JUANITA V. GONZALES



Juanita V. Gonzales, 83 years old, was called home to the kingdom of Heaven by our savior Jesus Christ Thursday, December 31, 2009. She was born June 24, 1926, in Raymondville, TX to Higninio, Sr. and Tiburcia Lopez Villarreal. She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. A rosary was recited Friday, 7 p.m., January 1, at […]

VICENTE GARCIA



Vicente Garcia, 88, passed away Friday, January 1, 2010 at his residence surrounded by his loving family and close friends. Vicente was born on July 15, 1921 in Los Ramones, Nuevo Leon, Mexico to Ramon Garcia and Petra Moreno de Garcia. He is preceded in death by his parents, a son, Adolfo Garcia and two brothers: Rumaldo and Estevan, and […]

ROY N. ALMANZA



Roy N. Almanza, Sr., 41, passed away Saturday, January 2, 2010 at his home in Raymondville, Tx. A prayer service will be held Wednesday, 7 p.m., at Duddlesten Chapel. Chapel service will be held Thursday, January7, at 1 p.m. Interment will follow at the Raymondville Memorial Park Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Feliciana Almanza of Raymondville; two sons, […]

Food prices fall in final quarter of 2009



As Texans look ahead to what the New Year may hold, food prices should be one less of a concern than they were a year ago. That’s according to the latest Texas Farm Bureau Grocery Price Watch, which found that shoppers not only shaved a few cents off their grocery bills from the third to fourth quarters of the year, […]

Texas population up to 24.8 million, gain of 478,000 this year



WASHINGTON (AP) – Texas is the nation’s fastest-growing state by the numbers with a population of about 24.8 million. New Census Bureau figures show California remains the most populous state, with 37 million, followed by Texas, New York with 19.5 million, Florida with 18.5 million and Illinois with 12.9 million. Texas gained more people than any other state between July […]

Bus offers special view of Texas wildlife refuge



BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) – For 15 miles Bayside Drive at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge winds through grasslands interspersed with brush, a waterside confection for nature lovers. And the panorama is even better atop the refuge’s 60-passenger, open-air tourist tram now open for business this season. “It is just really nice when someone else is driving, so you can enjoy […]

Brownsville man gets six years for possession of child pornography



January 4, 2010 – The Cameron County District Attorney’s Office announces today that Juan Luis Sanchez, 27, was sentenced to six years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Institutional Division on 10 counts of possession of child pornography. Sanchez was arrested in March of 2009 after a complaint was filed with the Brownsville Police Department that he was […]

Bus plunges off cliff in northern Mexico; 14 dead



TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) A bus carrying farm workers and their families home plunged off a cliff in northern Mexico on Saturday, killing 14 people and injuring 21. The bus was traveling along a treacherously winding stretch of highway before dawn when it veered off at high speed over a cliff halfway between the border cities of Tijuana and Mexicali, according […]

4 policemen killed in violent Mexico border city



CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) – Mexican law enforcement officials say four police officers have died in a series of attacks on patrol cars in the border city of Ciudad Juarez. Chihuahua state police and prosecutors say two more officers are recovering from wounds suffered in three attacks by gunmen on Friday. State police spokesman Fidel Banuelos says the first attack […]

Guerra hosts Willacy County’s first ever State of the County Address



LYFORD – History was made on Saturday when Willacy County Judge Aurelio Guerra held the county’s first ever State of the County Address. In a speech and slide show presentation at El Toro Dance Hall, Guerra focused on the community development projects county commissioners have worked on this past year, noting that the projects were completed despite the economic hardships […]