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Funds secured to restore historic international suspension bridge in South Texas
A historic international suspension bridge, which hasn't been used for decades and links the South Texas town of Roma with Miguel Aleman, Mexico, has gotten federal and state funding for renovations so it can once again facilitate trade and travel.
Traffic stop yields over 240 pounds of marijuana in Rio Grande City
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Mexican citizen was arrested Monday after a Starr County sheriff’s deputy found multiple large bundles of marijuana inside the man’s green Ford Explorer, according to a criminal complaint. Jesus Maldonado-Chavez, who was born in 1992, was charged with possession with intent...
Starr County missing teen found dead
STARR COUNTY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Starr County Sheriff’s Office announced a missing teen was found dead. According to a social media post from the Starr County Sheriff’s Office, the teen was reported missing on Thursday afternoon in the community of El Refugio by the river bank. Authorities say family members recovered his body on […]
2 NY National Guard soldiers ID’d as victims of helicopter crash on U.S.-Mexico border
Two New York National Guard soldiers were among the three people killed when a military helicopter crashed near the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities confirmed Sunday. Chief Warrant Officers John Grassia, 30, and Casey Frankoski, 28, were killed when their chopper went down Friday afternoon near Rio Grande City in far south Texas. Grassia was also a state trooper.
A South Texas candidate sues his town for records he says will prove his opponent's corruption
RIO GRANDE CITY — A South Texas political candidate is suing his town over a bevy of public records requests, accusing officials of delaying the release of records he wants to prove his opponent is corrupt.
Villarreal: International relations are so important for Rio Grande City
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas – It is not often a mayor in Texas runs a video during his or her state of the city address that includes messages from eight dignitaries from Mexico. Sometimes a mayor from the border region will have a video message from one or two of his counterparts in Mexico. But rarely as many as eight.
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