Fifteen of 29 Nueces County grocery stores earned perfect scores on their latest health inspections of 2026. The other 14 were cited for violations, according to Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District inspection records. No store scored below 93. Anyone can search these records on the district’s...
Laredo police arrested a 29-year-old man early Saturday after a female officer was struck in the face during an arrest downtown, police said. Fernando Cabrera is charged with aggravated assault on a peace officer, a first-degree felony. If convicted, he faces five to 99 years or...
Laredo Mayor Victor Trevino has asked the city to inspect the Canizales Boxing Gym, a city-owned recreation center, following concerns about its ceilings, walls and other areas of the building used by boxers, according to the Laredo Morning Times. The city-run gym is a longtime fixture...
Del Rio and its police officers’ association still have no deal on pay. The city is offering a 2.5% raise, and the association is now asking for 10%, according to the 830 Times, which covered the Oct. 5 bargaining session. The Del Rio Police Officers Association...
The Randall County Sheriff’s Department has submitted reports to the Texas Attorney General on the deaths of two jail inmates, one in August and one in September. Both list the cause as pending autopsy. Shaylee Rachels, 28 Around 6:48 a.m. Aug. 7, jail staff came upon Rachels...
Nineteen people have been charged in an alleged cocaine and crack cocaine trafficking operation in Alice, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas. Each defendant is charged with conspiracy involving more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and more than 280 grams...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized nearly $800,000 worth of alleged cocaine at the Hidalgo International Bridge on Sept. 27, CBP said in a news release Tuesday. Officers stopped a black Chevrolet pickup entering from Reynosa and sent it to secondary inspection. Nonintrusive inspection equipment...
AVIR at Beeville, a nursing home in town, has received a four-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, per the Beeville Bee-Picayune. CMS data shows the home also rates four stars in health inspections, staffing and quality measures. Marketing Director Clarissa Beltran credited...
Rotary District 5840, which covers 44 counties across South-Central Texas, was named District of the Year for Zone 25B by Rotary International, per the Beeville Bee-Picayune. It finished first among 32 districts in a region that stretches from Texas through the Midwest to Minnesota. The district...
A Cameron County jury on Thursday found Rogelio Martinez guilty of capital murder of a peace officer in the 2023 shooting death of San Benito Police Lt. Milton Resendez. Jurors deliberated three hours and 15 minutes after the four-day trial. Martinez, who was 18 at the...
