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Texas water development board approves $1,365,000 loan to the city to finance wastewater system improvements

AUSTIN - The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has approved a loan in the amount of $1,365,000 through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund- Disadvantaged Communities Program to the City of Raymondville (Willacy County) to finance wastewater syst More...

Wannabe birders can reserve space for Rio Grande bird watching trip

The Valley Nature Center (VNC) is offering a different twist for the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) enthusiast. This season the Anzalduas/Bentsen Pontoon Boat Trip CBC is available to all interested “assistant” bird counters. More...

Bulldogs take consolation at tournament

Lyford High School’s varsity boys basketball team won the first consolation prize at a tournament in La Vernia late last week. The Bulldogs got tripped up in their first round game losing to Mission Veterans 82-58. More...

All-day Christmas music stays at Maricopa County jails

PHOENIX (AP) - Maricopa County officials say a federal court has thrown out the sixth lawsuit filed by inmates trying to stop Sheriff Joe Arpaio from playing Christmas music in his jail system. More...

Lyford’s parade photo

Merry Christmas! Be safe in the Holidays! More...

Man pays $72 for a taco, says ‘Merry Christmas’

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) - So much for the value menu. A Taco Bell manager in Ohio says a man who appeared drunk walked into the restaurant earlier this week and handed him $72 for just one taco. More...

Christmas tree heist suspect caught

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A decorated Christmas tree stolen from a gas station has been recovered and the man accused of stealing it faces a charge of petit larceny. Pascagoula police Lt. More...

Fort Hood welcomes troops for the holidays

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Victoria Buhman has been preparing to make her baby's first Christmas special, but she knew it wouldn’t be perfect unless her husband returned from Iraq in time. More...

Sebastian man sentenced to 8 years for D.W.I.

The Willacy County and District Attorney’s Office announces that on December 15, 2009, Fred Harrison, Jr., 43, of Sebastian, TX, was found guilty by a Willacy County jury in the 197th District Court for Driving While Intoxicated 3rd. More...

Aggies trying to end bowl drought in Independence

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Texas A&M has made undeniable progress from last season, fighting archrival Texas down to the wire on Thanksgiving night and earning its first bowl berth since 2007. More...

Laredo may soon be largest U.S. city without a bookstore

LAREDO, Texas (AP) - The final chapter has been written for the lone bookstore on the streets of Laredo, a city with a population of nearly a quartermillion people that could soon be the largest in the United States without a single bookseller. More...

Texas Unemployment Rate Down in November to 8.0 percent, Texas job gains continue for the second month

AUSTIN - The Texas seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 8.0 percent in November, down from 8.3 percent a month ago, and continued to trend well below the U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November at 10.0 percent. More...

Israel expects big Christmas turnout in Bethlehem

JERUSALEM (AP) - It appears the global economic crisis hasn’t dampened the Christmas spirit in Bethlehem. More...

Astronauts blast off for Christmas space mission

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - A Russian rocket blasted off from a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan lighting up the frigid Central Asian steppe Monday, shuttling an American, a Russian and a Japanese to the International Space Station. More...

Many take dim view of new-fangled Christmas lights

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - To Steven Walls, it’s beginning to look nothing like Christmas, anywhere he goes. More...

Thieves take Christmas decorations

ATLANTA (AP) - Police are on the lookout for whoever stole Christmas from an Atlanta Chick-fil-A restaurant by swiping eight reindeer and $4,000 worth of other Christmas decorations at the restaurant. More...

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