Police: Driver in pileup on Causeway intoxicated
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — A 2004 Chevrolet Corvette traveling westbound Sunday on the Queen Isabella Causeway caused a six-car pileup that snarled traffic for about an hour.The Corvette rear-ended the five...
View ArticleCandidates line up for San Benito elections
SAN BENITO — Candidates have announced their bids for seats on the San Benito school board and city commission.Election Day is May 12.Former San Benito school Superintendent Joe D. Gonzalez, who...
View ArticleWillacy candidate names released
RAYMONDVILLE — Willacy County Democratic Party Chairman Ernesto “Lefty” Cavazos has released names of persons who are candidates in the May 29 primary election.- District Attorney: Bernard Ammerman...
View ArticleSullivan City man pleads guilty to cocaine charges
McALLEN — A Sullivan City man pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to transport cocaine.U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said Monday that Jose “Cano” Garza, 24, entered the guilty plea before U.S. District...
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- HARLINGEN – Police who stopped a 32-year-old Harlingen resident for riding a bicycle with no head lamp also arrested him for two outstanding burglary warrants. Eric Porfirio Robles was stopped about...
View Article11 revisions to charter could appear on ballot
SAN BENITO — City commissioners on Monday ordered that the May 12 election could include 11 proposed revisions to the city charter.Commissioners will consider adding the proposed amendments to the...
View ArticleWarrant roundup yields $200K in fines from $13M
HARLINGEN — The Great Texas Warrant Roundup resulted in a small dent in the city’s unpaid and outstanding municipal courts warrants in Harlingen.A little more than $200,000 in fines was paid as of...
View ArticleCameron County to auction 61 properties today
BROWNSVILLE — Cameron County officials will auction 61 properties at 10:30 a.m. today at the courthouse, with each property being sold to the highest bidder, Tax Assessor-Collector Tony Yzaguirre...
View ArticleBorder Patrol seizes more than 9 tons of marijuana
CARRIZO SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Two truckers have been arrested in South Texas after their rigs yielded more than 9 tons of marijuana worth nearly $15 million. Border Patrol officials say the loads were...
View ArticleUSGS: small earthquake recorded in El Paso area
EL PASO (AP) — Experts say a small earthquake has shaken parts of far West Texas. The U.S. Geological Survey says Monday night's 2.5 magnitude earthquake was centered about 11 miles east of El Paso....
View ArticleNY sex offender gets 23 years in McAllen dancer's death
GOSHEN, N.Y. (AP) — A New York sex offender was sentenced Tuesday to 23 years in prison for suffocating an aspiring dancer from the Valley and dumping her body 85 miles away. Michael Mele of Wallkill...
View ArticleIntoxication manslaughter trial begins
The trial for a Harlingen man accused of intoxicated manslaughter in the death of a bicyclist began this morning. Aureliano Arturo Moreno has entered a plea of not guilty before state District Judge...
View ArticleWitnesses testify in bicyclist’s death
BROWNSVILLE — Early on a Saturday morning last spring, Jamie Rodriguez and Jennifer Bradenburg returned to Rodriguez’s home in Harlingen after watching movies and saw what they described as a...
View ArticleWillacy officials to consider several items on agenda
RAYMONDVILLE — Willacy County commissioners will consider on Thursday reimbursing the Raymondville Volunteer Fire Department for purchase of a boat and repair of a tanker truck.Commissioners will also...
View ArticlePolice Blotter; March 7, 2012
HarlingenAn argument over a spilled drink led to a felony arrest of a 30-year-old Harlingen man for injury to a child, possession of a controlled substance and assault.At 8:15 p.m. on March 5, police...
View ArticlePeña sentenced in Limas case
BROWNSVILLE — Armando Peña was sentenced Tuesday to 27 months in prison for bribing former state District Judge Abel C. Limas.Peña, who had entered a plea of guilty to one count of wire fraud, appeared...
View ArticleSalazar seeks third term as Cameron County JP
BROWNSVILLE —Cameron County Justice of the Peace Pct. 2 Place 1 Linda Salazar is seeking a third term in office as she announces her bid for the Democratic Party’s nomination to the post.Salazar has...
View ArticleEx-commissioner Marra posts amended complaint against city attorney
HARLINGEN — Former District 3 commissioner Kori Marra filed an amended complaint against City Attorney Roxann Cotroneo, supplying additional documentation that she hopes will bolster her allegations...
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