Willacy County News

A fire ripped through a home in on the 3800 Block of Broadway St. It happened around 3 o'clock this morning.

An attorney claimed in a statement Wednesday that an inmate who died here in June was denied the use of his asthma pump.

Thomas Adderson died June 10th while serving his sentence at the Willacy County State Jail.

It took about five years, but state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. seems to have phased out his paid consulting jobs for construction and engineering firms.

The Rio Grande Valley is developing a plan to improve its drainage systems in a comprehensive regional effort for the first time in four decades.

A 25-year-old Raymondville man was arrested on a warrant Wednesday after police say he beat another man about 1 a.m. on April 1 in the Rack Daddy's parking lot, 1802 S. Business 77.

Millions of dollars in border security funding is headed to South Texas, U.S. Rep.

According to the Texas Department of State Health Services' web site, Cameron County has 193 cases of the H1N1 flu virus.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has issued a legal opinion that District Attorney's Offices in rural, low-income counties such as Willacy County may allow assistant district attorneys to act as defense attorneys in surrounding counties or in federal court.

An extension of Elena Ramirez's maternal instincts earned her the title of "most outstanding volunteer" with NINOS HeadStart for 2008-09 in Cameron and Willacy counties.

Fast moving thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain and some hail in Willacy County Sunday night.

Memorial Day brings back a lot of memories for Alfredo Alvarez. He joined the Army in 1942 at age 16 because he needed a paycheck, clothes, shoes and regular meals, Alvarez said.

The business group spearheading plans for a private prison near Tucson succeeded with a similar project in Texas years ago but only after a tangle of political intrigue and criminal indictments.

Willacy County has now joined the growing list of counties in the state with confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu.

President Obama's proposed budget could mean a drop in teen pregnancy rates and a slight boon for family planning funding, but that doesn't mean local reproductive health advocates are declaring victory.

There are now 46 cases of the H1N1 Flu in Cameron County, the state health department is reporting.

Willacy County voters went to the polls Saturday to elect several new city officials.

Ada Loucile Clarida was born May 7, 1910 at Dennis, Texas, the youngest of ten children born to James Henry Dennis and Ida Maryline Howell Dennis.

Hidalgo County Elections Office: 784-VOTE Cameron County Elections Office: 1-877-544-0809 Willacy County Elections Office: 689-2387 Starr County Elections Office: 716-4800 TOWN OF BAYVIEW Mayor Leon A. "Dick" Deason Roberta E. Dahl Board of Alderperson, PL 1 Brian Schalk George R. Rosas CITY OF BROWNSVILLE Commissioner District 3 Carlos A. Cisneros ...

For much of his life, Jim Kirman worked to make Willacy County a better place to raise a family.