Turnout and conservatism to decide Texas races
AUSTIN (AP) — How many voters get to the polls and how conservative they consider themselves will likely decide the major Texas primary races. More than 2.3 million people cast their ballots before...
View ArticleSpence wins Democratic primary in Willacy County Sheriff race
RAYMONDVILLE — Longtime Willacy County Sheriff Larry Spence easily won the Democratic Party primary Tuesday night with nearly 55 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results.Spence now faces...
View ArticleGarza defeats Salazar for Democratic county commissioner nomination
SAN BENITO — Precinct 3 County Commissioner David Garza won Tuesday’s Democratic Party Primary, defeating Jose Luis Salazar 4,077 votes to 1,926 votes.Garza will face Republican challenger Manuel Abego...
View ArticleOliveira set to return to Texas House
BROWNSVILLE — State Rep. Rene Oliveira secured the Democratic nomination for the November election in his bid for re-election to the District 37 seat he has held for 14 terms.When election results were...
View ArticleGarza-Perez wins Democratic chair position
BROWNSVILLE — With 81 of 97 county precincts reporting as of 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sylvia Garza-Perez was poised to beat contenders Jared Hockema and John “Roca” Shergold for the chairmanship of the Cameron...
View ArticleIncumbents win bids for state district judge
BROWNSVILLE — Incumbent Elia Cornejo Lopez won the Democratic nomination Tuesday for 404th state district judge and will head into the November election without competition.Arturo Cisneros Nelson, also...
View ArticleIncumbent Sallie Gonzalez defeats Ernesto Gonzales, Rachel Menchaca in bid...
HARLINGEN — Justice of the Peace Precinct 5-1 Sallie Gonzalez fended off challenges from Ernesto Gonzales and Rachel Menchaca Tuesday in the Democratic Party primary election.Sallie Gonzalez received...
View ArticleTrejo defeats Gonzalez in JP bid
HARLINGEN — A new precinct now has a new justice of the peace.Mike Trejo defeated Adam Gonzalez to become the new Justice of the peace for Precinct 5 Place 3, with Trejo receiving 2,685 votes to...
View ArticleEdinburg state House race heads to runoff
EDINBURG — The search for Edinburg’s newest state representative will stretch into the summer.Two attorneys will vie for the seat vacated by retiring state Rep. Aaron Peña, R-Edinburg, in a July 31...
View ArticleRunoff looms for Cameron County DA
BROWNSVILLE — The Democratic nomination for district attorney has ended in a runoff on July 31 between Carlos R. Masso and Luis V. Saenz, while the Republican nomination goes to Chuck Mattingly. The...
View ArticleJudge denies petition to remove DA, suggests Villalobos step down
A visiting judge this morning denied to begin proceedings to remove embattled Cameron County District Attorney Armando R. Villalobos from office, but not before he suggested that the DA should...
View ArticleMunivez sentenced to 1 year, 1 day for extortion
U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen sentenced former Cameron County District Attorney investigator Jaime Munivez to 12 months and one day on two charges of extortion. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J....
View ArticleOrtiz: Voter turnout smooth
BROWNSVILLE — As the polls closed and primary day voting ended, Cameron County Elections Administrator Roger Ortiz was keeping his fingers crossed that there wouldn’t be a return of the computer glitch...
View Article2 from Valley in Ed. board runoff
BROWNSVILLE — Ruben Cortez Jr. of Brownsville and Celeste Zepeda-Sanchez of San Benito face a July 31 runoff for the Democratic nomination for the District 2 seat on the State Board of Education.Cortez...
View ArticleHarlingen Police Blotter for May 31
HARLINGEN — A man was charged Wednesday in connection with a family-violence assault, police said.Francisco Esquivel Jr., 37, was arraigned on a Class A misdemeanor charge, according to a press release...
View ArticlePath To Success: Andrew Cordero
Graduating as part of Early College High School’s legacy class put Andrew Cordero on the fast track toward a master’s degree and a career.After accumulating 81 college credits and a high school diploma...
View ArticleAnzalduas bridge to get wireless security cameras
McALLEN — McAllen plans to install wireless security cameras at the Anzalduas International Bridge after rodents and vandals damaged the bridge’s fiber-optic cables.The nearly $25,000 fix, approved...
View ArticleBill named for ICE agent
BROWNSVILLE — A bill named after fallen ICE Special Agent Jaime J. Zapata, which aims to enhance border security, is another step closer to becoming law.The Jaime Zapata Border Enforcement Security...
View Article5th grader looking forward to next year's spelling bee
EDINBURG — Fifth-grader Alen Saju of Edinburg went to Washington, D.C., with a regional spelling bee title under his belt, but he’ll have to wait until next year to vie for the national crown.Alen, 10,...
View ArticleChildren's museum hosting registration for summer camps
BROWNSVILLE — The Children’s Museum of Brownsville will begin registration for summer camps at 9 a.m. on Monday.The weekly camps will run from Jun. 4 through Aug. 3 with diverse themes ranging from...
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