Car chase ends in Lyford with the arrest of Edinburg suspect



Hidalgo County Sheriff’s deputies chased a suspect Tuesday afternoon from Edinburg through Hargill at high speeds and into Willacy County where the driver lost control of his pickup and overturned on FM 1921 between Exp. 77 and Bus. Hwy. 77. Deputy Eddie Rodriguez, Communications officer with the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Dept., said that Adan Hernandez was arrested and treated for […]

BEST FRIENDS DIE IN HARLINGEN CRASH



Amy Nicole Guerrero, 21, of Sebastian and and Samantha Jane Cardenas Rainwater, 19, of Raymondville died Friday night after their gray Mazda Protege’ was broadsided by a white Chevrolet Silverado pickup at the intersection of East Grimes Road and Loop 499 in Harlingen at 11:30 p.m. Police say the young women from Willacy County were headed east on Grimes Road […]

DAY OF RECKONING

Lawsuit names former D.A. Juan Guerra as defendant, Set for trial Oct. 13 in federal court at Brownsville

Former Willacy County District Attorney Gustavo “Gus” Garza was a special prosecutor in March, 2007 appointed to his job by State District Judge Migdalia Lopez to look into complaints about the incumbent district attorney for the county, Juan Guerra. The two men were political enemies and each had won an election over the other to the county’s top legal job. […]

Testimony ends in intoxication manslaughter trial of Santa Monica man



Visiting Judge Martha Huerta of Corpus Christi thanked an 11-woman, 1-man, jury in Raymondville Tuesday afternoon for their service over the past seven days while hearing an intoxicated manslaughter case against a Santa Monica man, Mauro Concepcion Alvarez. Alvarez is on trial in connection with the death of his friend, Pedro Palomo, 68, of Lyford, on March 16, 2007. Willacy […]

LYFORD SOLDIERS OFF TO WAR IN IRAQ



FAREWELL CEREMONY- About 500 Rio Grande Valley National Guardsmen were deployed to Iraq. Among the group were 10 Willacy County Guardsmen. A farewell ceremony was last Saturday at Bob Lackey Stadium in Weslaco. Shown are ( l to r) J.R. Delgado, Noe Trevino, Lyford Commissioner Wally Solis, and Andrew Delgado. All four are from Lyford. The group will return to […]

Herrera sentenced to 10 years in prison for meth possession



The Willacy County and District Attorney¿s Office announced today that on October 1, 2009, Oscar Rojelio Herrera, Jr., 32, of Austin, TX, pled guilty in the 197th District Court to visiting Judge Martha Huerta and was sentenced to 10 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division for possession of methamphetamine. The Defendant was indicted on March 19, […]

Soldier gets 3-year prison term for kidnap hoax



FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) – A soldier who tried to fake his kidnapping by a Mexican drug cartel after he went absent without leave was sentenced Friday to three years in prison and dishonorably discharged. As part of a deal in which Pfc. James Andrew Gonzalez pleaded guilty to desertion, violating a general order and obstruction of justice charges, a […]

Pct. 4 J.P. resigns but may continue to serve



County commissioners were confronted with an unusual situation at a special meeting Tuesday morning. Justice of the Peace Pct. 4 Juan Salinas announced his resignation and read a letter to that effect. He explained that he finds it necessary to resign in order to cash in his county retirement to address financial problems involving his homestead. Salinas previously worked for […]

Bulldogs defeat Hawks, remain unbeaten



Lyford High School’s varsity football team kept their District 32-3A record unblemished at 2-0 after conquering Zapata 41-12 last Friday. Johnny Esparza rushed for a touchdown and tossed scoring strikes to Steve Trevino (twice) and to Jacob Carranco. Sammy Ambriz ran for two scores. “Offensively, we played a good game,” Head Coach Jaime Infante said. “It was a luxury not […]

7 candidates vie for Municipal Judge post



There is no shortage of candidates in the Nov. 3 city election to replace former Municipal Judge Hector “Tiger” Huerta who died recently. Deadline for registering to be a candidate in the race for the $25,776 job was Monday and when the smoke cleared, seven candidates had tossed their hat into the political circle. Listed in the order of the […]