Tag: Starr County
US eyes accused drug trafficker’s property for border wall
The U.S. government on Dec. 22 filed to take the property of an accused Starr County drug trafficker and use it to build a...
Starr County women get 6 years in 2019 meth case
A federal judge handed down more than six-year prison sentences for two Starr county women in a methamphetamine smuggling case, records show.
U.S. District Judge...
Starr County health authority encourages providers to vaccinate as many as possible
Following criticism of state Sen. Eddie Lucio who was photographed over the weekend receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, the Starr County Health Authority came to...
Starr Co. to get Moderna vaccine as health officials address concerns
As COVID-19 cases continue to mount, Starr County is set to receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as part of the state's...
Surrounded by death and division, Valley medical workers emerge triumphant
In the Rio Grande Valley, where the coronavirus has been responsible for more than 3,000 deaths and what’s trending toward 50,000 cases in Hidalgo County alone by the end of the year, many have looked toward the medical community as the one glimmer of hope in the darkness of the pandemic.
Escobares unable to pay staff following council resignations
The abrupt resignation of the mayor and the mayor pro-tem has disrupted regular city business to the point that city staff didn't receive their...
Feds reinstate funding for Starr Co. HIDTA task force
After suspending funding for the Starr County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force in June, South Texas HIDTA agreed to reinstate funding beginning...
Feds reinstate funding for Starr Co. HIDTA task force
After suspending funding for the Starr County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force in June, South Texas HIDTA agreed to reinstate funding beginning...
Boy’s rescue from well a multi-agency effort across two counties
After almost six hours lodged several feet below the ground in the shaft of a rural Starr County well, a 4-year-old boy was met...
Starr County Sheriff’s Office investigating security breach at jail
The Starr County Sheriff's Office announced Monday that it fired several employees, including a high-ranking official, related to a potential security breach at the...