Starr County News

Representatives from Texas' cattle industry recently discussed future research and educational partnerships related to fever ticks at a summit hosted by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service.

An anonymous tip led Starr County sheriff's deputies to a decomposed body Thursday morning, officials said.

The murder confession is laced with biblical references, penned by a prison inmate who says he just wants to make things right.

A measure touted by Rio Grande Valley veterans as another step toward landing the veterans hospital they say is sorely needed here was headed toward passage by a wide margin late Tuesday.

Starr County's former sheriff will get more time locked down at home, rather than in a prison cell.

Luci Nell Simpson is going back to school to be a better teacher to her students.

Christopher R. Kuechmann has been named the new county librarian. Kuechmann, who currently lives in Ponchatoula, La., and who most recently served as the library director for the Tangipahoa Parish Library System in Amite, La., was voted into the position during the October regular term meeting of Val Verde County Commissioners Court Monday.

Fire officials are monitoring hot spots near the Starr County line. This is after two grass fires broke out on the same piece of property.

U.S. Border Patrol agents said they encountered two pickup trucks Tuesday night traveling north together from the Rio Grande near Escobares.

Birders flock to Starr County in the Rio Grande Valley each fall in hopes of seeing avian species seemingly dressed for the season: red-billed pigeons with striking russet plumage, brown jays sporting rich earth tones, and clay-colored robins with white-striped throats in olive-brown topcoats.

Ada Teller can't always afford treatment for breast cancer, so she suspects the disease has gotten worse.

A gift from a soldier fighting in Iraq is stolen. Police say, once again, its people targeting the elderly.

Esteban CHAPA married Eduarda MARTINEZ 12 Sept 1899 in Starr County Texas. After 1899, Esteban and Eduarda are found in the 1900 Duval, 1910 Goliad, and the 1920 San Patricio Counties censuses.

Someday, if Armando Pea Jr. fulfills his dream of passing on the family grocery store, the legend might go something like this: One day Pea Jr.

Luis Roberto Garcia, of Salineo, has been sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison for possession with intent to distribute about 635 pounds of marijuana, U.S. Attorney Tim Johnson said in a statement Tuesday.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples awarded $100,000 to South Texas Collegea s Starr County Campus Dual Enrollment Medical Science Academy .

The investigation into the pipeline explosion in Starr County could take a while.

The company that owns a pipeline that exploded this weekend is making sure there aren't any more leaks or problems.

The company that owns the gas line that ruptured near Rio Grande City is investigating what caused the break, said Starr County Sheriff Rene Fuentes.

Heavy downpour caused by a low chance of a tropical storm forming over Central Texas has extended the flash flood watch over several Rio Grande Valley counties until Saturday morning.