Texas cities take action to regulate payday lenders
Across Texas, city councils are taking the regulation of payday and auto title lenders into their own hands. But lobbyists, who were instrumental in blocking some far-reaching state legislation on...
View ArticleDouble murder suspect nabbed as he tries to drown himself, sheriff says
NEAR WESLACO — A double homicide suspect attempted to drown himself in a sewer pond Sunday night before authorities used hooks to pull him out and arrest him, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño....
View ArticleBaby found dead in San Antonio hotel
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Police say an autopsy has been ordered after a month-old baby was found dead at a San Antonio hotel. San Antonio police say no obvious signs of trauma were discovered on the body of...
View ArticleDA Villalobos: 'I am the subject of a criminal investigation'
BROWNSVILLE – Cameron County DA Armando Villalobos admitted today he is the subject of a federal criminal investigation in connection with the case against former state District Judge Abel C. Limas. “I...
View ArticleTrial against Prepejchal begins today
BROWNSVILLE — The trial of a lawsuit against Harlingen City Commissioner Jerry Prepejchal filed by a San Benito woman over a 2010 Brownsville car crash begins today in 107th state District Court....
View ArticleDA’s office calls 'private' press conference
BROWNSVILLE — The Cameron County District Attorney’s Office might have violated the freedom of the press provision of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by only allowing select media to...
View ArticleOfficials: Suspect linked to gun used in ICE agent's death sentenced
DALLAS (AP) — A judge has given a prison sentence to a fourth Texas man federal officials say was linked to a gun used in a U.S. agent's death in Mexico. Otilio Osorio was sentenced Monday to seven...
View ArticlePolice Blotter for May 8
- HARLINGEN – Police said one man already jailed at the Cameron County Jail and Primera Police had another man in custody that Harlingen detectives linked to a September 2011 robbery. Police arrested...
View ArticleGunmen open fire on Reynosa newspaper
No injuries have been reported after unknown gunmen fired several gunshots at a Reynosa newspaper Monday afternoon. The unidentified shooters opened fire at political tabloid Hora Cero about 1 p.m....
View ArticleThunderstorms in the forecast for the Valley
The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a special weather statement indicating there is a possibility for severe weather this evening. The NWS reports a moist atmosphere will become...
View ArticleJury finds Prepejchal blameless in lawsuit
BROWNSVILLE — A Harlingen city commissioner was found blameless in a lawsuit against him over a Feb. 19, 2010 rear-end accident in Brownsville. Prescilla Monette Atkinson, a Cameron County employee,...
View ArticleLeaders to discuss Rio Hondo water plant
RIO HONDO — Federal officials will meet with city leaders May 16 to determine whether city commissioners will go ahead with plans to use public funds to build a new water plant or return the money,...
View ArticlePolice Blotter for May 9
- HARLINGEN – Police arrested a Harlingen woman on a charge of possession of a dangerous drug. Police stopped Juana Yolanda Dennes, 51, at 1:30 a.m. May 6 near North 77 Sunshine Strip and North...
View ArticleFamilies mourn slain sisters
WESLACO — The family of two sisters killed this weekend asked for privacy as they mourned their loved ones’ deaths Tuesday morning.Veronica Serrano Rivera, 28, and her younger sister Eliza Rivera, 12,...
View ArticleRain, cooler temps expected through week
HARLINGEN — Severe thunderstorms failed to materialize Tuesday night after the National Weather Service warned that a series of upper level disturbances would blossom over Deep South Texas.But more...
View ArticleCandidates: Indictment taints trust
BROWNSVILLE — Candidates, on both sides of the political aisle, who want to become the next Cameron County District Attorney called for Armando Villalobos to step down from office a day after he was...
View ArticleWeslaco woman dies after being struck by vehicle
NORTH OF WESLACO — A Weslaco woman died Tuesday night after being struck by a vehicle here, authorities said.Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are investigating the collision that killed...
View ArticleTherapy dog helps ease students' stress
BROWNSVILLE — For a moment, student Osiel Delgado thought a horse was in a courtyard at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College campus on Wednesday.He discovered it was Ocho...
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