE — A federal jury in Brownsville found a former reserve officer for the Nueces County constable’s office guilty of transporting cocaine and heroin across the Gateway International Bridge,...
View ArticleChance of rain to return Sunday
BROWNSVILLE — The sun will probably come out today, but rain clouds are expected to return on Sunday and linger through Monday.A high-pressure area will move through the region today, decreasing the...
View ArticleCity officials push for black garbage bag ban
McALLEN — In McAllen, plastic bags just don’t seem to cut it anymore.While City Commissioner Scott Crane’s proposal to ban plastic grocery bags — part of a national trend toward re-usable shopping bags...
View ArticleBouncer sold cocaine at strip club, police say
EDINBURG — A bouncer at Jaguars Gold Club was arraigned on drug charges this past week after police say he sold cocaine at the strip club.Christopher Wayne Lynn, 28, was charged Wednesday with two...
View ArticleNo word on missing Carrollton man
HARLINGEN — Noel Shankle’s family was deep in prayer Saturday hoping for the missing man’s safe return.“There’s some people praying everywhere, but we’re gathering tonight at the church,” said his...
View Article11 men charged in alleged drug ring
McALLEN — Eleven men accused of operating a multistate drug organization based in the Rio Grande Valley were charged in U.S. District Court after federal agents seized hundreds of thousands of dollars...
View ArticleJUMP 'N JIVE
MERCEDES — Diana Vittitoe was busy filling out paperwork Saturday for her son and daughter to attend Med High next year.“My first child already comes here,” said Vittitoe, one of many people attending...
View Article1 year after, parents of Zapata cope with his death
Jaime Jorge Zapata wasn’t the only one that died a year ago this Wednesday.Something in his mother and father did, too.“I do believe that part of me died,” Mary Zapata-Muñoz says as the first...
View ArticleAgents trace guns used in Zapata ambush
BROWNSVILLE — The story behind the weapons used in Mexico to kill ICE Special Agent Jaime Jorge Zapata continues to unfold.Zapata, a native of Brownsville, died a year ago this Wednesday.Two of three...
View ArticlePolice raid suspected gambling parlors
BROWNSVILLE — In a two-day operation, Brownsville Police raided five suspected illegal gambling halls and seized more than $10,000 and 200 gaming devices.Officers in the Special Investigations Unit...
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