July 8, 2009 RSS feed / News

Community Blood Drive

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church invites you to donate blood at their Community Blood Drive. Sunday, July 19, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. inside the parish hall. Sign up with Viola Lozano or call 689- 2408. Walk-ins are welcome. More...

80 gang members arrested in Texas sweep

DALLAS (AP) - Federal immigration agents arrested dozens of gang members, including members of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha, during days-long sweeps throughout Texas. More...

Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Season to Open July 15

AUSTIN, Texas - The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for both state and federal waters will open 30 minutes after sunset Wednesday, July 15, 2009. More...

Patrol: Big rig brakes in 10-fatality accident OK

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has found no problems with the brakes on a tractor-trailer that plowed into stalled cars in a turnpike accident that killed 10 people. Patrol Capt. More...

11 horses found dead on North Texas ranch

WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) - Authorities in North Texas are investigating the deaths of 11 horses, possibly from a lack of food and water. Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler says 40 horses were on the 3,000-acre ranch near Lake Weatherford. More...

Tribune-Herald to cease printing in Waco

WACO, Texas (AP) - The Waco Tribune-Herald will cease printing and packaging at its Waco shop, effective July 13. More...

I-35 construction worker killed in Austin area

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) The driver of a dark-colored SUV is sought after a construction worker along Interstate 35 in the Austin area was struck and killed. Police Sgt. More...

Texas race for gov. a Republican slugfest

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry is ready to raise campaign cash, while Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison may finally be ready to raise a ruckus as the Republican heavyweights begin combat for the governor's office next year. More...

1 man's pick of 50 jobs in 50 weeks

Some of the jobs Daniel Seddiqui has had in the past 40 weeks, in alphabetical order: - Alabama: Football coach at Pelham High School and Riverchase Middle School and singer in the First Baptist Church choir in Pelham. More...

Galveston police baffled by 30 burnt palm trees

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Officials on Galveston Island are looking for the culprit in a bizarre palm tree torching spree. Thirty trees have been set ablaze on the island southeast of Houston since May. More...

Vehicle Crimes Increase During Summer Months

(Dallas, TX) Every five-and-ahalf minutes, a car is stolen in Texas, and every two-and-a-half minutes, a vehicle is burglarized for contents or parts. More...

Kids found in shed behind day care center

SEALY, Texas (AP) - A Southeast Texas couple was in jail Thursday after authorities found a half dozen children locked and unsupervised in a tool shed behind an unlicensed day care center. More...

Texas state inmates use fans to beat the heat

HOUSTON (AP) - Only 19 of 112 Texas state prisons are air conditioned, leaving the majority of inmates to face the summer heat with fans. More...

Vacation Bible School

Sunday School Children at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church on E. Wood Ave. are preparing for Vacation Bible School on July 20 through July 24. Join us from 9 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. and discover the Wonder of God's Word! More...

Fantastic Friday at First

First Baptist Church of Raymondville, 301 North 5th Street, is hosting Fantastic Fridays at First on July 10,17 & 24. More...

5 dead, including mummified corpse, on Mexico farm

MORELIA, Mexico (AP) - Mexican police found a mummified corpse and four other dead bodies on a farm in the drugplagued western state of Michoacan on Friday. More...

Man, 66, gored to death by half-ton bull

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Authorities in Oregon say a 66- year-old man has been gored to death by a 1,200-pound bull. More...

4th of July Festivities in Raymondville

GAMES were available for the kids. More...

Rodeo clown sentenced to 5 years probation

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A four-time world champion rodeo clown has been sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution for helping abscond with 300 head of cattle. More...

Golfer accused of driving cart while drunk

RICHFIELD, Wis. (AP) - A South Milwaukee man is accused of driving drunk after trying to use a golf cart to drive home nearly 40 miles away from the golf course where he had been drinking beer. More...

Man working 50 jobs in 50 states in 50 weeks

KINZERS, Pa. (AP) - Spurned by his 40th consecutive job interviewer, Daniel Seddiqui last year may have heard the ghost of Jack Kerouac calling. More...

82-year-old identical twins die in sweltering home

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Eighty-two-year-old identical twin sisters were found dead in their San Antonio home after the city sweltered through days of 100-degree heat. More...

FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refuge in his homeland

BAGHDAD (AP) - After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 after taking part in an attempt to kill the co More...

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