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Saturday | KRGV

Special Investigation: Cheating Charity

Jugs used to collect donations for sick children can be found from Roma to South Padre Island.

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Related Topix: Life, Charity , South Padre Island, TX, Roma, TX, Small Business, Personal Finance, Zapata County, TX

Thu Nov 19, 2009

TheMonitor.com

Inaction threatens historic Roma bridge

Authorities on both sides of the border are trying to save the San Pedro-Roma Suspension Bridge.

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Related Topix: Prison

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Themonitor.com

Fugitive arrested at Roma International Bridge

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrested a man wanted on an arrest warrant for escaping a halfway house over the weekend.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Themonitor.com

Authorities hail system that helped flag 1,000 jailed immigrants

Federal authorities have identified more than 1,000 immigrants with criminal records in the Hidalgo and Starr county jails during the first five months of a program that aims to deport those who have committed serious crimes.

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Related Topix: Prison, Hidalgo, TX, Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigration, US News

Fri Nov 13, 2009

KRGV

CBP Catches Escaped Fugitive in Roma

US Customs and Border Protection officers working at Roma International Bridge apprehended a fugitive.

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Related Topix: Prison, Roma, TX

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Brownsville Herald

Teen dies in Starr County rollover, drugs seized

A 17-year-old man died in a rollover accident after leading police on a short chase in Alto Bonito Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Drugs, La Grulla, TX

Sun Nov 08, 2009

North Texas e-News

Texas cattle industry groups meet to discuss tick fever prevention

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.

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Related Topix: Texas, Texas A&M University, Zapata County, TX, Zapata, TX

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Themonitor.com

Sheriffa s deputies investigate decomposed body in Starr County

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

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Related Topix: Las Lomas, TX, Rio Grande City, TX

Thu Nov 05, 2009

TheMonitor.com

Years after shooting, prison inmate seeks to clear man's name

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

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Related Topix: Prison, Drugs, World News, Mexico, Rio Grande City, TX,

Wed Nov 04, 2009

TheMonitor.com

Valley veterans praise Proposition 8a s expected passage

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.

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Related Topix: San Antonio, TX

Thu Oct 29, 2009

KRGV

Former Sheriff Gets More Time at Home

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

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

TheMonitor.com

Back to the books

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

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Related Topix: Microbiology, Biology, Science, Texas College, McAllen, TX, Rio Grande City, TX

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Del Rio News-Herald

County selects librarian

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.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Val Verde County, TX, World News, Mexico, Rio Grande City, TX,

Thu Oct 15, 2009

KRGV

Fire Officials Monitoring Hot Spots in Starr County

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.

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Related Topix: Fire

Valley Morning Star

Border Patrol makes six drug busts across Starr County

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

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Related Topix: Drugs, Escobares, TX, Garceno, TX, World News, Mexico, Rio Grande City, TX,

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Texas Highways

Click on the slide

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.

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Related Topix: Roma, TX, Salineno, TX

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Themonitor.com

Recommend

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

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, McAllen Metro, Mission, TX, Hidalgo, TX, Edinburg, TX

Tue Oct 06, 2009

KRGV

Soldier's Gift Stolen from Mother

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

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Sun Oct 04, 2009

Cousinconnect.com

Genealogy Query - CHAPA : MARTINEZ

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.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Genealogy

Fri Sep 25, 2009

TheMonitor.com

Where the Grocery Is Greener

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.

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Related Topix: Roma, TX, McAllen, TX, La Grulla, TX, La Victoria, TX, Rio Grande City, TX

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