de Leon News

Summer in the Rio Grande Valley means metal pits, mesquite and large, hunking slabs of meat.

David Davis, the current principal at Ponce de Leon High School, will be replaced as principal and will assume a teaching position.

Jesus de Leon packs his family's belongings as his daughter Salma, 8, waits in the car as Tropical Storm Dolly approaches the South Texas coast Tuesday, July 22, 2008 in South Padre Island, Texas.

The summer sun drops behind the horizon, and over the loudspeakers come the familiar and perhaps forgotten melody of a Looney Tunes cartoon.

Photo Credit: T.C. Baker/Advocate Staff Photographer Victoria police officers tagged evidence of guns, money and drugs seized in a raid at 2515 Putney St.

July 19, 2008 - 1:54 p.m. Police arrested two Victoria men after receiving information that a Putney Street home was a drug-dealing and burglary operation.

A dozen attempted abductions in De Leon have prompted the police department there to urge women to use extreme caution when walking or traveling alone in the area.

Statement from Yolanda de Leon: "I believe in the American justice system and look forward to proving my innocence.

Police arrested a man for allegedly cutting his half brother on the neck during a fight early Tuesday morning.

CBS 7 Staff July 10, 2008 Dozens of people continue to gather in front of a midland home where a woman says an image of the Virgin Mary has appeared on a tree.

It wasn't uncommon for Julian De Leon's girlfriend to call police if the young man became extremely threatening during an argument, her mother said.

YAHOO! Around the Big Country 07.06.08 Saturday, July 5, 2008 ABILENE Bicycle tour: A tour of 30 cyclists participating in the Journey of Hope, a program of Push America, will visit Abilene on July 18.

When the 28-year-old man took the stand at his sentencing Thursday to plead for leniency in the case against him, Rodolfo Ruiz used the opportunity to insist he was an innocent man.

Former District Attorney Yolanda de Leon is preparing to go to court after she was indicted on criminal charges.

Andres Carrera, speaker of the house for the Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session, talks to house members Saturday.

Youth football: Registration for ages 4-12 for the Anson Youth Football League 2008 season will be held 6 to 8 p.m. July 18 and 25 at the Dairy Queen in Anson.

Former Cameron County District Attorney Yolanda de Leon has been indicted on charges of tampering with governmental records and perjury.

The U.S. Embassy on Wednesday distanced itself from police training videos showing Mexican officers applying apparent torture methods on other officers as an American instructor barks orders.

July 01, 2008 - 2:50 p.m. Videos showing city police practicing torture techniques on a fellow officer and dragging another through vomit at the instruction of a U.S. adviser created an uproar Tuesday in ...

Dozens of families who have been without power for days are finally seeing some relief.