Brownsville city commissioners took the first formal step Oct. 20 toward borrowing up to $27 million for city projects, voting to publish its notice of intent to sell certificates of obligation. The same night, they approved housing bonds for an affordable apartment rehab and a...
Hidalgo County has spent $72,743.36 so far after a car hit the courthouse entrance on Aug. 30, but it can’t say what the full repair will cost or when the doors will reopen to the public, a county spokesperson told The Monitor on Friday. That figure...
A married couple from Harlingen will spend years in federal prison after running a power wheelchair business that caused Medicare to be billed roughly $14 million, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas. Jeremiah Yzaguirre, 47, got 110 months, or about...
Laredo city leaders have told staff to start laying the groundwork for a park corridor that would tie together Independence Hills and Concord Hills and could one day stretch well into the city’s southeast side, per the Laredo Morning Times. The item was on the City...
Residents of Laredo’s Azteca neighborhood gave U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar a 240-signature petition Oct. 17 asking for more information, and independent studies of flooding and environmental effects, before any border wall construction moves ahead, per the Laredo Morning Times. The petition was handed over at Las...
Val Verde County commissioners met Wednesday, Oct. 21, with all five members present. The biggest item was a $2,175,000 tax note to pay for road paving and other public works. Commissioners voted 5-0 to take the loan from JPMorgan Chase at a 4.43% interest rate, the...
Canyon ISD seniors can now train toward a Texas jailer license before they graduate under a formal agreement signed Wednesday by the Randall County Sheriff’s Office, Canyon ISD and the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE), per the Amarillo Tribune. The deal turns what began as...
United ISD (UISD) trustee Michelle Molina left a board workshop early on Oct. 14 to speak at a candidate forum for Laredo ISD (LISD), drawing a pointed social media post from a fellow trustee, according to the Laredo Morning Times. Molina, who is running for reelection,...
A strand of hair from St. Carlo Acutis, the first millennial to be declared a saint, now belongs to St. Benedict Catholic Church in San Benito, per the Valley Morning Star. The relic is kept in a gold reliquary engraved with a Latin inscription naming Acutis...
An Alamo man, 67, will spend the next 50 years in prison after a Hidalgo County jury sentenced him in a case involving three child victims, according to the Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office. Florentino Garcia Lerma was found guilty on 10 counts: two of continuous...
