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Court tosses suit against Texas county’s drive-thru voting

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 2020 lawsuit to bar drive-thru voting in Houston was rejected Monday by a federal appeals...

Freezes possible this winter; NOAA also predicts warmer, drier conditions

A repeat this winter of the frigid onslaught that gripped the state last Feb. 14-20 would be very unusual, since such record-shattering outlier events...

Agencies urge caution after drownings while fishing hit 19

Alarmed by 19 drowning deaths while fishing in and around Texas waters, the U.S. Coast Guard and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department have issued...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month emphasis early screening, detection

HARLINGEN – Sheer terror. The moment someone hears the word “breast cancer”, the breath freezes, a gust of adrenalin shoots through the body, and the...

Tax payment extended until Nov. 1

Cameron County taxpayers will have an additional day to pay their tax bills and receive a 3 percent discount Since Oct. 31 is on a...

Sheriff: Child’s remains, 3 abandoned siblings found in home

HOUSTON (AP) — The skeletal remains of a child were found inside an apartment in the Houston area along with three surviving siblings who...

Texas homeowner charged in slaying of motorist in his driveway

MARTINDALE, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas man has been charged with murder in the driveway shooting of a motorist who had pulled into...

Fort Hood soldiers tour TSTC campus

Texas State Technical College recently hosted 50 active-duty U.S. Army soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas, during their two-day visit to the Harlingen campus. The soldiers,...

This year, first cotton bale contest won in Nueces County

In its way, it may have been a bigger upset than A&M over ‘Bama. This year for the first time in at least six decades...

Cancer survivor shares her story

HARLINGEN – Shock, disbelief, action. Three decades as a nurse hadn’t prepared Patty Vega to hear the word everyone dreads: “Cancer.” She’d heard it many times...