2020-08-26 E-Edition

ASSISTANT RAYMONDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL JESUS AMAYA

ASSISTANT RAYMONDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL JESUS AMAYA, center and other school staff members check in a student arriving in a family car on the first day of school Monday morning. Only students who either have both parents working in essential jobs, or who do not have good Internet service at home, will attend school on campus during the first four […]

Total number of Coronavirus infections, deaths still creeping up in Willacy



On Tuesday, the total number of people testing positive for COVID-19 reached 818 cases, Willacy County Emergency Management Coordinator Frank Torres said. The death rate is also climbing. “It’s one a day, it was 39 yesterday, now it’s 40,” he said of the death rate due to virus infections. Statistics from Texas Department of State Health Services in a Monday […]

Usually raucous first day of school quiet Monday as most students studying online



There was little of the usual flurry of activity Monday that is normally expected on the first day of school at Raymondville Early College High school. Parents of a few students cautiously drove up toward the main entrance of the building and were greeted by a small group of staff members. Only students whose parents are “essential workers” and can’t […]

Willacy hoping Laura makes right turn to go north; tropical winds, coastal flooding likely



As residents of Galveston, Port Arthur and other cities along the Texas Gulf Coast are evacuating, the Lower Rio Grande Valley dodged a bullet with Tropical Storm Marco. But tropical storm force winds and coastal flooding is expected as Hurricane Laura continues west, Willacy County Emergency Management Coordinator Frank Torres said late Tuesday. He and other county officials were monitoring […]

Lyford officials extend disaster declaration, consider fire trucks



City of Lyford officials on Monday extended the disaster declaration for last month’s Hurricane Hanna and voted to spend $5,992 to have Loftin Equipment Co. repair an emergency generator for the sewer lift station on Glen Lofton Avenue. A proposal by Loftin Equipment Co. to repair a generator for City Hall, at a cost of $6,464 was tabled. Bids will […]

SLICES OF LIFE

Piling it on in 2020

The year 2020: Wow, in hindsight who could have seen this coming? I thought we’d been through it all. A pandemic. The lockdown. The economy suffering because of the lockdown and pandemic. Family members losing jobs. My youngest son missing out on his last semester of high school. Virtual graduation. What else could possibly happen? Ha! I had to ask. […]

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION – ST. MARTIN OF TOURS CATHOLIC CHURCH – SEBASTIAN

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION – ST. MARTIN OF TOURS CATHOLIC CHURCH – SEBASTIAN – Six children received their First Holy Communion on Sunday, July 19, 2020 at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Sebastian. The Mass was celebrated by Father Derlis R. Garcia. Front row, from left to right, are Vivian Infante, Leonardo De La Cruz, Cielo Ramos. Second row, […]

Behind the Badge

“America has a heart problem, not a skin problem”

As much as I love my country and the foundation upon which our founding fathers built it upon, I will admit we have our problems. However, as I view it, especially of late, the problem is not with our country and how it was founded, but with the people and their hearts. Growing up I was fortunate to be surrounded […]

Texas surpasses 11,000 coronavirus deaths

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas surpassed 11,000 coronavirus deaths on Friday and reported more than 4,600 confirmed new cases, while the number of patients hospitalized because of the virus continue to fall. Texas earlier this week became just the fourth state to surpass 10,000 deaths, but the toll has rapidly mounted as the state has added hundreds of new deaths […]