Valley and State
1 dies of injuries from Tyler refinery blast, fire
TYLER, Texas (AP) - One man has now died of injuries from a Tyler oil refinery explosion and fire. A spokeswoman for Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas says 49-year-old Dale Sherman of Tyler died of his injuries from Thursday's explosion at the...
Lubbock lawmaker fined in ethics probe
AUSTIN (AP) - The Texas Ethics Commission has fined state Rep. Carl Isett $6,400 for using campaign money to pay his wife more than $30,000 for bookkeeping services. State law bans elected officials and candidates to use political donations to pay...
Explosion, fire reported at Tyler refinery
TYLER, Texas (AP) - An explosion was reported at an East Texas oil refinery that caught fire Thursday afternoon and left four workers injured, officials said. Two men from the Delek Refining Ltd. refinery were in serious condition with burns at...
Family wants officers accused of beating father of Packers' player off the street
HOUSTON (AP) - The father of Green Bay Packers' wide receiver Donald Driver is in critical condition, at last report, and his family wants the two police officers who allegedly beat him taken off the street. The family wants the officers they say...
Fire at Harlingen retirement center
HARLINGEN - Firefighters Wednesday night were called to investigate an electrical fire at the Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center on Treasure Hills Boulevard. Golden Palms Administrator Deborah Paolini said the fire occurred while the staff was...
Driver nearly ends up in the Arroyo Colorado
HARLINGEN - A blue minivan Wednesday afternoon veered off the road, crashing into a street sign before stopping about 15 feet from the southern bank of the Arroyo Colorado on 77 Sunshine Strip. Debris from the street sign and car were scattered around...
Ex-cheerleaders indicted on hazing charges
HOUSTON (AP) - Seven former suburban Houston high school varsity cheerleaders face misdemeanor charges accusing them of hazing other cheerleaders. Harris County District Attorney Kenneth Magidson said Wednesday the ex-cheerleaders restrained several...
Teacher arrested for giving topless photo to boy
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A 27-year-old woman has been arrested on charges of distributing harmful material to a minor after a 14-year-old's parents found a topless photo of her on his cell phone. Victoria Ann Chacon, a former middle school teacher, allegedly...
Homeless man attacked, killed
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Two young men have been arrested in the death of a homeless man who was found dead after being stabbed, beaten and burned in an alley. Johnny Pena, 55, had been living on the street on the city's west side since he stopped working...
Harlingen celebrates new soccer complex
HARLINGEN - Soccer fans scored a winning goal Tuesday with the grand opening of the new Harlingen Soccer Complex.Mayor Chris Boswell declared Nov. 18 "Harlingen Soccer Day" to celebrate the opening of first phase of the estimated $7.5 million complex...
Big Bend Ranch State Park buys 7,000 acres
PRESIDIO, Texas (AP) - State parks officials have completed a deal to acquire about 7,000 acres of land inside the Big Bend Ranch State Park, officials with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and The Nature Conservancy of Texas announced Tuesday. The...
Man who tried to escape from prison set to die in woman's 1995 death
LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) - Convicted killer Eric Dewayne Cathey got off death row a decade ago and nearly made it to freedom. He'll leave death row again Tuesday, but in a caravan of armed guards headed to his execution. Cathey, 37, was among seven...
New judge battled cocaine, alcohol addictions
HOUSTON (AP) - The devil tattooed on Kevin Fine's upper arm holds a razor blade, a mirror and an eight ball symbolizing cocaine. His forearm sports a tattoo of Jesus holding up a man who has collapsed amid the waves of a massive storm. Elected by...
Disaster funds for farmers
EDINBURG - Farmers who lost at least 30 percent of their production because of excessive rain in July are eligible for Farm Service Agency disaster loans, the agency announced Monday. Farmers from Cameron, Willacy, Hidalgo and Starr counties are eligible...
Getting closer: Last segment of expressway awaits completion
After years of rebuilding, Expressway 83 is inching ever so slowly toward completion.The last unfinished piece is the stretch under construction from just east of La Feria to just west of the Hidalgo-Cameron county line.For those whose lives and businesses...
Corpus Christi police chief placed on leave
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - Corpus Christi's police chief has been placed on administrative leave. City Manager Angel Escobar placed Police Chief Bryan Smith on leave Saturday and appointed Assistant Police Chief Mike Walsh as acting chief until...
Astronauts prepare to unpack Endeavour's cargo
HOUSTON (AP) - Astronauts aboard the international space station and the newly arrived shuttle Endeavour planned Monday to start unpacking a new toilet and a contraption that purifies urine and sweat into drinkable water at the orbiting outpost. The...
Feds: Auto parts dealer led double life as smuggler
McALLEN - Federal prosecutors believe Gustavo Lopez organized one of the most lucrative drug smuggling rings in the Rio Grande Valley. Working under the nickname "El Licendiado," he allegedly moved hundreds of pounds of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico...
Arts complex to open on Main Street
McALLEN - A 30,000-square-foot complex that will house art studios and galleries is poised to transform the city's arts district. The McAllen Arts Village - being built by developer Alonzo Cantu - will be by far the largest art space on Main Street and...
Community effort revives cemetery
By the standards of many cemeteries, the old Fronton graveyard is not particularly old. As recently as 2000, the dry ground was disturbed for new tenants and several of the newest stones are waiting for wives and husbands, their death dates still blank. But...
UTMB retains academic status
GALVESTON (AP) - The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston will remain academically accredited as a medical school despite the loss of 3,800 jobs, officials said. However, UTMB will continue sending medical students to health facilities...
Death row inmate threatens lawmaker, again
AUSTIN (AP) - The same death row inmate caught making a call from a smuggled cell phone in October has sent a letter threatening the life of a Texas lawmaker, officials said. Texas prison officials also said a different death row inmate's contraband...
Report: Illegal immigrant minors mistreated by US
DALLAS (AP) - Federal authorities have compromised the rights and safety of some unaccompanied illegal immigrant children they have detained, and inadequate government guidelines are partly to blame, according to a Texas-based research group. Many...
Progreso ballots seized in elections inquiry
PROGRESO - The Hidalgo County District Attorney's office has impounded all ballots cast in the city's troubled municipal election earlier this month. Deputies took ballot boxes and several mail-in ballots from the city Wednesday, Sheriff Lupe Trevino...
Former IRA militant testifies in deportation case
RAYMONDVILLE (AP) - A former IRA militant acknowledged before a federal news/" class="autolink">immigration court Thursday that he was transporting explosives for the militant group in Northern Ireland when he was arrested in 1976. Pol Brennan is...
Strayhorn files paperwork for 2009 Austin mayoral run
AUSTIN (AP) - Former gubernatorial candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn has filed paperwork appointing a campaign treasurer in a bid to run again for mayor of Austin. The filing Wednesday with the city clerk's office allows Strayhorn, elected Austin's...
McAllen police look for assault suspect
McALLEN -- Police are looking for a suspect in an alleged aggravated assault case that happened in October. On Oct. 27, McAllen Municipal Judge Kathleen Henley issued an arrest warrant for Anthony Scott Corro, 25, for aggravated assault. Corro allegedly...
Man gets prison over FEMA trailer refurbish scheme
HOUSTON (AP) - A man who advertised a bogus investment plan to buy and refurbish FEMA trailers used after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is going to prison. A federal judge in Houston on Wednesday sentenced Christopher Brian McPherson to five years...
Edinburg police investigate overnight robbery
EDINBURG -- Police are looking for two men in a robbery investigation that was first reported as a kidnapping. The robbery apparently happened at an apartment at the intersection of Mon Mack and Schunior roads in Edinburg about 2 a.m. Wednesay, said...
Edinburg police investigate overnight kidnapping
EDINBURG -- Police are looking for two men in a kidnapping investigation that has left an teenaged man missing. Officers are looking for an 18-year-old man who went missing from an apartment complex at Mon Mack and Schunior roads early Wednesday morning,...
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