Laguna Vista News

Funeral arrangements for Juanita Uresti, 82, who passed away Saturday, at her residence, are pending under the direction of Hawkins Funeral Home.

Willowy grass billows in the wind while shadowy water birds coast through the blue shallows.

After being stored in a police evidence room for more than six years, Brownsville police turned over the remains of a Laguna Vista man to his wife - who thought she had lost his ashes forever.

Sales tax revenues in the Laguna Madre are up over last year, but area residents and businesses are feeling the pinch of the national recession, some more than others.

A 23-year-old Brownsville man will spend the next 50 years in jail. Rolando Saucedo was arrested for sneaking into a 10-year-old girl's bedroom and sexually assaulting her last week.

BROWNSVILLE A 10-year-old girl was found reading to an alleged rapist Tuesday morning, who police believe broke into her home and sexually assaulted her repeatedly.

She was born in Del Rio, Texas, on Holy Thursday, March 20, 1913 to Anna Griner and Dan Henry Brite.

She was born in Del Rio, Texas, on Holy Thursday, March 20, 1913 to Anna Griner and Dan Henry Brite.

She was born in Del Rio, Texas, on Holy Thursday, March 20, 1913 to Anna Griner and Dan Henry Brite.

A stroll through the Beachcombers Art Show provides a visual buffet of unique and creative eye candy that could satisfy any artistic appetite.

Local Fourth of July celebrants were out filling baskets and shopping bags with fireworks for the holiday weekend on Friday despite an uncertain economy and continuing job cuts across the country.

He was born on December 09, 1933 in Donna, Texas to William Maurice Burch and Rosa Lee Hooks-Burch of Donna, Texas.

One person has died and 8 others are in the hospital after an accident on Highway 100.

Seven candidates vied for four alderman positions in Primera. Election tallies showed that Pat Patterson with 86 votes, David Osborne with 60, Angela Ramirez-Gonzalez with 91 and Jose J. Ramirez with 45 won the four open seats at the end of the night.

Brownsville has moved to resolve annexation disputes without legislative intervention by releasing portions of its extraterritorial jurisdiction to five cities.

Mayor Richard Cortez re-elected with 83% of the vote. Donna elects two new councilmen with over 70% of the votes.

Brownsville officials won't budge on San Benito's request that they return land south of town, Mayor Joe Hernandez said Monday, and described negotiations as "a mess." Now Brownsville officials want the city of Harlingen to take part in any negotiations with San Benito, Ben Medina, Brownsville's planning director, said.