Valley Morning Star

A century ago, a remarkable editor blew the lid off the Teapot Dome affair. He would go on to lead the Lower Rio Grande Valley newspapers.

SAN BENITO — At the close of a six-month probationary period, city commissioners are giving City Manager Fred Sandoval strong marks as he enters the last six months of his one-year contract.

The Cameron County Sheriff’s Office on Monday arrested a 44-year-old man for dumping a trailer full of shingles in San Benito.

Following a nearly 20 hour search, the Coast Guard on Tuesday suspended its efforts to find a 19-year-old man who was swept out to sea near Port Mansfield.

For centuries the Democrats have been the “tax and spend guys.” They’re the party of American Treasury confiscatory distribution — to themselves.

SAN BENITO — The specials on the wall catch my eye so quickly I don’t even ask for a menu.

HARLINGEN — For the first time in 10 years, commissioners are set to call for a new water rate plan boosting utility customers’ charges by about 50% during the next five years to help fund a sewer system overhaul that’s part of WaterWorks’ $258 million five-year master plan.

The San Benito school district’s mass tuberculosis testing has cleared students and staff after a case turned up at the high school late last month.

BROWNSVILLE — Brianna Garcia sat nervously at first and then seemed relaxed with the idea that her life was beginning to change and move in a direction of success.

As a self-declared “dictator” in his first “day” of office, newly elected President Trump will want to make a few quick pen-and-ink modifications to the Constitution to undergird his planned activities.