Police: Pot delivered to campus via decoy vehicle
RIO GRANDE CITY — School police here say smugglers disguised a truck to look like a maintenance vehicle to carry a large load of marijuana through a campus.Rio Grande City school district police caught...
View ArticlePolice: San Juan nail salon housed underground brothel
SAN JUAN — An undercover police officer discovered four women trading money for sexual favors at a salon this past week after he was solicited while visiting the location, authorities said.Police...
View ArticleMemo: UTB prepped for disgruntled workers
BROWNSVILLE — A University of Texas at Brownsville memo released last week acknowledges that officials prepared for the possibility of disgruntled employees as a result of the layoffs expected to occur...
View ArticleMusicians drum up support for block revitalization
BROWNSVILLE — For San Benito musician Miguel Zúñiga, there was a time when downtown seemed like an undesirable place, but he said his perception was changed by the Better Block Brownsville event on...
View ArticleYielding fewer tickets, Hidalgo feels crunch
HIDALGO — In the next few months, the Hidalgo City Council must answer an uncomfortable question: Should police write more tickets?For newly elected Mayor Martin Cepeda it’s particularly awkward....
View ArticleJudge's ruling backs first-time voters
EDINBURG — Nervous first-time voters and people uncomfortable with electronic voting machines shouldn’t have their ballots invalidated because they asked for help, state District Judge Manuel Bañales...
View ArticleHead Start granted more time to move its building
PALMVIEW — Representatives for Hidalgo County Head Start will have a few extra months to move one of their buildings off city property.At their Tuesday meeting, the Palmview City Commission voted to...
View ArticleAfter test, feds fortify border fence with gates
HIDALGO — The rust-red border fence that snakes through Hidalgo County includes more than a dozen small gaps wide enough for a truck to drive through.Smugglers have driven right through them — north...
View ArticleEx Planning and Zoning chairwoman says city caused land erosion
RIO HONDO — Judith McCarthy blames a city drainage project for washing away land next to her dock on the Arroyo Colorado.When the city installed new drainage pipes about a year ago, it redirected water...
View ArticleService academies regarded as national award, invitation to lead
BROWNSVILLE — A trip to Brownsville seemed to be all it took for Bre’Anna Garza to find what could be the next step in her ultimate goal of serving her country.At just 19, the college freshman said she...
View ArticleAnimal-control facility drops city costs, lacks adoption option
WESLACO — The black Chihuahua in cage No. 3 at Weslaco’s municipal animal-control facility wore a collar with two little bells and wagged his tail happily as he bounced toward animal control officers...
View ArticleHealthcare tourists faithful to Nuevo Progreso dentists
Assistant anthropology professor Matthew Dalstrom was living and researching in Mississippi in 2006 when he interviewed a couple of nurses whose employer had dropped their dental insurance. The nurses,...
View ArticleArt exhibit captures Brownsville in black and white
BROWNSVILLE — Eighty black-and-white photographs made by 15 photography students at the University of Texas and Texas Southmost College are part of an exhibition set to open Tuesday.The show, called...
View ArticleMan stabbed outside McAllen bar
McALLEN — Police say a man underwent several hours of surgery after a fellow bar patron stabbed him Saturday afternoon. The stabbing happened about 1 p.m. Saturday outside La Cabaña III bar, 309 S....
View ArticlePharr, San Juan police to buy gear with U.S. grants
PHARR — Police here will use federal funding to buy technology to enhance operations at the city’s international port of entry, and police in San Juan will use a similar grant for new radio gear. The...
View ArticleEx-vet board member says removal was retaliation
By FERNANDO DEL VALLEValley Morning StarSAN BENITO — Mayor Joe Hernandez’s decision to remove her from the city’s veterans board may affect a project to commemorate the lives of area soldiers who died...
View ArticleRosenthal seeks change of venue
BROWNSVILLE — Attorney Marc G. Rosenthal has requested that his trial on extortion and other charges be held in Houston, claiming that he cannot receive a fair trial in Brownsville due to adverse...
View ArticleEDC chooses new executive director
HARLINGEN — The Harlingen Economic Development Corp. Board of Directors on Monday selected Raudel Garza of McAllen as its new executive director.The announcement of Garza’s selection followed an...
View ArticleWindstorm insurance rate hike postponed
BROWNSVILLE — It appears that a growing squall over an insurance rate increase for Texas coastal residents has died down — at least for the time being.A meeting of the Texas Windstorm Insurance...
View ArticleChamber president Padilla resigns
SAN BENITO — Chamber of Commerce President Zeke Padilla said Monday that he submitted his letter of resignation more than a week ago, after about eight years in that post.Padilla said he is resigning...
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