Brownsville’s new Environmental and Conservation Task Force picked its leaders Wednesday, but not before a public comment period dominated by demands that one member be taken off the panel, per the Brownsville Herald. Valeria Caballero stepped forward for chair and won the vote. Etienne Rosas, who...
Lubbock police have arrested a man they say shot two people in East Lubbock earlier this month, killing one of them. Akkini McDade, 24, was arrested around 2 a.m. Thursday by Lubbock Texas Anti-Gang Center members and the U.S. Marshals, according to police. He is in...
A Lubbock County jury sentenced Jesus Aguilar, 39, to life in prison without parole on Oct. 8, a day after convicting him of continuous sexual abuse of a child, according to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. District Judge William Eichman said the sentence would make the community, and...
Three of Texas’ top Republicans brought their campaigns to Corpus Christi in the span of two days this week, with water, property taxes and the cost of living among the topics. Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick came Tuesday, and Attorney General Ken...
Commercial truck traffic at Cameron County’s Los Indios bridge has grown 30% to 40% every quarter and now averages 400 to 500 trucks a day, up from about 100 a day roughly three years ago, County Administrator Pete Sepulveda Jr. told commissioners Tuesday. Sepulveda updated the...
San Benito’s city commission voted 3-2 Tuesday to censure Mayor Pete Galvan over remarks he made to officials of the city’s Economic Development Corporation about withholding the agency’s sales tax funding. Commissioners Daniel Cortez, Rick Perez and Victor Manuel Gonzales supported the resolution. Galvan and Commissioner...
A new fire station in Zapata County is closer to completion with an additional $750,000 federal loan, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar announced Tuesday. The loan comes through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Community Facilities Program. Cuellar said it adds to a $1.1 million federal...
Harlingen city commissioners voted Wednesday to reject an agreement with Cameron County that would have started work on drainage improvements tied to Fluidstack’s data center, with several saying they would rather deal with the company directly. The interlocal agreement would have had the city and county...
The Plainview-Hale County Airport is getting a new terminal and a space for aviation job training, with help from a $1.5 million federal grant, the city of Plainview announced this week. The money comes from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, which announced the award Oct. 8...
A power line arced and set off a grass fire on North Padre Island on Wednesday, according to Nueces County Emergency Services District No. 2. It started near Park Road 22 and Access Road 4. Crews from the district and the Corpus Christi Fire Department kept...
