Willacy County cities to pass out sandbags




Due to expected flash flooding, because of continuous rainfall, Willacy County cities and county precinct barns will begin distributing sandbags at 8 a.m. today (Wednesday), Emergency Management Coordinator Frank Torres said Tuesday. Governmental leaders, police, fire, Emergency Medical Service and public works supervisors met at the Willacy EMS building at mid-day Tuesday to review weather forecasts and to coordinate with […]

Willacy County man wanted for Quik Stop robbery brought back from San Benito




A Willacy County man wanted by police in connection with an Aug. 5 armed robbery at Ed’s Kwik Stop No. 3 was found in the custody of San Benito police and has been returned to Willacy County. Israel Echavarria, 22, was booked into the Willacy County Jail Sept. 8 by Raymondville police on a warrant for aggravated robbery, said Sheriff’s […]

Trucker to go on trial for family’s deadly S-curve wreck




Jury selection will begin Monday in the trial of a Weslaco trucker on four counts of criminally negligent homicide. The fatal accident took place Christmas Eve 2016 on the Highway 186 Scurve west of Raymondville. Antonio Quintero-Valdez Jr. is accused of driving an 18- wheel tractor-trailer rig unsafely, allegedly causing the deaths of Luis R. Cantu, 34, his wife, Elizabeth […]

Commissioners are no-shows at public hearing




Willacy County commissioners have completed four public hearings on a $7,756,890 budget and a tax rate of 75.6-cent on each $100 in assessed property value. Only County Judge Aurelio “Keter” Guerra, a deputy clerk, one citizen and one reporter attended Friday’s final hearing in the commissioners’ courtroom in the county administration building. No county commissioners were present. There will be […]

Lyford approves plan for 10 more ‘HOME’ houses




Lyford approved on Mon- day 10 more bids to build homes for low-income people through the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs’ HOME program. Three of the homes will be built soon and seven were approved, pending a funding award from the TDHCA, which acts as a conduit for funds granted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban […]

SLICES OF LIFE

Anyone relate? Didn’t think so

Humans are united by common bonds. We might be tempted or maybe better put inclined to focus on differences, but we are all united in the human condition and we share more common experiences than we might realize (or even want to admit). I’ve written about these scenarios in the past, but my list wasn’t complete. Perhaps no list would […]

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RHS Athletic Booster Club Meeting



There will be a Raymondville Athletic Booster Club meeting on Monday, September 17, 6:30 p.m. in the Old Gym, One Bearkat Blvd., Raymondville, TX. New members are welcome.

Behind the Badge

Remembering 9/11-watching the weather

Most of us can tell someone exactly where they were when they first heard of the events of 9/11 and the twin towers, the Pentagon, and the heroic takeover and downing of another aircraft by the passengers to keep another target from being struck. Most of us stayed glued to the TV for not only that day, but several days […]

Border Patrol identifies nine gang members in one day



EDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley arrested and identified nine gang members in one day. Yesterday, in four separate incidents, agents assigned to the McAllen station apprehended four Salvadoran nationals identified as members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS- 13) gang. In a separate incident, McAllen agents arrested a Salvadoran female traveling with a minor […]