2022-04-27

Trial of four pending lawsuits filed by maquinitas against Willacy County upcoming



A combined trial of four longrunning lawsuits against Willacy County have been scheduled this summer in 197th state District Court. Judge Adolfo Cordova has scheduled the trial for Aug. 20 and announcements in the case are set to be heard on June 30, according to records in the Willacy County District Clerk’s Office. The cases date back to at least […]

COTTON MARKET WEEKLY

Attention turns to July contract

April 22, 2022 May futures have nearly run their course, so our attention turns to the July contract for the next several weeks. Despite a fresh life-of-contract high close on Monday at 143.25 cents per pound, July futures spent most of the week moving lower. The decline was in sympathy with the broader commodity complex selling, but also reflected some […]

TPW magazine highlights ‘Lights Out Texas’ initiative for spring bird migration

AUSTIN – The May issue of Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine, available on newsstands now, highlights the Lights Out Texas campaign, which aims to create a safer spring migration for birds through cities across the state. Lights both attract and disorient the birds. Based on two decades of research from Chicago, the country’s deadliest city for migrating birds (followed closely […]

Saltwater Weekly Fishing Report

Port Aransas GOOD. 74 degrees. Jetty fishing is good when the winds allow. The Fina Docks are holding sheepshead, oversized redfish, sharks and grouper biting on shrimp. Report by Captain Doug Stanford, Pirates of the Bay Fishing Charters. Corpus Christi SLOW. 72 degrees. Flounder are good in Packery Channel on cut menhaden and live shrimp. Redfish are good along the […]

Beyond the Badge

“The best possession one may have is a true friend”

As I’ve traveled along life’s long and dusty narrow road I’ve been fortunate to be able to make friends just about wherever I may live at that time. I was very fortunate to have parents who raised me properly. Now I may not have always thought so at the time, but later, when I would look back, I’d find they […]

Melissa Lucio’s execution was delayed. What to know about it.



HOUSTON (AP) – Nearly half of the jurors who sentenced a Texas woman to die for the 2007 death of one of her 14 children called for her execution to be halted and for her to get a new trial before the state’s top criminal court delayed her lethal injection. Melissa Lucio, 52, was set to be executed Wednesday for […]

Tackling heartworms in the RGV is a big challenge

EDINBURG, TX 04/13/2022 – Palm Valley Animal Society is asking the community this month to #giveaheart to the thousands of pets that will come to the shelter this month and test positive for heartworms. Most closely resembling a spaghetti noodle, heartworms are transmitted by mosquitos and set up a home inside the hearts and lungs of unprotected dogs. Allowed to […]

THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (DPS) is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred Wednesday at approximately 5:49 p.m. on F.M. 506 south of the Cameron and Willacy County line. Preliminary investigation revealed a 2015 white Chevrolet Spark (occupied by three, including the driver) was traveling north on F.M. 506 on the wrong side of the road in a […]

Border Patrol Agents arrest criminal sex offenders and gang members in RGV

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector agents arrested a Mara-Salvatrucha (MS- 13) and a 18th Street gang member and two convicted sex offenders. On April 20, Rio Grande City Station agents encountered a group of five migrants to include a Honduran national. Record checks on the migrant revealed he was convicted of criminal sexual conduct and sentenced to 36 […]

Coast Guard medevacs passenger from cruise ship 160 miles southeast of Galveston

HOUSTON – The Coast Guard medevaced a passenger Monday from a cruise ship approximately 160 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas. Coast Guard Sector Houston Galveston command center watchstanders received a medevac request at 8:05 p.m. Sunday from the cruise ship Adventure of the Seas stating a 68- year-old man aboard was experiencing severe back pain, low blood pressure and decreased […]