Tag: La Villa
La Villa ISD rolls out new learning facility
La Villa ISD held a grand opening Wednesday for a new learning facility the district hopes to use to increase student engagement as a way to combat learning loss and attendance issues that cropped up during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Judge OKs electronic devices for doc awaiting sentencing
A federal judge has given the OK for a doctor convicted of healthcare fraud to have access to electronic devices, including a laptop, while he awaits sentencing at the East Hidalgo Detention Center in La Villa.
Edcouch man accused of attempting to bribe, threaten police
When Edcouch police pulled over a black SUV that authorities say was speeding last week, the suspect allegedly tried to bribe and then threaten police, landing him in jail on additional charges.
Federal inmate charged in La Villa bribery, smuggling case
Federal authorities have charged a third suspect in an alleged scheme where a correctional officer at the East Hidalgo Detention Center in La Villa took a bribe to smuggle a cellphone to an inmate at the federal jail.
Appeals court remands case in off-duty Border Patrol agent’s murder
La Villa police search for escaped suspect
COVID-19 shuts down La Villa ISD campuses
Members of drug trafficking ring sentenced; Men orchestrated contraband smuggling while in custody