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43 min ago | Themonitor.com

a This guy killed my little sistera

Something about Juan Huerta made the woman uneasy. "I felt it for a reason," Maria Elena Lopez said in Spanish.

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Related Topix: Prison, Mission, TX

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Themonitor.com

County unemployment rate falls slightly

The unemployment rate fell slightly in October as Hidalgo County added 3,000 jobs.

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Related Topix: McAllen Metro, McAllen, TX, Hidalgo, TX, Cameron County, TX, Brownsville, TX

Fri Nov 20, 2009

TheMonitor.com

Burned body found inside San Juan mobile home park

A property manager found the partially burned body of a 58-year-old woman at a mobile home park Thursday morning.

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Related Topix: Fire, McAllen Metro, McAllen, TX

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Themonitor.com

Freshman says fellow student sexually abused her in school gym

Police arrested a high school senior after an alleged sexual assault behind the bleachers in a high school gymnasium.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Brownsville Herald

Did Rel mpago man jump to death after fighting with his wife?

Sheriff's deputies said they won't take Cristina Rivera at her word. The 39-year-old woman told investigators Samuel Fernandez Jr., her common-law husband, jumped out of their moving car as they headed along Farm-to-Market Road 491 early Saturday evening.

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Related Topix: Progreso, TX, Mercedes, TX

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Themonitor.com

Facing capital murder charges, suspect says 'I did it because I was hurt'

Juan Luis Huerta said he "just snapped." The 37-year-old security guard came home early Saturday morning and found his wife and the man with whom she was having an affair, sheriff's deputies said.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Mission, TX

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Valley Morning Star

Weslaco police arrest robbery suspects

Police arrested two men suspected of beating a victim and taking his cell phone last week.

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Related Topix: Weslaco, TX

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Brownsville Herald

Body identified in Hidalgo County

Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies discovered the body of Marcos H. Lopez, 47, just before 5 p.m. in a pickup truck at La Guerita Bar, near the intersection of State Highway 107 and 86th Street in San Carlos.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

Fri Nov 13, 2009

KRGV

Victim in Shooting Death Identified

Hidalgo County sheriffa s deputies identified a man shot to death in a pickup truck.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

Thu Nov 12, 2009

KRGV

Police: Capital Murder Suspect Upset For Being Kicked Out Of Home

A Mercedes man is in jail for a setting a deadly house fire that killed a Weslaco woman and her 12-year-old son.

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Related Topix: Mercedes, TX, Weslaco, TX

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Brownsville Herald

In-law dispute in El Gato leaves victim on life support

A domestic dispute that ended in gunshots left a man's brother-in-law on the brink of death Monday evening.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Alamo, TX, McAllen, TX

Victoria Advocate

TX officials say 11 students arrested for riot

Originally published November 9, 2009 at 11:20 p.m., updated November 9, 2009 at 11:21 p.m. PHARR, Texas a ' Eleven students including six juveniles are accused of participating in a gang-related riot at a Pharr alternative high school.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Ruben Hinojosa, Democrat, Pharr, TX, McAllen, TX, McAllen Metro

Mon Nov 09, 2009

The Brownsville Herald

Recession Bites the Poor

At least "from a technical perspective," as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in September, some economists believe the recession is very likely over.

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Related Topix: Pediatrics, Medicine, Texas, Houston, TX, Dallas, TX, Cameron County, TX

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Brownsville Herald

Eight-liner operations raided in McAllen area

Authorities raided eight-liner operations Friday in eight separate bars, restaurants and American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars halls throughout Hidalgo County.

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Related Topix: McAllen Metro, McAllen, TX

KRGV

Man Shot During Drive-By Shooting

Hidalgo County dispatchers are telling CHANNEL 5 that a man was shot during a drive-by. Witnesses saw four people speed off in a black Jetta.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Alamo, TX, McAllen, TX

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Valley Morning Star

Drug dog sniffs out pot at house near Weslaco

Sheriff's deputies made two arrests after receiving a tip about marijuana at a house between Weslaco and Mercedes on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Weslaco, TX, Mercedes, TX

Themonitor.com

Mistrial declared in theft case of former Hidalgo County foreman

Jurors failed to reach a verdict Wednesday afternoon in the theft trial of a former Hidalgo County employee.

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Related Topix: Edinburg, TX

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Brownsville Herald

Constitutional election turnout light, but veterans hospital likely for Valley

Cameron County voter turnout was light in Tuesday's Constitutional Amendment Election, but registered voters who cast ballots appeared to support the idea of bringing a veterans hospital to the Rio Grande Valley.

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Related Topix: Cameron County, TX, San Antonio, TX, McAllen Metro, McAllen, TX, Weslaco, TX

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Themonitor.com

Armed robbers threaten store owner, daughter

Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies are searching for two armed robbers who threatened a convenience store owner and her teenage daughter Thursday evening.

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Related Topix: Los Cuates, TX

Sat Oct 31, 2009

TheMonitor.com

South Texas Health System settles fraud lawsuit

Hidalgo County-based South Texas Health System agreed to pay $27.5 million to the federal government to settle allegations that the hospital system paid doctors illegal kickbacks to refer patients to its facilities, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday.

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Related Topix: Texas, Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law, McAllen, TX, Healthcare Law

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