The Zapata County Sheriff’s Office has added a command center to its equipment, paid for with state money from Operation Lone Star, the sheriff’s office said. The office said the unit will serve as a central point for planning and communications during search and rescue missions,...
The Mission City Council is weighing an ordinance that would require drug testing, including random tests, for council members, the city attorney and the city manager, according to The Monitor. Members discussed the proposal Tuesday evening and will vote on it at their next meeting. City...
Federal officers seized about 46 pounds of alleged cocaine from a commercial truck at the Veterans International Bridge in Brownsville last week, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Officers working the bridge’s commercial import lot on Oct. 21 sent a 2005 International and its flatbed...
Webb County commissioners have put a proposed office building on the former Rock House site on hold while the county works out which offices need room and where, according to the Laredo Morning Times. The proposal was tabled after commissioners reviewed a feasibility study for...
A 28-year-old woman was fatally stabbed in Laredo early Wednesday, and the 30-year-old man detained in connection with her death is a Border Patrol agent, Laredo Police Chief Miguel Rodriguez told the Laredo Morning Times. Police said callers reported a domestic disturbance at a home in...
President Donald Trump and Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico held rallies in Lubbock on Tuesday a few miles apart, each urging supporters to turn out before the Nov. 3 general election, according to the Avalanche-Journal. Trump spoke in support of Republican Ken Paxton, the...
The Randall County Commissioners’ Court voted 5-0 Tuesday to replace its on-site sewage facility regulations with an updated order, according to the Amarillo Tribune. The new order gives failed septic systems a shorter window to be repaired, puts restaurant sampling on a common schedule and...
With early voting under way, five of the six Corpus Christi council members who sat in judgment of Mayor Paulette Guajardo are now asking voters for their support in the current election. Carolyn Vaughn, Eric Cantu and Mark Scott are seeking new council terms, and...
The Del Rio City Council on Tuesday approved a $941,000 contract for the Buena Vista Pool rehabilitation, abolished the Del Rio International Airport Commission and confirmed a new finance director, according to the 830 Times. All seven council members attended. The pool contract, for design-build work...
The man wanted in the killings of two men in Pueblo Nuevo is in custody after surrendering at Laredo’s Bridge No. 1 on Tuesday, according to the Webb County Sheriff’s Office. Manuel De Jesus Cruz-Estudillo was wanted on two murder warrants in the Oct. 24 deaths...
