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- San Benito EDC offers loan program
- SAN BENITO — Eduardo Richa has a line on a loan that could help him expand his business. This week, the city’s Economic Development Corporation announced a program that can lend money to businesses to spark economic development during a ... Full story
- Five arrested in kidnapping
- HARLINGEN — Police arrested five people Thursday accused of beating a woman and locking her in an office trailer, according to a police press release. Harlingen residents Ashley Fonseca, 22, Nelda Ester Gonzalez, 31, Bryan David Peters, 56, An... Full story
- Violence in Mexico curtailing faith-based missions
- McALLEN, Texas (AP) — John and Wanda Casias knew the risks of being missionaries in one of Mexico's most violent, cartel-dominated regions, their children say, but they refused to curtail their work and instead put their ministry ahea... Full story
- Warehouse fire in Rio Hondo across from school
- Harlingen and Brownsville fire crews are both responding to a large warehouse fire in the outskirts of Rio Hondo off FM 106. The fire is now under control but firefighters except to be battling it for the rest of the day. The blaze broke out in a la... Full story
- FBI seeks 'tall, dark, handsome' Texas bank robber
- HOUSTON (AP) — A fugitive described by the FBI as being a "tall, dark and handsome bandit" has been accused of holding up two banks this week in Texas. Bank surveillance photos provided Friday show a suspect, believed to be the same man, with ... Full story
- Medicare clinic opens in Brownsville
- San Antonio-based WellMed Medical Management has opened its third a primary care clinic in the Rio Grande Valley: in Brownsville at 5700 N. Expressway 77/83, Ste. 307. The clinic is focused on providing health care services to Medicare-eligible senio... Full story
- Medicaid recipients must select health plan by Feb. 10
- The Brownsville Community Health Center is hosting a fair on Saturday to help people navigate an important change that will soon take effect for all Medicaid clients in the Rio Grande Valley. The change, which is tied to the state budget crisis last... Full story
- Balli named Texas Folklife executive director
- AUSTIN — For six years, Cristina Balli helped promote arts and culture across the Rio Grande Valley. For two years, she’s been showcasing Texas’ rich cultural heritage as associate director of Texas Folklife, a nonprofit organizati... Full story
- Laguna Vista sets grace period to pay fines
- The town of Laguna Vista has announced a program that allows anyone with unpaid traffic fines to settle their debts to avoid being arrested. The town’s Municipal Court has declared a grace period from Feb.1 through Feb. 24 to encourage people ... Full story
- Suspect arraigned in jewelry store fire
- A man is facing arson and burglary charges for allegedly breaking into a jewelry store, stealing items to finance a drug habit and setting a fire in the process, a Brownsville fire official said. Saul Amado Espinoza is accused of starting a blaze th... Full story
- Man shot in leg in Brownsville during car theft
- A Brownsville man was shot in the leg early Thursday by a group of men who allegedly stole his car, a Brownsville police report said. Officers responded to the 6800 block of El Lago Drive at 12:39 a.m. and found a 24-year-old man lying in the grass ... Full story
- Suspect in car theft arrested
- Brownsville Police arrested a man late Wednesday accused of stealing and torching a car, Brownsville police spokesman J.J. Trevino said. Police secured an arrest warrant Wednesday charging Carlos Santana Garza, 19, with arson, court documents show. ... Full story
- Mexican man guilty of smuggling meth
- A Mexican national pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to firearm and drug charges related to a long-term narcotic smuggling operation from Mexico to Houston, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced. Rigoberto Munoz-Vargas, 37, admitted in fro... Full story
- One dead in border violence
- Sources say shootout crosses river
- NEAR SULLIVAN CITY — A shootout between members of rival organized crime groups and the Mexican military ended at the banks of the Rio Grande, where at least one man was killed on the U.S. side. The shootout began Thursday afternoon along the... Full story
- Murder victim found under pile of tires
- NORTH OF PALMVIEW — Investigators identified a 65-year-old homicide victim found underneath a pile of tires Wednesday afternoon. A person living near Marshall Street and Minnesota Road in rural Hidalgo County found the body of German Duque Gon... Full story
- Man arrested for stealing, torching car
- Brownsville Police arrested a man late Wednesday accused of stealing and torching a car, Brownsville police spokesman J.J. Trevino said. Police secured an arrest warrant Wednesday charging Carlos Santana Garza, 19, with arson, court documents show. ... Full story
- Astros give tips, advice to local youngsters
- The Houston Astros on Wednesday made their mark on the youth of Brownsville — hundreds of them, including some 1,200 students at Lucio Middle School. Broadcaster Alex Trevino, infielders Jose Altuve and Jimmy Paredes, and pitcher Fernando Rodr... Full story
- Jury returns guilty verdict in murder trial
- A Cameron County jury on Wednesday found Albert Cleveland Stafford, 52, guilty of murder in the 2010 stabbing death of his neighbor. Testimony in the trial for Stafford began Monday, and the jury returned the guilty verdict in less than half an hour... Full story
- Mexican charter flights may come to Weslaco
- WESLACO — Economic Development Corp. Director Hernan Gonzalez was beaming as he showed city commissioners a photo of an 18-passenger aircraft and its owners during a recent presentation. That plane, and possibly another that carries 50 passeng... Full story
- Rezoning, delinquent taxes on BISD agenda
- Brownsville Independent School District trustees will meet in special session today to discuss redistricting for the 2012-2013 school year and fees that BISD’s new delinquent tax-collection firm will be allowed to charge. Two weeks ago, truste... Full story
- College and University Night tonight
- The Brownsville Independent School District will hold its annual College and University Night beginning at 6:30 p.m. today at the Central Administration Building, 708 Palm Blvd. BISD will have representatives at the event from at least 15 local or... Full story
- Pilot project will dredge and renew four sites in Brownsville
- Four Brownsville resaca sites are on tap for a much needed and long overdue dredging and renewal project that will give city residents and businesses a more reliable water supply, improve flood control, and offer several side benefits as well, accord... Full story
- Drowning at Sports Park in hands of district attorney
- The case regarding the October drowning of a 6-year-old boy at the Brownsville Sports Park was sent to the Cameron County district attorney’s office last month, police said this week. The boy’s mother, 31-year-old Maria Elizabeth Perez-M... Full story
- Motion filed in Park Girl case
- Attorneys for Rio Grande Valley residents who allege that JoLeigh Ares, Park Girl Sales and others defrauded them have asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to allow them to continue with their civil lawsuit in state district court, even though Park Girl S... Full story
- 2 Texas missionaries found murdered in north Monterrey
- MEXICO CITY (AP) — A missionary couple from Texas were slain in their home outside the violence-plagued northern industrial city of Monterrey, the U.S. Embassy and their family said Wednesday The embassy identified the couple as John and Wanda C... Full story
- Texas students sick, not their prescribed meds
- CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — Health officials believe more than a dozen students at a Central Texas high school allegedly took someone else's prescription medicine and became sick at school. A spokeswoman for the Cleveland Independent School Dist... Full story
- Mexican charter flights may come to Weslaco
- WESLACO — Economic Development Corp. Director Hernan Gonzalez was beaming as he showed city commissioners a photo of an 18-passenger aircraft and its owners during a recent presentation. That plane, and possibly another that carries 50 passeng... Full story
- Astros’ CAREavan in Brownsville today
- Get ready, the Astros are coming to town. The Houston Astros’ 2012 CAREavan will stop by Brownsville today, then head to Harlingen and McAllen on Thursday. Rio Grande Valley residents will get the opportunity to meet, get autographs and take p... Full story
- City places ad for police chief position
- Nearly two months after Police Chief Carlos Garcia announced his retirement from the police department, the city of Brownsville will start advertising the chief of police position. Officials said the city would begin accepting applications today. T... Full story
- Jury selected in capital murder trial
- Attorneys completed jury selection Monday in a capital murder trial for the 2006 slaying of a man on South Padre Island. Dennis Wayne Capps, 58, is accused of killing 43-year-old Brian Aldrich, whose body was discovered by Cameron County Park Ranger... Full story
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