SPI wind farm meeting slated
RAYMONDVILLE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has taken charge of a proposed wind farm that Baryonyx Corporation Inc., an Austin-based company with roots in Great Britain, wants to build off the...
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DRUGS IN HOME HARLINGEN — A judge ordered each of three Harlingen residents held on more than $250,000 bail after police found drugs in an 8th Street home, according to a press release from Harlingen...
View ArticleT-Mobile to close Lower Valley call center
T-Mobile USA has announced the closing of several of its call centers including the one in Brownsville. The company plans to consolidate its centers to 17 from 24 by the end of June, officials said in...
View ArticleTires burn near flea market fire
Firefighters are battling a tire fire near the 77 Flea Market along Expressway 77/83. The blaze is near the intersection of Merrryman Road and the expressway. Brownsville Fire Chief Lenny Perez says...
View ArticleWeslaco preps for 23rd Onion Fest
WESLACO — Rio Grande Valley residents will have two days this weekend to celebrate the Texas 1015 onion with concerts, horseback riding and other events. “The reason for (two days) is to create the...
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Valley Morning Star HARLINGEN — A man was arraigned Thursday in connection with an assault on his wife, police said.Dung V. Le, 43, was charged with assault/impeding breath/circulation, a third-degree...
View ArticleCity ready to appoint Charter committee
HARLINGEN — The City Commission is moving toward appointing a committee to review the City Charter for possible amendments that could appear on the Nov. 6 ballot. The issue on the agenda for...
View ArticleCrews battle massive fire
The Brownsville Herald BROWNSVILLE — Fire crews battled a blaze of hundreds of tires for several hours Thursday afternoon.Brownsville Fire Chief Lenny Perez said a grass fire spread to piles of tires...
View ArticleBrownsville T-Mobile call center closing
The Brownsville Herald BROWNSVILLE — T-Mobile USA has announced the closing of several of its call centers, including the one in Brownsville.The company plans to consolidate its centers to 17, down...
View ArticleMcAllen student killed in early morning accident
McALLEN — Police are investigating a fatal auto-pedestrian collision that killed a 16-year-old McAllen High School student early Friday morning. A female driver in her 20s struck the girl as she...
View ArticleSimulator allows deputies to train for car chases
OLMITO — Cameron County sheriff’s deputies are training for high-speed car chases in an arena where the officer can crash the car or lose the suspect with no consequences.The county is using a driving...
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- HARLINGEN — Two men were arraigned Thursday in connection with theft of merchandise at two retailers, police said.Ruben Ortiz Saenz, 47, and Rosalio Martinez, 42, were charged in connection with the...
View ArticleUTB honors business leaders
BROWNSVILLE — Jo Rae Wagner was one of three local business leaders honored Friday by the University of Texas at Brownsville School of Business.Wagner, president of CTO, Inc., of Harlingen, a leading...
View ArticleTCEQ says investigation into tire fire expected to take weeks
BROWNSVILLE — The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigation into Thursday’s large tire fire in Brownsville will likely take weeks, a TCEQ spokesman said.Spokesman Terry Clawson said in...
View ArticleDeath of 16-year-old girl draws classmates together
McALLEN — More than 50 students gathered Friday afternoon at the intersection of Harvey and 21st streets — the same spot where just a few hours earlier, Marissa Bauman, 16, had been killed in an...
View ArticleZamponi resigns from chamber
HARLINGEN — Harlingen Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Crisanne Zamponi has submitted her resignation to take a job as president of the Boerne Chamber of Commerce, she said Friday.Zamponi,...
View ArticleVarious violations cited in 8-liner crackdown
LA FERIA — Cameron County fire marshals, with building and health code inspectors, closed about 15 eight-liner arcades in the La Feria, Santa Rosa and Olmito areas this week, county officials said...
View ArticleAfter second failure to sell, Dolly Vinsant up for auction
SAN BENITO — The long unoccupied Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital building will go back on the auction block after it failed to fetch a buyer earlier this month, a tax attorney’s firm said...
View ArticleBrownsville school bus drivers protest reduced hours
More than 100 Brownsville Independent School District bus drivers and bus monitors marched Tuesday morning to administration headquarters to protest having their work hours reduced. The drivers and...
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