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May 14, 2008
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Barnhart's trial moved to Kingsville - Most other motions denied by Judge Banales
Espinosa/Garcia extortion plot could be reopened
ROBERT WILCOX Reporter
      The aggravated perjury trial for suspended Willacy County judge Eliseo "Cheyo" Barnhart was ordered moved to Kingsville by Presiding District Judge J. Manuel Banales yesterday, after the judge cited heavy local media coverage, and some national media coverage of the case, as being prejudicial for ...
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Officials break ground on UTB/TSC satellite campus in Raymondville
ROBERT WILCOX Reporter
      City, state, and federal officials along with educators broke ground on a UTB/TSC satellite campus to be built in Raymondville last Wednesday morning, in a ceremony hosted by Mayor Orlando "Lonnie" Correa. The keynote speaker was Pedro Garza, who is the regional director for the U.S. Department o...
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Bee Keeper Prefers Work Over Golfing
"I live next to the golf course but bee keeping is my hobby."
BETSAIDA ZACARIAS Free Lance Journalist
      Ralph McClaugherty 75, of Raymondville has been in the bee keeping business for 70yrs now. As a second-generation bee keeper, Ralph followed his dad as a boy and learned to work with bees. He's had over three hundred bee stings but received them all in a day when his trailer, carrying 110 hives, t...
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Justice of the peace blasts Chronicle/News on its coverage of news stories
County approves $803,187 in changes for ICE Unit
ROBERT WILCOX Reporter
      In an emotional display of anger at Monday morning's Willacy County commissioner court meeting, Justice of the Peace George Solis told commissioners he was very unhappy with the way the Chronicle/News has reported two instances of alleged mismanagement of his elected office.
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Cameron and Willacy Counties Community Projects, Inc. (CWCCP) was not mentioned as the organizer of a "JOB FAIR" held for the benefit of Willacy County residents. More...
Law Enforcement Week
When President John F. Kennedy was in office he signed into law a bill proclaiming the week of May 15th of each year to be National Police Week and May 15th of that week to be Police Memorial Day. Unfortunately, President Kennedy was assassinated a short time after that and Officer J.D. More...
Dear Editor: After reading one of your front page stories, "Possibility of Police Department in Lyford" in last week's Chronicle, it does not surprise me that the mayor and some of the Lyford City Commission seek the easy way out to fund a city police department at our expense. More...
May 9, 2008
Cotton futures on the New York Board of Trade closed higher Thursday as players tweaked positions ahead of the Friday release of USDA's supply! demand report. Most traders deemed the depart- ment's first estimate for the 2008-09 marketing year as slightly bullish when it was released, but they bel... More...
Anna-Christina Martinez of Brownsville and Daniel Lee Cameron of Medford, Oregon will wed on Saturday, June 21, 2008 at Mary Mother of the Church in Brownsville with a reception to follow at the Rancho Viejo Country Club in Rancho Viejo. More...
Juana Pardo, 88, died Saturday, May 10, 2008 at Valley Baptist Medical Center surrounded by her family. She was born in Rio Hondo to Francisco and Manuela ((Limas) Chavarria on October 19, 1919. She moved to Raymondville in 1935. More...
Marriage licenses issued: Juan Ramiro Perez and Maria Gonzales. Francisco Javier Resendez Martinez and Nesly Martinez. More...

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