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Pittman Elementary 2008-2009 PTO executive officers shown, from left to right, are Frank Rodriguez, historian, Amanda Perez, vice-president, Lisa Rodriguez, secretary, Rose Garcia, treasurer, and Chris Vento, president. PTO officers hold monthly informational meetings for Pittman parents on the first Monday of each month. More ... LAREDO, Texas (AP) A 25- year-old Mexican man has pleaded guilty to a firearms charge and assaulting a Border Patrol agent after he allegedly fired at a pair of agents in September. More ... AUSTIN (AP) - A Texas lawmaker is under criminal investigation over air travel he received from a beer distributor. Rep. Kino Flores' attorney confirmed the investigation Friday but didn't believe the Palmview Democrat violated any laws. More ... BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) A Mexican teenager living in South Texas has been sentenced to 99 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder of a police officer. More ... JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Israel Garza is the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing's Tuskegee Airman of the Week for Oct. 27 to Nov. 2. Garza, a security forces journeyman with the 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron here, applied quick thinking and discipline to prevent a dangerous situation from becoming deadly. More ... AUSTIN(AP) - A 17-year-old boy was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison after being convicted of two counts of aggravated robbery for robbing a bank twice in January. A jury found Charles Blackburn Jr. guilty last week of entering a Bank of America branch in Round Rock, an Austin suburb, on Jan. 10 and Jan. 30 with a BB gun and demanding cash. More ... BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - An animal common to southern states appears to be making its way into Indiana. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says four armadillos have been found dead in southern Indiana in recent years. More ... BASTROP, Texas (AP) - At least 22 children suffered minor injuries when their Bastrop school bus went off a rain-slick road, into a ditch and hit a barbed-wire fence. The Bastrop High School students were transported to Austin-area hospitals following the wreck Monday morning. More ... Last Friday night at sold-out Bulldog Stadium in Lyford, the Sinton Pirates 31-3A champions, bounced our Bulldogs out of the playoffs 48-14. It had been 39 years since the last time the 2008, Willacy Co. champs had hosted a playoff game. Lyford had made the playoffs many times since but had not played at home. More ... Army National Guard Pvt. Andrew J. Delgado has graduated from basic military training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C., to be a member of the Army National Guard or Reserve Split-option Program. More ... Royalty should be afforded the luxury of redcarpet treatment and pageantry befitting high social rank, but Ms. TSTC 2008 - Casandra Jennise Patiña of Raymondville - often finds herself in the role of "the working class. More ... The late Tom Landry, ex headcoach of American's Team was once asked to describe the game of football. Dallas Cowboys' longtime headcoach answered, "The game of football is incredible. Sometimes it is so incredible that it is unbelievable. More ... NFL FLAG FOOTBALL is held every Saturday morning to early afternoon at the old Pony League Park, at the corner of 1st and Chihuahua. NFL football and cheetos money was funneled down to Raymondville, Sports Foundation from Pee-Wee flag football, 3 and 4 year olds and older. More ... Lyford High School held its annual Homecoming Royalty Coronation on Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. Noe Valdez and Analisa Gonzales were crowned Lyford High School Homecoming King and Queen. Noe is the son of Alma Gracia of Lyford. Noe is a member of the Varsity Bulldog Football team. Noe plans to attend Texas A&M University at Kingsville and major in Criminal Justice. More ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court declined last Monday to take an appeal from a woman convicted of using a fortuneteller to arrange the murder of a teen-ager who spurned her daughter. The court refused to take that Texas case and another one involving federal jurisdiction in murder-for- hire plots. More ... |
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