La Jarra assisted living center is coming together




The three buildings seen from Texas Highway 186 east of Raymondville are brand new and have changed the scenery of the area where ranch and brush land have been the norm. The newest building is being flanked by one on the south and another on the west side. And sometime this year, they will become part of an assisted living […]

Woman in hit and run that killed pedestrian pleads guilty




A Sebastian woman involved in a vehicle accident that killed a pedestrian in 2013 has avoided a jury trial by pleading guilty. A trial hearing for the State of Texas vs. Rubi Alysaa Barrios was set for Monday on charges of negligent homicide and for failing to render aid. But under the advice of her attorney, Ed Stapleton, Barrios plead […]

Motorcycle race turns deadly, Harlingen man dies




An apparent motorcycle race near Sebastian turned deadly as one of two men involved was killed late Sunday night, authorities said. Troopers with the Texas Department of Public Safety responded to the fatal crash that killed Dylan James Morales, 20, of Harlingen. A preliminary investigation revealed the two were racing when the crash occurred. It involved a 2007 Honda and […]

8-liner forfeiture hearing in State District Court




A hearing about an eight-liner casino raided by Raymondville police in early May was scheduled to take place today (Wednesday) in the 197th State District Court. Silver City, the only eight-liner inside Raymondville city limits, was shut down during the first week of May for illegal gambling. Police seized 113 coin-operated machines, more than $10,000 in cash and other merchandise. […]

RISD board to meet at 7 a.m. Friday morning to consider pay raise for athletic director



Raymondville head football coach and athletic director Frank Cantu was hired two years ago at an annual salary of $73,000. On Friday morning at 7 am trustees will consider giving Cantu a retroactive check of $12,000 for each of those two years in addition to a raise of $12,000 on his contract for the coming year.

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Slug wars

Anyone who gardens grapples with the reality of pests. Most often, pests want to eat your garden before you get the chance to do so yourself. Or, they destroy the prettiness of plants by chewing holes in leaves and such. Pests are like a plague and a curse to gardeners everywhere. My particular pest of choice is the common slug. […]

Behind the Badge

Not All Heroes Wear Capes

I’m just this month coming off my 50th anniversary of wearing some kind of law enforcement badge or another. We had the dinner and a lot of nice comments were made concerning my career as a public servant. However, I am just one of many dedicated public servants, even right here in Willacy County. We hear all the time about […]

Border Patrol finds $4.6 million in cocaine in truck



KINGSVILLE, Texas (AP) Federal authorities say they’ve seized nearly 147 pounds of cocaine worth more than $4.6 million at a South Texas Border Patrol checkpoint. Border Patrol agents conducting an inspection at the Sarita checkpoint on U.S. Highway 77 discovered the illegal drugs Mon- day in a storage area of a tractor trailer truck. Authorities say a drug dog alerted […]

La Joya man arrested for illuminating aircraft



WESLACO – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) arrested a male suspect today for allegedly illuminating an aircraft with a laser light in Hidalgo County. At approximately 1 a.m. DPS troopers responded to the 1200 blk 12th St. in La Joya to assist U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) aircraft personnel after their aircraft was illuminated by a laser […]