07/16/11 To support a cure for cancer, this summer a 19-year-old Brownsville man is riding a bicycle thousands of picturesque miles from Austin to Alaska in the heat of the summer.Steve Trenfield is expected to make his way through nine states and two...
06/30/11 The Board of Commissioners on Wednesday officially adopted a budget and approved tax rates for the 2011-12 fiscal year.
06/27/11 The Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame inducted its third class of honorees Saturday evening during a banquet and ceremony at Penn State-Fayette.
06/27/11 Twenty-three semi-automatic weapons, including a fully-loaded Tec-9, were turned in Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Brownsville. There also were 31 revolvers, seven rifles and shotguns and 10 zip or starter guns.
06/02/11 Central Linn High School will send off its 42 graduating seniors in a commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at the school. Commencement speaker will be Tinker Hatfield.
06/02/11 Central Linn High School will send off its 42 graduating seniors in a commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at the school. Commencement speaker will be Tinker Hatfield.
05/28/11 EL PASO -- The student body leader from a South Texas university who graduates in December has succeeded in stalling his deportation to Mexico, but his lawyer said Friday that the young man's future beyond finishing college remains uncertain.Standing ...
05/28/11 EL PASO -- The student body leader from a South Texas university who graduates in December has succeeded in stalling his deportation to Mexico, but his lawyer said Friday that the young man's future beyond finishing college remains uncertain. Stan ...
05/27/11 BROWNSVILLE -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced Friday the deportation of a 38-year-old Mexican man wanted on a 2009 Mexico City arrest warrant for aggravated murder. Luis Fernando Ortega-Vera was charged with causing the...
05/27/11 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND - Another rare bird has been found in Cameron County, the latest in a busy season. On Sunday, a female masked duck was reported at the Sabal Palm Audubon Center resaca along the Rio Grande in southeast Brownsville. The sighting...
05/16/11 Andrew Sparks has devoted his high school career to helping others in various ways.
05/15/11 Oscar Tovar Jr. (1-0), a super featherweight from Alton, and Angel Hernandez (1-0, one KO), a lightweight from McAllen, expect to give their burgeoning pro boxing careers a big boost by appearing on the undercard of the Summer Explosion show scheduled at Hidalgo's State Farm Arena on June 17.
05/15/11 Coal Ridge senior Korbyn Brown will play baseball at Doane College next school year. Coal Ridge senior Korbyn Brown will play baseball at Doane College next school year.
05/15/11 Like many a proud Texan, Pamela Taylor likes to mark her turf. So on any given day, she makes sure passers-by can see the Stars and Stripes and the Lone Star Flag of her native state fluttering atop the poles that stand in her front garden.
05/15/11 When Suzanne French sees rains clouds rolling in, she and her husband get excited. They hope the clouds will be the ones that bring much-needed rain to their Los Fresnos farm.
05/15/11 The scars on Blanca Limon's body are the painful reminder of a marriage gone wrong.
05/15/11 It was a tough, hard fought battle between five candidates hoping to become the next Brownsville mayor. Current Mayor Pat Ahumada sought another four years in office; businessmen Tony Martinez, Mike Garza and Viro Cardenas threw their names in the hat, and City Commissioner Edward Camarillo thought it was time to move-up.
04/22/11 Earth Day Nature Walk Join Rex Burress at Feather River Nature Center, Oroville, to recognize Earth Day, 10 a.
04/21/11 The Oregon House Wednesday passed, 45-14, a bill allowing some hunting of cougars with hounds. The bill, HB 2337, now goes to the Senate.
04/20/11 JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press SALEM, Ore. Faced with reports of cougars threatening livestock and roaming neighborhood parks, the Oregon House voted Wednesday to allow the use of dogs in hunting the big cats. Lawmakers voted to roll back a voter-approved ban and create a pilot program that would allow the use hounds in cougar hunts in counties where commissioners allow it. The House's 45 ... | 
