Board votes to replace plaque
SAN BENITO — After nearly a year of debate, the city’s Veterans Advisory Board on Monday voted to replace a plaque at the city’s Veterans War Memorial to remove the name of past Mayor Jack Garcia and...
View ArticlePolice blotter for June 26
- HARLINGEN — A woman was charged in connection with beating a man with a baseball bat after he questioned her about taking his money, according to a police report.Julia Esmeralda Sanchez, 30, was...
View ArticleMore apply for Chamber spot than expected
HARLINGEN — The Harlingen Area Chamber of Commerce was hoping to receive 30 or 40 applications in its search for a new chief executive officer.Instead, the chamber’s board of directors search committee...
View ArticleNelson, Pettit: Never knew of schemes
BROWNSVILLE — District Judge Arturo C. Nelson said Monday that he never had reason to suspect that former 404th state District Judge Abel C. Limas would be involved in wrongdoing. “Had I even suspected...
View ArticleHigh court upholds key portion of Arizona law
BROWNSVILLE — The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday on Arizona’s 2010 immigration law upheld a controversial portion of the law that allows local police to ask for documents proving immigration status,...
View ArticleFirefighters help Girl Scouts beat the heat
HARLINGEN — Pandemonium ensued Monday in the parking lot of the Harlingen Elks Lodge as screaming little girls ran in all directions. But, even though two fire engines were parked at odd angles and...
View ArticleCity leaders address rash of crimes in the community
PALM VALLEY — A rash of break-ins of garages and storage sheds in Palm Valley and the surrounding area seems to be the work of a single burglar, Police Chief Al Garcia told a roomful of local residents...
View ArticlePolice: Woman bites, runs over, beats man with bat
HARLINGEN — A woman was charged in connection with beating a man with a baseball bat after he questioned her about taking his money, according to a police report. Julia Esmeralda Sanchez, 30, was...
View ArticleIsland rated clean beach, groups at odds over cleanliness
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Two environmental organizations give conflicting ratings of the cleanliness of the beaches here. The Natural Resources Defense Council report rates Island beaches as some of the...
View ArticleFamily of slain ICE agent Zapata seek answers
The parents of slain ICE Special Agent Jaime J. Zapata, and twin sister of injured Special Agent Victor Avila today called for transparency as they continue in their quest for answers regarding the...
View ArticleZapata, Avila families ask for answers
BROWNSVILLE — More than a year after ICE Special Agent Jaime J. Zapata was killed and Special Agent Victor Avila injured in an attack by the Zetas drug cartel in Mexico, Zapata’s family and Avila still...
View Article500 children enjoy United Way park event
HARLINGEN — The hot weather on Friday didn’t keep Rayne McMillan or about 500 other children away from Fair Park.She was having a “Hello Kitty” image painted on her face by Angie Castillo, one of a...
View ArticleFindings from SBCISD board insurance investigation to be released
SAN BENITO — School board member Oscar Medrano said Friday that he asked the school district’s attorney to investigate Board President Yliana Rodriguez’s attempt to assign a health insurance company...
View ArticlePolice blotter for June 30
- HARLINGEN — A man was charged Friday in connection with choking and beating his common-law wife, according to a police department press release.Julio Albert Larios, 23, was arraigned on one charge of...
View ArticleOfficials set deadline for detention center’s roof repair
RAYMONDVILLE — Willacy County officials have taken action against a contractor for a leaky and sagging roof at a county-owned and privately operated U.S. Marshals’ detention facility on the east edge...
View ArticleCEO named for Valley Regional Medical Center
BROWNSVILLE — The Gulf Coast division of HCA announced this week a new CEO for Valley Regional Medical Center.Susan E. Andrews, just recently chief operating officer for Corpus Christi Medical Center,...
View ArticleSouth Texas Outdoors now available
The tick riders of the Rio Grande Valley are modern-day cowboys on the frontlines of a critical war — protecting Texas cattle from bovine babesiosis, a devastating disease that could cause catastrophic...
View ArticleLarge crowd expected for ResacaFest
SAN BENITO — A 5K run, a tribute to hometown hero Freddy Fender and a day-long concert are expected to draw record crowds today to the Sixth Annual ResacaFest, organizers said Friday.Tejano star...
View ArticleVilla Maria, Incarnate Word hold ‘super reunion’
BROWNSVILLE — Incarnate Word Academy held a “super reunion” this past week with a Mass celebrated by Bishop Daniel E. Flores as part of a yearlong celebration of 160 years of history in Brownsville.It...
View ArticleExtra enforcement set to patrol for holiday
HARLINGEN — As families prepare to celebrate Fourth of July, police in Harlingen, San Benito and other Rio Grande Valley cities are mobilizing to be on the lookout for drunken drivers and will be ready...
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