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Texas MLB Capsules: Kinsler, Cruz homer as Rangers beat Blue Jays 8-1

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TORONTO (AP) — First place is a lot more fun when you win. Just ask the Texas Rangers. Ian Kinsler led off the game with a home run, Derek Holland won for the first time since mid-May and the AL West-leading Rangers stopped their five-game l... Full story

Texas NFL Capsules: Buehler won Cowboys' FG job; now he has to keep it

By JAIME ARON, The Associated Press

IRVING (AP) — David Buehler's first milestone in his conversion from kickoff specialist to all-around kicker was regularly making field goals under the simulated pressure of the Dallas Cowboys team staring him down during practice. Stil... Full story

City nixes bus route

By EMMA PEREZ-TREVINO, The Brownsville Herald

City bus Route 31 from Brownsville to La Paloma and points between will be eliminated on Sept. 30, but a regional organization plans to establish a new route that would cover most of the area, officials said. Rodney Gomez, planning program administr... Full story

Community center replaces old youth club in Brownsville

By JAZMINE ULLOA, The Brownsville Herald

Children in the Buena Vida neighborhood near downtown lost their Boys and Girls Club three years ago. It has been missed. Finally, they are about to get a replacement – a place to hang out, play basketball, do schoolwork. The city is renovat... Full story

Disabled vet loses partially built house to Hermine

By ALLEN ESSEX/Valley Morning Star

RAYMONDVILLE — Juan Flores said he fled his home when it began coming apart as Tropical Storm Hermine arrived in Willacy County. “I was asleep,” he said Tuesday. “(The house) started making noise.” He grabbed his littl... Full story

Murder trial under way

By ILDEFONSO ORTIZ, The Brownsville Herald

Mexican prosecutors say hooded gunmen on Wednesday killed the mayor of a small town just beyond the southern border of Tamaulipas state. He is the third mayor to have been slain in the last month, apparently by Mexico’s drug cartels. This come... Full story

Power outages continue in Harlingen, on coast

By MICHAEL BARAJAS/Valley Morning Star

HARLINGEN — Thousands of customers were still without power in the Harlingen, San Benito and coastal areas almost two days after Tropical Storm Hermine hit the Rio Grande Valley. By Wednesday afternoon, AEP confirmed that a small number could f... Full story

Zetas member pleads not guilty to immigration charges

THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD

Luis Alberto “El Pelochas” Blanco Flores, 30, pleaded not guilty to the charge of illegal re-entry to the U.S. when he was arraigned in federal court on Wednesday morning. Blanco, who authorities say is a former member of the Gulf Cartel... Full story

Mayor killed; key Tamaulipas official quits

THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD

Mexican prosecutors say hooded gunmen on Wednesday killed the mayor of a small town just beyond the southern border of Tamaulipas state. He is the third mayor to have been slain in the last month, apparently by Mexico’s drug cartels. This come... Full story

Officials identify man found in makeshift grave

By LINDSAY MACHAK/The Monitor

PALMVIEW — Hidalgo County sheriff’s investigators have identified a body found in a backyard north of the city as that of an 18-year-old Economedes High School student and alleged gang member. The remains of Roberto Javier Resendez were ... Full story

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