Runoff election for SRISD board seat set for June
SANTA ROSA — A runoff election for the Place 2 seat on the Santa Rosa Independent School District board has been set for June 23, Chief Financial Officer Hilda Rendon said.Early voting will be at her...
View ArticleSome county employees get bonuses while most don’t
BROWNSVILLE — Most Cameron County employees have not received a salary increase in approximately four years, while some employees with the district attorney’s office and sheriff’s department have...
View Article2 vie against incumbent for Cameron County sheriff
BROWNSVILLE — All three Democratic candidates for Cameron County sheriff are touting major changes in the county jail as the primary election approaches, though they differ on how to fix what current...
View ArticleEarly voting shows strong turnout
After months of politicking, pachangas and political forums, candidates will find out Tuesday how well they did as voters head to the polls for the primaries. Both Democrats and Republicans will choose...
View ArticleCongressional candidates stake their claims
Editor’s note: Valley Freedom Newspapers contacted all the candidates. All but one responded.The 11 Democratic and Republican candidates for U.S. Congress from the newly configured District 34 all have...
View ArticleHats off: Harlingen seniors graduate, start new chapter
HARLINGEN — A flurry of colorful gowns filled Boggus Stadium Saturday night as Harlingen’s seniors marked the beginning of their new journey. First came the emerald green gowns worn by Harlingen High...
View ArticleLocal student to compete in National Spelling Bee
EDINBURG — Alen Saju likes to stay up late studying the spellings of different words in his large, leather-bound dictionary. He writes the ones he finds interesting on colored post-its and pastes them...
View ArticleWater safety campaign under way
By JACQUELINE ARMENDARIZThe Brownsville Herald As everyone heads into Memorial Day weekend — the symbolic start of summer — the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is warning families...
View ArticleBone up on food sickness safety
McALLEN — Memorial Day weekend usually is when picnic season begins and cases of food poisoning start to rise.Diarrhea, vomiting, fever and abdominal cramps can ruin the holiday. But far from starting...
View ArticleA Hearty 'Hoorah': Hard work pays off for 45 MMA grads
HARLINGEN — With a cheer of “hoorah,” 45 cadets tossed their white hats in the air in celebration of graduating from Marine Military Academy Saturday morning.“We finally made it,” valedictorian Cadet...
View ArticleTeach For America gets hefty award
BROWNSVILLE — With the promise of a $250,000 gift, Teach For America’s top official in the region expressed hope that the non-profit could grow its ranks in Cameron County.However, Robert Carreon,...
View ArticleWoman pleads for return of abducted husband
MCALLEN — A South Texas woman is appealing for mercy from Mexico’s brutal Zetas drug cartel, which she believes is behind the March 30 abduction of her husband by three gunmen who stormed into their...
View ArticleNotorious ‘ghost pepper’ hits high on heat list
In the realm of the extreme, the ghost pepper reigns supreme — at least it did, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, from February 2007 to March 2011. The Naga Bhut Jolokia chile pepper,...
View ArticleTrustees decide to fire lawyer; board considers a reprimand for Limon
SAN BENITO — School trustees voted Monday night to give a 30-day termination notice to Gustavo Acevedo, the school board’s attorney. As of press time, the trustees were meeting in executive session to...
View ArticleWreath, a statue presented on somber holiday
HARLINGEN — Mothers of two soldiers killed in Iraq laid a wreath at the site of Harlingen’s new veterans memorial Monday evening while in San Benito the city unveiled a bronze statue dedicated to...
View ArticlePrimaries today for local, state, national elections
Voters go to the polls today in Democratic and Republican party primary elections for races that include president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Texas House, district attorney, sheriff and county...
View ArticleCameron County voting locations
Democratic precinct polling place 1, 83 – Ochoa County Annex, 505 Highway 100, Port Isabel 2, 99 - Las Yescas Elementary, 23413 FM 803, Las Yescas 3, 66 - Los Fresnos Community Bldg., 204 N. Brazil,...
View ArticleHoliday accidents leave 1 dead, others injured
Several car crashes over the Memorial Day weekend left one Brownsville man dead and multiple people injured in different incidents on Highway 48 and South Padre Island. Department of Public Safety...
View ArticleCampaign worker shot at polling place
SAN JUAN (AP) — A man campaigning outside a Rio Grande Valley police and fire station serving as a polling place was shot in the leg Tuesday in an apparent drive-by shooting, but authorities hadn't...
View ArticleNWS: Expect heat index of 105 to 108
The thermometer may read 95, but it will feel like it's well over 100 degrees today. The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a hazardous weather outlook for all of South Texas. The NWS...
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