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Click here for digital edition  I'm a firm believer in second chances. 1 know over the years that I have had a few myself. We all make mistakes in life, the question is, do we learn from them? Now, before you go off on me, I not talking about giving murderers and rapists and child molesters a second chance. What I mean is there are consequences for everything we do, some are good, but most are bad. More ... PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) Mexican authorities say at least 16 people have been injured by a grenade that exploded at a bar in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. Jalisco state prosecutors say five of the injured have been detained as part of the investigation. Four of those detained each lost a leg in the explosion before dawn Thursday. More ... AUSTIN, TX - From now through Sept. 6, the Texas Department of Transportation, police departments, and sheriff ’s offices across the Lone Star state are working together to reduce impaired driving during the annual Drink, Drive, Go to Jail campaign. Law enforcement statewide will be working overtime to find and arrest impaired drivers throughout the Labor Day holiday weekend. More ... Two candidates have opted out of the Nov. 2 Willacy County Navigation District board race, according to county elections administrator Jaime Serna. In Pct. 2 Ray Solis dropped out of the race and Steve "Bonzai" Banyai has decided not to run for the Fifth position on the board, which is an at- large seat. More ... When local governing bodies vote to raise taxes above a percentage rate set by the state they automatically trigger a procedure that allows a Rollback election where voters can approve, or disapprove the higher rates. More ... Standing, left to right, Mickey Medina, Omar Pena, Marc Coronado, Mathew Gonzales, Rollie Villegas. Kneeling, Eddica Rodriguez and Amanda Soria. More ... Top row, left to right, Octavio Medrano, Eloy Castillo, Robert Howell, Pasqual Pena, Pete Soria, Albert Cruz, Ramon Garcia and Noel Garcia. Middle row, Roy Rios, Smiley Rodriguez, Jerry Villarreal, Frank Cantu, Steve Cantu, James Garcia and Jaime Salazar. Sitting, Rene Secrest, Sam Villarreal, Benny Gonzales, Alex Leal, Joe Gonzales, Johnny Hinojosa and Mark Coronado. More ... Bottom row, left to right, Courtney Vasquez, Ember Soto (All-American Nominee), Audrey Mendez, Briana Hernandez (Co-Captain and All- American Nominee), Kasandra Hinojosa, Kathryn Davis, Zelina DeLeon. More ... Front row, left to right, Albert Garcia, Jaime Guerra, Andy Pena and Petey Garcia. Standing, Gerardo Jauregui, Mark Garza, Jaime Infante (AD), Douglas Ames and Eloy Perez. More ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The executive director of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards is facing felony charges after angering a south Texas sheriff by releasing information about an inmate who committed suicide. More ... AUSTIN - Bullets from a gun battle in Juarez, Mexico, struck a building on the campus of the University of Texas-El Paso over the weekend of Aug. 21-22. More ... MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) - The U.S. consulate in Monterrey, Mexico, says it's temporarily pulled diplomats' children from a school where a shooting outside killed two security guards for a private company. More ... PIKETON, Ohio (AP) An Ohio sheriff says a marijuana bust was so big authorities chose to burn the 22,000 plants in the outdoor area where they were found, not destroy them elsewhere. More ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Cody Johnson is listed as the starting tailback for No. 5 Texas for its season-opening game at Rice. Texas coach Mack Brown released his depth chart on Monday. More ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) The University of Texas is No. 1 - at least when it comes to selling branded merchandise. More ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas senior right guard Tray Allen has not recovered from a left foot injury and will miss the first game against Rice. The announcement came from Longhorns coach Mack Brown on Thursday. Fifthranked Texas plays at Rice on Sept. 4. Allen hurt the foot early in training camp. More ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) When Garrett Gilbert's big moment came, he nearly panicked. He couldn't find his helmet. Just minutes into last season's BCS championship game against Alabama, Texas quarterback Colt McCoy came staggering over to the sideline, a nerve injury leaving his right arm hanging limp like a wet noodle. More ... EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) An illegal alien from Mexico has been ordered to spend five years in federal prison for possessing more than a quarter ton of marijuana found hidden under squash during a southwestern Illinois traffic stop. Thirty-seven-year-old Fran- cisco Javier-Rivera was sentenced Monday in East St. Louis. More ... NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Twenty-nine sailors will receive their U.S. citizenship aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier in Norfolk. More ... TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - For two weeks, Kansas drivers who are sure to buckle up could be paid for their efforts. Between Aug. 29 and Sept. 11, volunteers in 46 Kansas cities will hand out $1 bills to drivers who have everyone in the vehicles secured. The Bucks for Buckles campaign is sponsored by Safe Kids Kansas, State Farm and the Kansas Department of Transportation. More ... EUREKA, Calif. (AP) A 28-year-old Humboldt County man is in custody on suspicion of shooting another man to death and wounding a second during an argument at a remote marijuana farm. Authorities say 28-yearold Mykal Wilde was arrested on Thursday, a day after the shootings, when the California Highway Patrol pulled his pickup truck over near Kneeland Airport. More ... EL PASO, Texas (AP) A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection technician will spend the next 20 years in federal prison after admitting to conspiring to smuggle marijuana and illegal immigrants into the country. More ... WEATHERFORD, Okla. (AP) - Agents from the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics have arrested dozens of people allegedly involved in bringing in drugs from Mexico. OBN spokesman Mark Woodward says 40 arrest warrants were served in Weatherford and 13 in Lawton. Those arrested face a variety of drug charges. More ... MEXICO CITY (AP) Mexico's federal police agency has fired nearly 10 percent of its force this year for failing lie detector tests or other checks designed to detect possible corruption, officials said Monday. More ... ORANGE, Texas (AP) - A traffic stop on Interstate 10 in southeast Texas has led to counterfeiting charges against three people from Georgia. An Orange County Sheriffs Office statement said the driver, 60-year-old Arthur Muhammad of Lithonia, Ga., plus 29-year-old Amirah Price of Stone Mountain, Ga., and 41- year-old David Haynes of Decatur, Ga., remained in custody Thursday. More ... HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) - Water woes partly blamed on this summer's Hurricane Alex have left two state parks in south Texas with different problems. Experts say that Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco has too much water. The problem at Resaca de la Palma State Park in Brownsville, about 30 miles away, is a lack of water. More ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas and Southern California, who last met in the Rose Bowl in 2006, have scheduled games in 2017 and 2018. The Longhorns will travel to Los Angeles in 2017 with the Trojans going to Austin the next year. More ... COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Jerrod Johnson is always looking for ways to become a better football player and sometimes that happens in unusual places. More ... HIDALGO, Texas (AP) U.S Sen. John Cornyn on Friday backed off his support of Congress taking up birthright citizenship after earlier joining prominent Republicans who have called for a review of the 14th Amendment. ``It is going after a symptom rather than the cause of the problem in the first place,'' Cornyn said. More ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Administrators at school districts across Texas now have a faster and simpler way to check the safety records of bus drivers. The Department of Public Safety on Thursday announced a website, Texas.gov, that allows districts to instantly review bus driver records, instead of having to rely on the mail to get the information. More ... DALLAS (AP) SMU coach June Jones has received a twoyear contract extension that would keep him at the school through the 2014 season. Athletic director Steve Orsini announced the deal Friday. Financial terms were not disclosed. More ... OXNARD, Calif. (AP) The Dallas Cowboys have a simple mandate this season: Play at home in February. That's when the Super Bowl comes to Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, and landlord Jerry Jones is counting on his team being there. More ... Last week Susan and Sal were married in a twin engine Cessna 301 with a wing and a prayer at an altitude of 800 meters. I don’t know about the wing, but I know about the prayer. More ... |
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