Val Verde County News

Texas Department of State Health Services announces H1N1 flu vaccine clinic in Val Verde County Dr.

Del Rio veterans can now receive outpatient medical services here. U.S. Rep. Ciro D. Rodriguez joined Marie Weldon, director of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, city and county elected leaders and the leaders of veterans service organizations joined about 75 veterans Saturday morning to celebrate the opening of the veterans outpatient ...

Val Verde County's next political season is underway. Thursday was the first day for candidates to file for positions on the ballots for the March 2010 Primary Election.

Del Rio wants in. Del Rio Mayor Efrain Valdez and Councilman Mike Wrob on Thursday attended a meeting of regional groundwater conservation district representatives and elected leaders here to underscore their commitment to participating in decisions about Val Verde County's water supply.

Storm Tracker 4 Meteorologists are tracking the cold, rain and a slight chance of Hill Country snow.

THERE ARE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE FRONT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MEXICO TONIGHT AND MONDAY TO SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS ON TUESDAY AND INTO CENTRAL TEXAS WEDNESDAY MORNING.

Prison escapees await hearing The men who escaped Nov. 20 from a federal prison in Bastrop County will be returned to Austin to face charges, probably late next week, officials said Friday.

The city of Del Rio needs a voice in future plans for the region's water supply, one city councilman says.

The status of a street just south of the Del Rio city limits will not change, county commissioners court decided Monday.

Rolando Carbajal, Raymundo Mendoza Jr., Dionicio Trevino and Alexander Zubov are the newest members of the Del Rio Police Department following their graduation Friday from the DRPD Academy.

Jose Vazquez-Becerra ran, but he couldn't hide. A local law enforcement chase of Vazquez-Becerra, 17, a resident of Ciudad Acuna, Coah., Mexico, began about 11 a.m. Wednesday, according to Texas DPS Lt.

In case you haven't noticed, Del Rio's Walmart has changed. Walmart employees, customers and guests celebrated those changes with a re-grand opening held at the store, 2410 Dodson Ave., early today.

Val Verde County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez today confirmed he has terminated the employment of Oscar Gonzalez as one of his two chief deputies.

Early voting began today at the Val Verde County Courthouse for the Nov. 3 election.

A pre-trial hearing has been set in Val Verde County for an Odessa man facing an intoxicated manslaughter charge in connection with a Nov.

Christopher R. Kuechmann has been named the new county librarian. Kuechmann, who currently lives in Ponchatoula, La., and who most recently served as the library director for the Tangipahoa Parish Library System in Amite, La., was voted into the position during the October regular term meeting of Val Verde County Commissioners Court Monday.

Appointment of a new county librarian and discussion of library operations are among the items on a long agenda for county commissioners court Tuesday.

Juan J. Mireles, Veterans Service Officer for Val Verde County, announces that effective Tuesday, Oct.

Testimony in the trial of a man accused of having sex with his wife's 15-year-old sister continues today in state district court.

No children were removed from public school classes following a crackdown on students caught crossing the border during the morning of Sept.