By ALLEN ESSEX/Valley Morning Star @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off
SAN BENITO — City officials are planning to honor U.S. Navy Seaman Belinda Annette “Nettie” Puga, 20, of San Benito who died July 23 at the Naval Station in San Diego.
No cause of death has been released by the Defense Department, San Benito…
By FERNANDO DEL VALLE/Valley Morning Star @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off
RIO HONDO — For the second time in little more than a year, the city will launch a search for its top lawman after Police Chief Humberto Barrera resigned, officials said Thursday.
Barrera, who was hired in June 2009, resigned earlier this month to…
By MICHAEL BARAJAS/Valley Morning Star @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off
HARLINGEN — Maria Del Socorro Gallegos has little faith in the Harlingen Police Department’s investigation into the death of her 17-year-old son.
A police report states that Reynaldo Gonzalez died after he was run over by a drunken driver on July…
By JAZMINE ULLOA/The Brownsville Herald @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off
The Los Fresnos school district’s Board of Trustees is in the running to win recognition by the Texas Association of School Ad-ministrators as one of the most outstanding in the state.
The board won the top spot for the region this week when the…
By JARED TAYLOR/The Monitor @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off
National Guard troops are set to make another trip to the Rio Grande Valley to help federal agents secure the border.
The Valley is expected to receive 235 soldiers as part of a yearlong deployment that begins Sunday.
The 1,200 troops assigned to…
By JARED TAYLOR/The Monitor @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off
National Guard troops are set to make another trip to the Rio Grande Valley to help federal agents secure the border.The Valley is expected to receive 235 guardsmen as part of a yearlong deployment that begins Sunday.The 1,200 troops assigned to the…
By FERNANDO DEL VALLE/Valley Morning Star @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off
SAN BENITO — The city will ask department heads to cut 3 percent from their wish lists as officials try to balance the general fund budget, Finance Director Susan Crabtree said.Falling revenues are forcing officials to cut the fiscal year 2010-2011…
By ALLEN ESSEX/Valley Morning Star @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off
LA FERIA — City commissioners voted this week to renew a special use permit for Valley Entertainment, an electronic gaming hall at 805 W. Business 83, after they learned the business had complied with a city regulation that it build a separate…
MICHAEL BARAJAS/Valley Morning Star @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off
HARLINGEN — Maria Del Socorro Gallegos has little faith in the Harlingen Police Department’s investigation into the death of her 17-year-old son.A police report states that Reynaldo Gonzalez died after he was run over by a drunken driver on July…
By FERNANDO DEL VALLE/Valley Morning Star @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off
RIO HONDO — For the second time in little more than a year, the city will launch a search for its top lawman after Police Chief Humberto Barrera resigned, officials said Thursday.Barrera, who was hired in June 2009, resigned earlier this month to…