Plan to create bicycle friendly community in the works
HARLINGEN — Bicyclists here say they get no respect.“I’ve had people throw bottles and cans at me. I’ve had people throw cold water and ice at me,” said David Govea, 45, a long-range cyclist who has...
View ArticleVideo advocating rural broadband wins award
RAYMONDVILLE — A video advocating the continuation of Federal Communications Commission funding of rural broadband service has won an award for Valley Telephone Cooperative.The video, “Save Rural...
View ArticlePeace officer event set for Tuesday
HARLINGEN — Area law enforcement officers will gather at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the VA Health Care Center, 2601 Veterans Drive, for a public wreath laying and flag-raising ceremony as part of the annual...
View ArticlePolice Blotter May 5-14
SAN BENITO — A judge ordered a 22-year-old man held on $24,000 bail after charging him with theft, evading arrest and resisting arrest, according to a San Benito Police Department press release.Ramiro...
View ArticleRealtors report shows local market lagging behind state
BROWNSVILLE — The good news is that the Texas real estate market appears to have gained momentum in the first quarter of 2012, according to a new quarterly housing report from the Texas Association of...
View ArticleLocal veteran advocate Perez dies
HARLINGEN — A longtime advocate for military veterans lost his own battle with cancer Sunday.Luis Perez formed his own small group to help veterans who needed assistance with their veterans benefit...
View Article3 sent to hospital after school bus accident
HARLINGEN – A school bus accident Monday morning sent three middle school students to the hospital with minor injuries.The accident occurred at about 7:30 a.m. in the 400 block of 77 Sunshine Strip...
View ArticleValley Baptist gets latest in X-ray technology
HARLINGEN — A major technology upgrade at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen’s cardio-catheterization laboratory will give patients with strokes, heart conditions and life-threatening blockages or...
View ArticleSchools adopt dual language program
HARLINGEN — The school district will soon begin a dual language program to teach students both English and Spanish, and hopes to eventually give them the option of learning a third and even a fourth...
View ArticleLetter carriers collect 22,500 pounds of food
HARLINGEN — All across the nation members of the National Association of Letter Carriers were collecting non-perishable foods in the union’s 20th annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive.In Harlingen, those...
View ArticleSB Charter provision upheld: Candidates must pay taxes
SAN BENITO — City Secretary Lupita Passement said Monday that voters on Saturday approved all but one proposed amendments to the City Charter.A proposal to change a charter provision that led to the...
View ArticleMayor’s removal may have swayed voters
SAN BENITO — The past City Commission’s vote to remove Mayor Joe Hernandez continues more than two years later to play a role in city politics, some politicos said Monday.Saturday, City Commissioner...
View ArticlePolice Blotter for May 15
- HARLINGEN — Police arrested two men after following on a tip about illegal drug activity on the 800 block of North 26th Street last Friday.According to a Harlingen Police Department press release,...
View ArticleMissing monkey captured in Mission orchards
MISSION — Pan dulce put an end to the monkey business reported in the Mission area for the past few weeks. On late Monday afternoon, city animal control workers discovered a somewhat frightened, though...
View ArticleTestimony begins in Hedrick trial
BROWNSVILLE — A detective from a small Wisconsin town testified Monday in the trial of Robert Hedrick that he chatted about graphic sexual content while posing as a 13-year-old girl.Hedrick, 60, the...
View ArticleSource: Reynosa shootout injures at least 3 civilians
McALLEN - At least three civilians and an unknown number of gunmen were injured early Tuesday evening in a firefight near the Reynosa-Matamoros highway on the city’s south side, a Tamaulipas law...
View ArticleReorganization proposal among agenda items
HARLINGEN — Several members of Harlingen’s City Commission expressed support Tuesday for City Manager Carlos Yerena’s proposal to create a second assistant city manager post and to promote Public Works...
View ArticleRio Hondo's city administrator returns to work
RIO HONDO — City Administrator Hipolito Cabrera was back on the job less than a week after Mayor Alonzo Garza suspended him with pay, officials and staff said Tuesday.Cabrera returned to City Hall on...
View ArticlePolice Blotter for May 16
- HARLINGEN — Police arrested a Harlingen woman who threatened to stab her common-law husband because he tried to leave the residence after a heated argument, police said in a press release.According...
View ArticleAttorney ordered to report to jail
BROWNSVILLE — U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen on Monday directed attorney Jose Martin “Joe” Valle of Harlingen to surrender to the Federal Correctional Institution in Bastrop on by 2 p.m. on June...
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