BOREDOM LED TO $25,000 IN DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
RISD Police charge 4 with vandalism in Myra Green Middle School case
      Four local teens have been arrested by Raymondville ISD School Police and charged with the January 23 vandalism of the new Myra Green Middle School, now under construction, and the high school football stadium.
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Sebastian man, who threatened wife with a gun, chased down and arrested after hitting deputy’s car
      At 11:10 a.m. Tuesday Willacy County Sheriff ’s deputies were called to a disturbance in Sebastian in reference to a man with a gun. When officers arrived at the scene they were informed that the suspect, Eric Vasquez, had left the area in a red Grand Am and was in possession of a weapon, type or caliber unknown. The wife of the suspect stated he threatened her with the weapon.
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City manager concerned about drop in sales tax revenue
      Raymondville city manager Eleazar "Yogi" Garcia gave a sobering report on declining sales tax revenue at last week's city meeting. During the first four months of fiscal 2010 (Oct. - Jan) city retail sales tax revenue is off by a combined 9.6 percent. That figure represents a decline of $39,540 from the amount collected during the first third of 2009.
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