UTB offering incentive payment
BROWNSVILLE — UTB-TSC tenured faculty recommended for job termination will receive a $15,000 payment if they sign a separation agreement to stay until May 2013, according to information released this...
View ArticleEmmy swag bags have local flair
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Most people watch the Emmy Awards on television to see if their favorite stars win the statuette or what the celebrities are wearing on the red carpet.However, this September,...
View ArticleEyes on The Prize: Med Tech grads prepare for careers by earning diplomas
HARLINGEN — A total of 81 graduates from the Class of 2012 of South Texas Academy of Medical Technology received their diplomas Saturday at Marine Military Academy’s Yeckel Auditorium.Friends and...
View ArticleExpert on Constitution to speak at UTB-TSC
BROWNSVILLE — Analysis of the U.S. Constitution is important amid the currently divisive political climate, according to Jack Rakove, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian.Rakove will give a free lecture...
View ArticleMcAllen’s Heart of the City flat-lines
McALLEN — The nonprofit charged with revitalizing McAllen’s sleepy downtown could use a defibrillator.With locked doors and a disconnected phone, Heart of the City Improvement Corp.’s empty 17th Street...
View ArticleMcAllen’s 2nd splash pad to open before July 4
McALLEN — The city’s second splash park, under construction near the Palm View Community Center, will open shortly before July 4, Parks and Recreation Director Sally Gavlik told the City Commission...
View ArticleBrownsville church concludes Virgin Mary celebration
BROWNSVILLE — A monthlong celebration of the Virgin Mary has concluded at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.Spring symbolizes new beginnings, and often Catholic churches will plan special...
View ArticleFair to help homeless vets with housing
HARLINGEN — A homeless veterans housing fair will be held from 10 a.m. until noon Thursday at the Harlingen Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, 2106 Treasure Hills Blvd.The housing fair is aimed at...
View ArticleNew statue honors former congressman
MISSION — Former U.S. Rep. Eligio “Kika” de la Garza II stood proudly next to a statue of himself Saturday morning during a dedication ceremony for the bronze likeness.The city of Mission and Upper...
View ArticleNo injuries reported in grenade attacks Matamoros
MATAMOROS — Three grenade attacks in Matamoros in as many days have prompted officials there to revise their patrol tactics.While no injuries have been reported in connection with the three attacks,...
View ArticleWalk into the Woods offers a few bronze creatures
McALLEN — A local birding center may not be the first place that comes to mind when looking for an exhibit of bronze sculptures. However, paying homage to a variety of South Texas wildlife, Quinta...
View ArticleBrownsville’s Anzaldua wins 2012 accordion contest
Peter Anzaldua of Brownsville is the 2012 Texas Folklife Festival Big Squeeze champion.Anzaldua, 15, won the 29th Annual Accordion Kings & Queens contest Saturday night in Houston for the best...
View ArticleParents warned about dangers of kids in hot vehicles
HARLINGEN — The baby’s asleep and the parent doesn’t want to disturb the child. So the baby is left behind in the car while the parent dashes into a store, thinking, it’ll only take a minute.Police and...
View ArticleUTB program promotes innovative thinking in Rio Grande Valley
BROWNSVILLE — After he was appointed to the board of the Tropical Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization last fall, Mark Kroll, dean of the School of Business at the University of...
View ArticleJury to be picked in Marchan corruption case
BROWNSVILLE (AP) — Jury selection is to begin in the federal trial of a Valley lawyer charged with bribing a judge to get favorable rulings and appointments. Ray Marchan of Port Isabel is charged with...
View Article3 hurt in shooting at San Antonio graduation party
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Investigators say gunfire at a graduation party in San Antonio has left three people hurt. San Antonio police say all three victims turned up at different hospitals early Monday. No...
View ArticlePolice Blotter for June 5
HARLINGEN — A man, who was arrested on a public intoxication charge after he was reported to police for urinating in a parking lot, was later charged with possession of cocaine and felony burglary of...
View ArticleAnnual Friendship Run suspended
McALLEN — Flagging attendance pushed McAllen city officials to shelve the International Friendship Run, which once took U.S. and Mexican joggers across the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge. With a...
View ArticleMan charged with felony DWI sentenced
RAYMONDVILLE — A 49-year-old Raymondville man was sentenced to two years in prison for a felony driving while intoxicated charge, according to Willacy County District Attorney Bernard Ammerman.Pablo...
View ArticleHaze at school caused by a/c leak, officials say
HARLINGEN —Students and staff evacuated Early College High School about 2:40 p.m. Monday after a report of smoke inside the building.The school, part of the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School...
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