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March 24, 2010 / News

Libertarians choose Shuey to face Lozano for State Rep.

Libertarian Party delegates met Saturday, March 20, in Raymondville, and selected Richard W. Shuey to represent the Party in the Texas House District 43 race. Shuey will face Democrat J.M. Lozano of Kingsville on the November 2, 2010 ballot. More...

District Attorney donates $10,000 for free drug treatment program for the community

On March 18, 2010, John T. Hubert, the District Attorney for Kleberg and Kenedy County gave $10,000 from the District Attorney’s asset forfeiture fund to the Palmer’s Drug Abuse Program (PDAP). More...

Hispanics in Texas less likely to graduate college

DALLAS (AP) - Hispanics are less likely to graduate from public and private universities compared with whites in Texas and nationwide, a new study finds. More...

Brownsville: 6 arrested after videotaped vandalism

BROWNSVILLE (AP) - Six suspects have been caught after part of a vehicle vandalism spree in Brownsville was captured on security videotape. More...

4 Mexican men indicted on meth charges in Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Four Mexican men are facing a May trial in Indianapolis on federal methamphetamine trafficking charges. More...

Bystanders killed in Mexico clash at Monterrey

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) - Two men killed in a shootout between soldiers and gunmen near a prestigious university in this northern Mexican city were graduate students, not suspected drug traffickers, officials said. More...

12 Texans plead guilty in unemployment fraud case

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Workforce Commission says 12 people have pleaded guilty to fraudulently receiving unemployment benefits. The punishments announced Monday ranged from two-plus years in prison to probation. More...

Norteno star denies knowing gig was for drug gang

McALLEN (AP) - Latin Grammy winner Ramon Ayala says he only found out that his band was playing at a drug gang’s holiday party when the Mexican military raided the event. More...

Perry orders helicopters to patrol Rio Grande river

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry has ordered Texas National Guard helicopters to the border to support law enforcement efforts to block any spillover of Mexican border violence. More...

Turcotte and Thomas to vie for Kenedy County Judge in November general election

by Rey Sifuentes Jr.

Kenedy County Commissioner Lewis E. ‘Buddy’ Turcotte III is ready for November’s general election where he will try to win the county judge’s seat being vacated by J.A. Garcia Jr. More...

Austin man accused of disabling 100 cars over Internet

AUSTIN (AP) - A man fired from a Texas auto dealership used an Internet service to remotely disable ignitions and set off car horns of more than 100 vehicles sold at his old workplace, police said Wednesday. More...

Fugitive found in bar in hospital gown

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A fugitive wanted for bank robbery is in custody after police say he walked out of a Pittsburgh hospital and into a bar wearing only his hospital gown, with an intravenous needle still his arm. More...

7 indicted in kidnapping, slaying of El Paso man

EL PASO (AP) - Federal authorities have announced the indictment of seven people in connection with kidnapping of a Texas man later found slain in a Mexican street with his arms chopped off. More...

Track season underway at county schools

by Rey Sifuentes Jr.

Lyford High School commenced its track and field season hosting the Bulldog Relays on March 6. Lyford Middle School hosted the Bullpup Relays on March 13. More...

Woman paroled in deadly fire deported to Mexico

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A clothing store owner who spent 23 years behind bars for a deadly arson fire after proclaiming her innocence has been paroled from state prison and deported to Mexico. More...

Think Texas: Texas is the No. 1 Destination State

From the Alamo to Big Bend to Cowboys Stadium, the number of bragging rights Texas holds is almost as vast as the size of our great state. More...

San Benito man sentenced to 7 years in prison for felony DWI

The Willacy County and District Attorney’s Office announced today that on March 12, 2010, Richard Vela, 35, of San Benito, pled and was sentenced to 7 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division for intoxication ass More...