Star takes 3 state awards
Valley Morning Star collected three awards Saturday in a statewide journalism competition, winning honors for business and sports coverage and for feature writing. The Texas Associated Press Managing...
View ArticleWoman found shot to death in Combes
COMBES — Police on Saturday began gathering information about a young woman found shot to death early in the morning on the outskirts of town. “It was a Hispanic female in her early 20s,” Police Chief...
View ArticleHinojosa, Nelsen criticize GOP federal budget
EDINBURG — U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa and University of Texas-Pan American President Robert Nelsen took swipes at the Republicans’ plan to gut education spending during a literacy roundtable...
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RIO BRAVO — A Mexican soldier was killed by a drunken driver in an auto-pedestrian wreck early Saturday morning near the international bridge in Rio Bravo, across from Donna, according to the Mexican...
View ArticleFEMA, state officials survey hailstorm damage
McALLEN — Glass tinkled in a pile of debris and brush that 16-year-old Joel Elizondo scooped into a large, brown bag with his bare hands on Sunday’s blistering afternoon. The Achieve Early College High...
View ArticleAPME: Star website among best
HARLINGEN — Valley Morning Star’s website is among the best of newspapers in the state of Texas. The Texas Associated Press Managing Editors association ranked valleymorningstar.com third best among...
View ArticleClassic guitar class opens minds of students
SAN BENITO — When Eric Ramirez walked into Albert Ortiz’s classical guitar class, he was an electric guitarist who licked his chops on rock ’n’ roll.“When I thought of classical music, I thought of...
View Article2011 Texas APME Awards List
The Texas Associated Press Managing Editors presented its 2011 journalism awards at its annual convention Saturday in Dallas and Fort Worth. Overall winners in the Star categories will be announced...
View ArticleSpurs’ Tony Parker attends hoops clinic at Harlingen High School
HARLINGEN — It’s gonna be hard to top this birthday present. For Ismael de Leon’s 13th birthday, his mother Mary surprised him with, essentially, San Antonio Spurs guard and NBA All-Star Tony Parker....
View ArticleArrest made in Starbucks, Walmart robbery
HARLINGEN — Police said they arrested a 21-year-old San Benito man in connection with the March 31 robbery of the Starbucks at 1521 North Ed Carey Drive and a March 24 robbery of a woman at the Walmart...
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POLICE: Men sold alcohol to minors HARLINGEN – Police arrested two men on March 31 in connection with selling alcohol to minors, a police report stated. Police said they arrested Hugo Navarro, 24, of...
View ArticleCity budget changes slated for vote by Harlingen commission meeting
HARLINGEN — The City Commission will vote Wednesday to amend Harlingen’s budget City Finance director Roel Gutierrez said the budget is being amended to allow for additional grants awarded to the city,...
View ArticleMotions shed light on Rosenthal case
BROWNSVILLE — Federal prosecutors maintain that “untold mischief reigned” when racketeering activities of former state District Judge Abel C. Limas overlapped activities of Austin attorney Marc G....
View ArticleSheriff: 5 Zetas arrested in 8-liner robbery
BROWNSVILLE — Cameron County Sheriff deputies arrested five men thought to be members of the Zetas drug cartel in connection with an armed robbery of an 8-liner arcade last month.Rodolfo Casares, 35,...
View ArticleWater plant may lose funding
RIO HONDO — The U.S. Department of Agriculture may withdraw a loan and grant to build a new water plant because the city has failed to use the money within the five-year period in which the city was...
View ArticleCourt ruling might open public beach disputes
A ruling last week by the Texas State Supreme Court has the state’s open beach advocates up in arms, although it’s not clear how widespread the impact will be or how it will affect South Padre...
View ArticlePolice mum on details of local woman’s death
COMBES — Police on Monday called the death of a 20-year-old woman a homicide, and officers continued to investigate the death of the former Harlingen High School South student whose body was found...
View ArticleTornadoes destroy parts of Dallas-Fort Worth area
DALLAS (AP) — Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area on Tuesday, tearing roofs off homes, tossing trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. The...
View ArticleDallas tornadoes worry relatives, delay Valley flights
Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area today, tearing roofs off homes, tossing trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor-trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. The National Weather...
View ArticleE-E baseball coaches fired over bus video
ELSA — Edcouch-Elsa school officials recently fired one baseball coach and suspended another over allegations that they willfully ignored two students engaged in sexual activity on a bus ride last...
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