Valley and State
McAllen business deal sours over publicity
McALLEN - A group of Mexican businessmen may not buy Westside Park from the city, concerned the resulting publicity would make them targets of criminal organizations, according to the attorney working to broker the deal. If the group were to make an...
Tony Dorsett to speak at IDEA gala and auction
EDINBURG -- Football legend Tony Dorsett will speak at IDEA Public Schools' Carpe Diem Gala and Auction Friday. Dorsett, who was inducted into both the College and the National Football League halls of fame in 1994, will receive...
Sect mother of newborn not a minor, Texas concedes
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Texas child welfare officials conceded Tuesday that a newborn's mother, held in foster care as a minor after being removed from a polygamous sect's ranch, is an adult. A Child Protective Services attorney told state District Judge...
Longtime Houston TV anchor Stone dead at 72
HOUSTON (AP) - Revered broadcaster Ron Stone, who spent more than 30 years in television news in Houston, died of cancer on Tuesday. He was 72. His death was reported on the Web site of Houston television station KPRC, where he anchored the news...
12 family members arrested on charges of marriage fraud
DALLAS (AP) _ A dozen family members spanning three generations were arrested Tuesday in connection with a marriage fraud ring in which foreign nationals paid up to $12,000 each to marry U.S. citizens, authorities said. Eleven people were arrested...
Texas Monthly magazine publisher to retire in August
AUSTIN (AP) - Texas Monthly publisher Mike Levy, one of the founders of the magazine, announced Tuesday he will retire at the end of August. After struggling to get started, the award-winning magazine now has more than 2 million readers, Levy said. "It...
New mayor in Dallas suburb to target illegal immigrants
CARROLLTON, Texas (AP) - A newly elected mayor near Dallas says his top priority will be ridding his suburb of illegal immigrants, the same focus that has drawn national attention in a neighboring city. But Ron Branson said Carrollton will not simply...
Southwest passenger cited for refusing to get off cell phone
DALLAS (AP) - A Southwest Airlines passenger was cited by police Monday for refusing to stop talking on his cell phone during a flight from Austin. Police were summoned by Southwest officials and met the plane when it arrived at Love Field. Joe...
Lawsuit pitting homeowners against subdivision manager
PHARR - A corps of activist homeowners say the Pharr Plantation subdivision's current manager is using their money for his own purposes and not following the rules that came with their deeds. Heblen Kanan bought the subdivision from its bankrupt founders...
Big, yellow and thirsty: School districts looking for ways to pay for fueling fleets of buses
School district leaders worry rising fuel prices will guzzle their budgets.Since the beginning of the school year, districts' cost per gallon on diesel has increased by more than a dollar and gasoline prices by around 70 cents. So, school district leaders...
Deputies discover body south of Donna
DONNA -- Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of a man found early this morning just south of the city. Authorities found the body near the intersection of Hutch and Rolando streets, just off Farm-to-Market Road 495 in the tiny...
Texas sees 40 percent spike in handgun permit applications
AUSTIN (AP) - Texans are applying for concealed handgun licenses at a rate nearly 40 percent higher than a year ago, causing a backlog in new applications and permit renewals, according to a newspaper report. The Houston Chronicle reported in its...
Man gets 14 life terms for abusing his 3 children
SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) - A Texas man was sentenced Thursday to 14 life sentences for biting, whipping and starving his three children. A Hays County jury gave Cesar Mojica Carmona, 24, the maximum penalty and fined him $140,000. The prison sentences...
Texas woman convicted of running sex club featuring children
TYLER, Texas (AP) - A jury again needed just four minutes Thursday to convict an organizer of an East Texas swinger's club where prosecutors say young children were forced to perform sexual acts for an audience. Shauntel Mayo, 29, faces life in...
Father, mother and son arrested on drug charges
HARLINGEN - A father, mother and son were arrested Tuesday on charges of engaging in organized criminal activity and delivery of a controlled substance, officials said. The Cameron County District Attorney's Special Operation Group arrested the family...
1600 pounds of pot found
SULLIVAN CITY -- A large load of marijuana was seized from a pickup truck in Sullivan City Tuesday afternoon. The police dispatcher said the load totalled about 1,600 pounds. The suspects escaped and are presumed to have fled across the Rio Grande...
Lubbock settles Taser death suit for $49,000
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - City officials agreed to pay $49,000 to the family of domestic violence suspect who died after a police officer stunned him in the chest several times with a Taser stun gun. The city does not admit liability in the 2006 death...
More people with Hispanic last names registering to vote
DALLAS (AP) - Voter registration among Dallas County residents with Spanish surnames climbed in the first four months of 2008, records show. More than 7,500 residents with Hispanic last names registered to vote during that time, said Dallas County...
College students displaced by building fire in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - More than 100 students were displaced from their dormitory when a fire damaged a historic building on the campus of Our Lady of the Lake University, officials said. San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said arson investigators...
Conroe man competing in triathlon dies
THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) - An autopsy is planned to determine how a Conroe man competing in the first leg of a triathlon died. Randolph Parnell, 51, was found Saturday floating face down in the water during the swimming leg of the CB&I triathlon...
Student' suit against color guard in court
AUSTIN (AP) - A trial in the case of a student who accuses Austin school officals of failing to stop a color guard instructor from sexually abusing him was scheduled to start Monday. The Bowie High School student alleges in his suit that then-contract...
Details emerge regarding alleged TAKS cheating
WESLACO -- Two complaints filed last month with the Texas Education Agency allege Weslaco school district personnel violated testing procedures to try to boost state test scores. The complaints - both sent to the TEA anonymously - focus on Memorial Elementary...
Border fence might fatten wallets
McALLEN - The border wall is going to make some people richer - but exactly who, or by how much, is a big question. Many officials said Hidalgo County's 22 miles of concrete flood wall - part of a 670-mile project Congress authorized in 2006 to secure...
Honest cleaning clerk returns more than $1,000 to customer
McALLEN - The dry cleaning store clerk arrived at work Thursday morning to find a surprise ceremony honoring her for her honesty. Jennifer Peña, 33, was so startled that she froze up and struggled to get her words out in English. Last week, Peña...
Tenants, landlord, city snared in dilemma
HARLINGEN - Residents at the Lee Apartments went without water service for more than four days, they said, because their landlord didn't pay the water bill. The landlord said he didn't pay the water bill because the tenants haven't paid the rent, and...
Rio Hondo's ag program still alive
RIO HONDO - Although a new agriculture program coordinator hasn't been hired, school officials want parents and students to know the program isn't disappearing from the curriculum. In February, the district's coordinator, Martin Cavazos, resigned. Rio...
Reports: Mariah Carey marries actor Nick Cannon
NEW YORK (AP) - Nick Cannon is cast as Mariah Carey's lover in her new video - but has the superstar diva given the young actor a considerably bigger role in real life? According to several published reports, Carey, 38, married Cannon, 27, on Wednesday....
Controversy surrounds decision to grant killer probation
EDINBURG - Convicted killer Antonio Saldaña may be out of jail but his battle to win public support has only just begun. On Monday, an Hidalgo County jury sentenced the 46-year-old elementary school custodian to 10 years probation for killing...
Man dies after two cranes collapse
INGLESIDE, Texas (AP) - A man trapped for more than two hours in the rubble of two collapsed cranes died later in the day at a hospital, officials said. The incident began Tuesday morning when multiple cranes were working together to move a 20-ton...
DPS trooper shot, killed in East Texas
KELLYVILLE, Texas (AP) - Law enforcement officials early Wednesday morning continued a multi-county manhunt across East Texas in search of a suspect who shot and killed a Department of Public Safety trooper involved in a high-speed chase Tuesday...
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