CONGRATULATIONS, SHERIFF SPENCE!



(CONGRATULATIONS, SHERIFF SPENCE! Maybe after you guys solve all of the Border Problems you can come home and do something about the illegal 8-liner gambling that is destroying Willacy County. – The Editor)

8-liners donate to Sebastian projects to improve image




Anybody believing the eightliners aren’t planning to stay in Willacy County for the long haul should think twice. In Sebastian, where the casino-styled parlors are in a frenzy to find new places to run their operations, they are now engaged in a public relations campaign to fight those who oppose them. A fund drive to collect and to pump money […]

City plagued with loose dogs and pot holes




Loose dogs on a rampage, weedy lots, deplorable streets and police not answering telephone calls are among the issues city residents have been complaining about. And judging by the responses and comments made by local officials, that is nothing new. Joel Soto, the city’s public works director, told the city council about the chronic problems the town has. “Potholes and […]

Early voting ends, Election Day is Saturday in city and school races




A total of 2,147 votes were cast in the four different races that will be decided in the May 6 elections in Willacy County. The seven-day period of early voting ended at 5 p.m. Tuesday. In the city of Raymondville election, 778 votes were cast and 839 votes in the Raymondville school district races. In Lyford, 176 votes were cast […]

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SLICES OF LIFE Emojimania



You could say it started with the simple, round smiling yellow face back in the historic happy hippy days of the 1960s. It’s when Yellow Smiley was first created. Love, peace, smiles and all that jazz. For decades, Smiley was just Smiley – the iconic symbol that communicated happiness in any and every language. The word emoji hadn’t even been […]

RHS Athletic Booster Club Meeting



There will be a Raymondville Athletic Booster Club meeting on Monday, May 8, 6:30 p.m. in the RHS Gym, Room 102-G, One Bearkat Blvd., Raymondville, TX.

Behind the Badge

Freely you have received, freely give

It’s seldom that I get some “down time,” time just to relax and time to pause and think. It’s nice when it does happen though. It’s like a time of refreshment to my soul. Recently I was just thinking about all my blessings and how fortunate I am to have family and friends. Some people have neither at this time […]

Police: Texas officer faked his own death, fled into Mexico



AUSTIN, Texas ( AP) Authorities in Texas say a police officer who notified his wife that he planned to kill himself actually faked his own death and fled to Mexico. An arrest affidavit revealed Friday that 29-yearold Austin officer Coleman Martin earlier in the week texted his wife a photo of a note indicating he meant to drown himself in […]

Search continues for local woman missing two weeks ago today




The search for a 49-year-old Raymondville woman who has been missing two weeks today continues and a new group is joining the effort. Tim Miller, founder of an 18 year old Dickinson-based organization called Texas Equusearch, was here on Tuesday to talk with police about helping to find Nora Conde Villalobos. “We have met with local police,” he said. “We […]