City manager Eleazar "Yogi" Garcia told commissioners last night that the city posted its first retail sales tax collection increase in several months, in June. More...
Six prominent Texans have been selected for induction into the Texas Heritage Hall of Honor on September 24, opening day of the 2010 State Fair of Texas. More...
The District Attorney announced today that County and District Attorney’s Office has received and loaned three Alcosensor portable breath test (PBT) devices to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Wardens that are assigned to Willacy C More...
Mr. Florentino Jr. and Mrs. Rosa Lopez of Lyford, TX are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Naomi Marie Lopez, to Joel Garcia, son of Mr. Santos and Mrs. Guadalupe Garcia of Lyford, TX. More...
FANS FROM WILLACY COUNTY came out to show support for Gabriel “Iron Man” Garza (4th in the front row L to R, in the center) next to Alma Garza his wife. More...
JULY 21 - Burglary of a building, West and Pauline, Sebastian. Interference with child custody, Jones St., La Sara. Criminal trespass, Jones St., La Sara. Lost property, 200 blk E. 8th St., Lyford. Harassment by phone, 400 blk W. More...
County judge-elect John Gonzales is calling for Willacy Housing Authority chair Gabe Guzman to resign from the WCHA board for two reasons. First, says Gonzales, "He does not live in Willacy County how can he represent Willacy County? More...
Police investigator Andy Maldonado told the Chronicle/ News Tuesday that a suspect in the robbery of the Stripes store at 10th and Hidalgo Ave. has been arrested. Ruben Cisneros, 23, of 912 W. More...
Willacy County and District Attorney Bernard Ammerman said recently that the reason given county commissioners concerning the resignation of Sheriff’s deputy John Cisneros is the true reason that Cisneros left the department. More...
Well, here we are in the middle of July already and that means it’s time to travel to our annual Sheriff’s Training Conference. This year’s conference will be held in Ft. More...
A Service Provided by Plains Cotton Cooperative Association July 22, 2010
Cotton futures prices on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) rose Thursday as available cotton stocks were whittled away, and end-users strategized means to acquire more fiber. More...
RIO GRANDE CITY - Flood waters have inched back up almost a foot on inundated portions of Starr County, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service and county emergency personnel. Until recently, flood waters had been receding. More...
AUSTIN - (July 26, 2010) For the week ending July 24, feeder cattle prices at Texas auctions were mostly steady to $5 higher per hundredweight, though a few locations were as much as $5 lower. More...
Bernard Woltering Kirsch, better known as B.W. or Ben of Raymondville, TX passed away Friday, July 16, 2010 at the “Aurora House,” Hospice Foundation, in Weslaco, TX. He was born to R.R. and Adele (Woltering) Kirsch in St. More...
RAYMONDVILLE - Billie Ruth Conley Pickard passed away at the age of 85, July 21, 2010, at home after a year-long battle with Non- Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. Charles C. More...
