Bicyclist badly injured in hit-and-run accident




A local man riding a bicycle at dawn Saturday was hospitalized with serious injuries after a vehicle pulling a boat apparently struck him while he was riding eastbound on Highway 186 near the Otis Klar Head Start Center near the McDonald’s restaurant on Raymondville’s east side, police said. Police are searching for one of two men who were pulling boats, […]

Local man hospitalized after crashing truck at H-E-B




Police, firefighters and paramedics responded early last Wednesday to a one-vehicle accident at the H-EB supermarket at Fifth and Kimball Streets in downtown Raymondville. Jose Angel Olivarez, 23, was driving a 2002 Ford F-150 pickup truck when it crashed into the side of the supermarket building, causing an unknown amount of damage, police said. The call came in at 2:40 […]

More wind turbines changing the Willacy County landscape




Willacy County is known for cattle, cotton, sorghum, sugar cane, oil and gas wells, sport fishing, prisons and now wind turbines. The first current E.ON Climate & Renewables project of 112 turbines has already been in operation for over four years. Now the company is building 76 more turbines, with 50 already assembled and in the testing phases in the […]

Feast of Sharing combines good meal, fellowship




Food and fellowship were on the menu at the annual Feast of Sharing Thursday as the holiday season was launched at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. People from all over the community lined up for a traditional Thanksgiving meal made possible by food donated by H-E-B Supermarkets, with cooking by Amigos del Valle in San Benito and serving, cleaning and […]

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The secret to tender buttermilk biscuits is a cold truth




You can’t beat hot-from-the oven, crispy-on-the-outside, tender on-the-inside, buttermilk biscuits. I like mine slathered with sweet butter and molasses, or stuffed with salty country ham. I am not picky: I like them for breakfast, lunch and/or dinner. This summer, I wanted to serve them with fried chicken at a big picnic and pondered how I could make 100 hot, fresh […]

Yoko Ono’s Basquiat painting sells for nearly $11 million



NEW YORK (AP) – A painting by Jean- Michel Basquiat from the collection of Yoko Ono has sold for $10.9 million. Sotheby’s says the work, titled “ Cabra”, was sold Thursday night in New York to an unidentified buyer. The pre- sale estimate was $9 million to $12 mil- lion. Part of the proceeds will benefit the Spirit Foundations, founded […]

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Thanksgiving - A time to reflect

Personally, I am very fond of the end of the year holidays, and especially the one in November, Thanksgiving. It has always been a time for family gatherings in my family. I remember growing up how all the aunts, uncles and cousins would get together, at one house for a good meal, a lot of fellowship, and to make more […]

Sheriffs’ Association of Texas Lost Lawman Memorial Ceremony



November 17, 2017 10:00 A.M. Austin, Texas in Memory of Texas Sheriffs, Deputies, and Jailers Who Gave Their Lives For the Protection of Our Citizens Every two years the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas holds their “Lost Lawman Ceremony” where they add new names of Sheriffs, Deputies, or jailers who have given their lives in protecting their communities. This year five […]

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What are you most thankful for this holiday season?