Zapata News

Commissioners in Zapata have granted funds for the Zapata Chamber of Commerce. The chamber of commerce will now receive 60 thousand dollars along with additional funding each month from now until September.

Antonia Z. Franco, 84, passed away July 4, 2008 at residence in Del Rio, Texas. She was born September 24, 1923 in Mexico.

The Texas Animal Health Commission marked an ominous anniversary July 3 by expanding the preventive cattle fever tick quarantine area in south Texas by 307,000 acres, after the dangerous livestock pests were ...

When Zapata County Sheriff's Deputies tried to stop the ambulance belonging to Vitalife near Zapata the driver sped to Salineno in Starr County, and escaped on foot.

Zapata County authorities chased an ambulance with a load of drugs into Starr County.

Events include: Friday, Oct. 31, 7 p.m., Bearkats vs. Tarpons football game, and Saturday, Nov.

Today, she is the three-time Grammy award-winning phenomenal artist, Fergie, and she has sold millions of discs and racked in the awards.

Susibeth Elisarraras takes a deep breath before she describes what it's like to get a play off the ground in just three weeks.

Did We Really Doubt Her Abilities? The Chron blog reports on budget winners and losers , and the star seems to be Councilmember Melissa Noriega .

Hidalgo County Elections Administrator Teresa Navarro resigned Tuesday just hours before a grand jury returned more felony indictments against her.

FBI agents have arrested a man believed to be the head of a drug-trafficking organization responsible for smuggling up to a ton of narcotics a week through South Texas.

Burglary of a habitation, 3040 block of FM 2259. A woman said a cash box and her Yorkie dog was taken from her home.

Indicted Hidalgo County Elections Administrator Teresa Navarro turned herself in at the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office Wednesday morning, where she was booked on multiple felony charges.

It used to be as simple as posting a sign on the roadway. But now, South Texas farmers are forced to recruit field labor through employment agencies and repeated phone calls to harangued work crew leaders.

“You start to run out of ideas”

For all the mothers out there, consider one word today: union. Think about it - you could take the world of fathers by storm if you banded together to fight for adequate wages. via Themonitor.com

“We don't have a county jail big enough to hold all the people that I should be sending to county jail.”

One family continues to wait for justice for their daughter, two years after a drunk driving accident left her dead. via KRGV

“There's people across Mexico that have a great deal of faith in McAllen and the economic boom here.”

A group of Mexican businessmen has expressed interest in purchasing Westside Park, which is on the auction block for $23.2 million. via Themonitor.com

A Potter County Grand Jury on Wednesday indicted Elijio Christopher Zapata on charges stemming from an alleged Dec. via Amarillo.com

“To me, he's a kid who really deserves everything he got here”

Juan Angel Gloria Jr. landed his first firefighting gig at the age of 14. And in the years since then he has never questioned that early career choice. via Themonitor.com

Yes, Tejano Thursday is back. YouTube added more performances that I just had to show off. via DosCentavos.net