Expressway to be closed for striping
Road crews will close a large section of the expressway from Harlingen to San Benito so new stripes can be painted on the highway. The Texas Department of Transportation says the north and southbound...
View ArticleFour Valley residents killed in Texas accident
HALLETTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Investigators say a three-vehicle accident on a rain-slick highway in South Texas has left two adults and two children dead. The Department of Public Safety says four other...
View ArticleFamily of slain ICE agent Zapata filed claim with gov't
The parents of slain ICE Special Agent Jaime Jorge Zapata and injured Special Agent Victor Avila have filed notices of claims seeking $62.5 million against the U.S. government and several agencies...
View ArticleEDC members removed
SAN BENITO — Mayor Joe Hernandez on Wednesday denied accusations that politics were behind his decision to remove two members from the city’s Economic Development Corporation board and predicted that...
View ArticleCleaning House: City has removed more than 200 dilapidated homes
HARLINGEN — More than 200 dilapidated houses and other structures have been torn down or fixed up during a two-year campaign to clean up the city, City Attorney Roxann Pais Cotroneo reported Wednesday...
View ArticlePolice Blotter for June 21
HARLINGEN — A judge ordered a 36-year-old Harlingen man held on $2,313 bail after he was arrested on a marijuana possession charge and outstanding warrants, according to a police department press...
View ArticleGrieving mom copes with deaths of 2 boys, their dad
BROWNSVILLE — A Brownsville mother is mourning the death of her two young sons and their father in a three-vehicle accident near Hallettsville, east of San Antonio in Lavaca County.Anabel Salazar said...
View ArticlePart of Hwy. 77 closing for work
Road crews will close a large section of the expressway from Harlingen to San Benito so new stripes can be painted on the highway.The Texas Department of Transportation says the north and southbound...
View ArticleMen accused of holding immigrants against will
PHARR — Police uncovered two Las Milpas motel rooms where illegal immigrants claimed they were kept against their will by a smuggler accused of sexually assaulting women under his control.Pharr police...
View ArticleSpecial agents’ families file notices of claims
BROWNSVILLE — The parents of fallen ICE Special Agent Jaime J. Zapata and injured Special Agent Victor Avila on Wednesday filed notices of claims totaling $62.5 million against three federal...
View ArticleCoastal flood advisory for Cameron, Willacy counties
The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a coastal flood advisory for Cameron and Willacy Counties. The NWS says rough swells from the north-east will combine with above normal high tides...
View ArticleAstronaut Fossum inspires young Boy Scouts
RIO HONDO — Inside a large dining hall filled with about 250 of his fellow Scouts, Demitri Garlic, a 14-year-old Life Scout, raised his hand and asked, “How do you become an astronaut?” With a flash of...
View ArticleAuthorities investigating possible gas leak in Rancho Viejo
Police and fire crews have cleared an area of Rancho Viejo due to a possible gas leak. A clerk at the Rancho Viejo Police Department said officials cleared residents in the area of Hidalgo Avenue and...
View ArticlePolice blotter for June 23
- HARLINGEN — A 29-year-old man in custody on unrelated charges faces an additional charge of assault-family violence, according to a police department press release.A 40-year-old woman reported to...
View ArticleDeputies arrest men claiming to be Zetas
BROWNSVILLE — Cameron County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two men Thursday who they say fired guns in the air and claimed they were Zetas after they were kicked out of a birthday party.Sheriff Omar...
View ArticleOfficial: Suspect in Tamaulipas grenade attacks arrested
A morning of grenade attacks in the Tamaulipas’ state capital Friday left seven bystanders injured.The grenade attacks came after unknown assailants dumped two heads outside the Ciudad Victoria city...
View ArticleWynne seeks defense lawyer’s sanction
BROWNSVILLE — Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Wynne restated Friday his request for sanctions against Ray R. Marchan’s attorney Noe Domingo Garza Jr., noting that Garza, “crossed the line from...
View ArticlePort of Brownsville receives $12 million in federal stimulus funds
BROWNSVILLE — Persistence has paid off for the Port of Brownsville, which has been notified it will be awarded $12 million in federal transportation funds through the TIGER IV program.The money will be...
View ArticleCounty to deploy lifeguards to parks
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Beginning next Saturday, beachgoers at county parks here will be under the watchful eye of lifeguards.This safety feature will increase the beach entrance fee to $5, a $1...
View ArticleConjunto pioneers to be honored today at annual ceremony
SAN BENITO — As a girl, Linda Escobar learned the songs her father turned into some of the classics of conjunto music.Ten years after Eligio Escobar was inducted into the Texas Conjunto Hall of Fame...
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