Brooks County News

Tonight Cameron County officials are working to prevent overcrowding in their jails.

The Cameron County Commissioners' Court on Friday will consider approving a contract with a privately run detention center in Brooks County that would allow Cameron County to transfer nearly 100 inmates there.

TxDOT: I-37 from US 77 to Nueces River Bridge right lane closed until 5 p.m. One lane of I-37 northbound closed for road testing TxDOT: I-37 northbound right lane from Sharpsburg Road to Nueces River Bridge - Voters in Brooks, Jim Hogg and Jim Wells counties approved creating a groundwater conservation district, however city of Alice voters opted ...

In Brooks County, 224 votes, or 76.19 percent, were for creating the district while 70 voters, or 23.81 percent, were against it, according to unofficial election results.

By Jade Ortego Killeen Daily Herald On Wednesday, the U.S. Marshals Service apprehended a man in Killeen wanted on murder charges in connection with a shooting in Brooks County, Georgia.

Three convicted felons, accused of casting illegal votes in the Progreso Independent School District, have been arrested by investigators working at the Attorney Genera's Office.

The checkpoint at Falfurrias was shut down for several hours this morning after a caller claimed there was a black bag containing explosives inside the building.

For over three hours the Falfurrias check point was shut down due to a bomb threat.

Border Patrol agents found a murder suspect northwest of the Falfurrias checkpoint.

Authorities learned the 35-year-old is an American citizen who entered the country as a refugee from the southern province of Kosovo.

A man from Kosovo wanted in a New York City slaying awaits extradition from South Texas.

The grass fire began about 2 p.m. Tuesday south of Falfurrias and swept through the corners of four ranches, a Brooks County dispatcher said.

On Saturday, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Falfurrias Border Patrol Station rescued two women after they placed a call to the Brooks County Sheriff's Office requesting assistance.

Originally published July 16, 2009 at 11:36 p.m., updated July 16, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. conomic development is about enhancing the local economy through increasing the flow of new money into the community.

An off-duty Border Patrol agent was shot at while traveling with his child. The agent, who's from Arizona and on vacation, told officers he was followed from Brooks County to Mission.

Wednesday night's storms caused quite a bit of damage down in Brooks County. No injuries were reported, but emergency officials there said strong winds blew the roof off one home east of Falfurrias.

Strong storms caused power outages and some roof damage Wednesday in the Rio Grande Valley.

The former district attorney, Joe Frank Garza, says he did nothing wrong. He acknowledges using drug funds to pay the secretaries and says the casinos were the sites of seminars.

Three people are dead Saturday night, including one three-year-old child, after a car they were riding in collided with an 18-wheeler in Brooks County.

Department of Public Safety troopers are still at State Highway 285, one mile east of Farm-to-Market Road 1418, between Falfurrias and Riviera working the accident.