Cash for Trash keeping county beaches clean
BROWNSVILLE — Cameron County will again implement its Cash for Trash Program north of county beach access No. 5 and beach access No. 6 on South Padre Island to help keep the county beaches clean.The...
View ArticleParents accused of tying up, beating 3-year-old
WESLACO — Investigators arrested a couple accused of tying up their 3-year-old daughter with a rope and repeatedly beating her.McAllen Medical Center staff called the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office on...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to bank robberies
A Cuban national accused of robbing two downtown Brownsville banks over 13 days in 2011 pleaded guilty Monday to the crimes.Rafael “El Cubano” Pedrez, 44, of Brownsville, appeared before U.S. District...
View ArticleCultural arts center demolition plan upsets some
SAN BENITO —Enriqueta Lopez Ramos said the city’s old library holds precious pieces of her life.For years, Ramos Lopez, a professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville, said she has read and...
View ArticleCowboys, cowgirls turn out for annual benefit
SAN BENITO — They danced about the stage in their fancy petticoats, grasping the hems of their red skirts and playfully waving them about.They were the Can Can Girls, and they were the first act at...
View ArticleDistrict 3 Commissioner’s race starts today
HARLINGEN — Voters eager to cast ballots early in the special election to replace Kori Marra as City Commissioner representing District 3 can make their choice starting today. Early voting runs through...
View ArticleVela resigns from EDC board
HARLINGEN — The Economic Development Corporation board Monday accepted the resignation of board member Manny Vela.Board President Ernestor Silva said Vela resigned following his promotion to president...
View ArticlePro tennis celebrates 10th year at Harlingen Country Club
PALM VALLEY — For the 10th year, Harlingen Country Club will host the United States Tennis Association Men’s $15,000 Futures tennis tournament beginning today. This is the second of two consecutive...
View ArticleChampionship Flight set at LBA 40 golf tournament
PALM VALLEY — Defending Life Begins at 40 champion L.D. Clopton is sure to have his hands full over the next couple of days. With the qualifying round of the 60th LBA 40 golf tournament teeing off...
View ArticleMurder suspect now sought in torching of ex-girlfriend’s house
NEAR ALAMO — The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man investigators believe lit his ex-girlfriend’s home on fire Sunday with her and her daughter inside. Maria Castaneda, 39, was...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable tests tiered Internet in Valley
McALLEN — Time Warner Cable began offering a new, low-data Internet plan to Rio Grande Valley customers on Monday, a pilot project designed offer lower prices to basic users. Called Essentials, the...
View Article60-year-old man, 2 women face drug charges
SAN BENITO — Authorities Tuesday arrested a 60-year-old man and two women after they found cocaine in a San Benito home, Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio said.The Sheriff’s Department’s Special...
View ArticleClopton survives tough day at LBA 40
HARLINGEN — Defending Life Begins at 40 champion L.D. Clopton advanced to the quarterfinals of the 60th annual golf tournament on Tuesday. However, it didn’t come easy. Clopton and Dan Nelson, the 2009...
View ArticleFutures tennis tourney takes to the courts
PALM VALLEY — The first round of the 2012 United States Tennis Associations Men’s $15,000 Futures tournament began Tuesday morning at Harlingen Country Club with players from all over the world...
View ArticleHarlingen father charged with baby’s injuries
HARLINGEN — A 24-year-old Harlingen man was arrested Monday and charged with injury to his 5-month-old child. On Feb. 2, a police officer was dispatched to the 600 block of Rangerville Road in response...
View ArticleFunding Woes: Officials discuss shifting money for proposed animal shelter
BROWNSVILLE — Cameron County Commissioners Court is researching whether it can divert funds from projects already on the drawing board to construct an animal shelter. But there are differing views...
View ArticleSouth Texas Outdoors on stands now
South Texas Outdoors To many Texas beachgoers, the lightning whelk is simply a shell to be collected. Yet taking a shell from the beach can be killing a living marvel. The invertbrate that calls the...
View ArticleHarlingen police blotter
Valley Morning Star HARLINGEN — A 22-year-old woman who has evaded police for almost two years was arrested Tuesday during a routine traffic stop. Cassandra Marie Gonzalez was involved in an...
View ArticleCounty officials seize $250,000
The Brownsville Herald BROWNSVILLE — The Cameron County Sheriff’s Office seized about $250,000 during a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon in Brownsville, Sheriff Omar Lucio said. A deputy stopped the...
View ArticleTumberlinson seeking fourth term
By FERNANDO DEL VALLE Valley Morning Star SAN BENITO — School board member Bob Tumberlinson will be a candidate for re-election, while former district administrator Anna Cruz will vie for the post...
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