2020-11-04 E-Edition

Democrats sweep Tuesday election in local, unofficial, voting tallies



Democratic Party candidates prevailed over all Republicans in local voting results during Tuesday night’s elections. Races such as President Donald Trump’s bid to keep his seat in the Oval Office may or may not resemble local voting patterns. In unofficial election night Willacy County results, former Vice President Joe Biden and his VP candidate, Kamala D. Harris, trounced Trump and […]

Pablo Morales to return to Lyford City Commission, Maggie Quilantan out



Former Lyford city commissioner Pablo Morales will return to his seat and incumbent Maggie Quilantan is out, according to unofficial Election Night totals released by City Secretary Lydia Moreno. Six candidates were seeking positions and four were incumbents. Rather than running by political party, Lyford uses an at-large system with the top four vote-getters winning seats on the City Commission. […]

Sunday Willacy County jail incident quickly ended



Willacy County authorities are investigating an early Sunday incident in which prisoners attempted to start a fire. The brief uprising started about 9 a.m., Sheriff’s Department Major Andy Maldonado said. Sheriff Larry Spence said one prisoner was taken to a hospital for treatment, but full details have not yet been released. The Raymondville Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene […]

Land line telephone systems crash on Election Day, Hidalgo County backs up Willacy 9-1-1



Local land line telephone systems and some Internet service was interrupted about noon in Willacy County on Tuesday, including the 9-1-1 emergency system, Emergency Management Coordinator Frank Torres said. Raymondville Police Department and Willacy County Sheriff ’s Department telephone systems went down, and 9-1-1 calls had to be diverted to Hidalgo County, which relayed emergency calls back to Willacy County […]

Monday report: 5 more Willacy County residents test positive for novel coronavirus



Willacy County Office of Emergency management has received confirmation from Texas Department of State Health Services about five additional COVID-19 cases. Willacy County now has a total of 1,226 COVID-19 confirmed cases since the pandemic was first reported in March. One female aged 10 to 19 years was infected; one woman and one man, both in their 30s; one woman […]

SLICES OF LIFE

Pinky talk

It’s funny how you don’t give something a second (or third, fourth or tenth) thought, until it becomes suddenly a first thought. Like a pinky finger. Let’s be honest; no one gives a whole lot of brain time to their pinky finger (left or right or maybe both). Pinky fingers don’t generally register on the radar. No one ever says, […]

Bird Migration Morning & Native Plant Sale at Quinta Mazatlán

Make the most of the fall bird migration by joining Quinta Mazatlán’s Center for Urban Ecology for a journey into the world of migratory birds on Saturday morning, November 7. The presentation will deepen your understanding of bird migration and elucidate what we can do to help birds on their journey. You will leave the presentation empowered to make a […]

Behind the Badge

"Trick or Treat?"

Now before you start thinking I’m a little late for Halloween, let me say first, that’s not the “trick or treat” I am referring to. I’m actually referring to the current election process, and more important to the status of America as our country now and where she could be headed. Just what does lie ahead for the America we […]

Agents arrest female MS-13 gang member

EDINBURG, Texas – Over the weekend, Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol agents arrested a gang member and a sexual predator in separate incidents. Friday night, Kingsville agents working at the Javier Vega, Jr. Checkpoint arrested a Salvadoran female during a failed smuggling attempt. During processing, record revealed she is a member of the MS-13 street gang with numerous arrests in […]