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Owners, patrons, staff fight for community bar
MISSION – The owners of Smokin’ Aces are fighting to keep their bar in business.The owners re-applied for a conditional use permit to sell and allow alcohol to be consumed at the bar, just four days after the Mission City Council voted to not…
19-year-old woman shot; McAllen police investigate
McALLLEN — Police are trying to figure out who shot a 19-year-old woman early Monday morning.
Officers received a call about the shooting from staff at McAllen Medical Center about 4 a.m. Monday, police Chief Victor Rodriguez said.
A woman…
Sumlin signs 19 players in his first class at A&M
COLLEGE STATION — New Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin signed 19 players in his first recruiting class after being hired Dec. 10 to replace the fired Mike Sherman.
Sumlin retained 11 players the former staff recruited and added eight new recruits….
Economedes High School evacuated after bomb threat
EDINBURG — Students and staff were evacuated from Economedes High school, 1414 N Alamo Road, after a receptionist received at call about a bomb threat at 11 a.m. Friday.
Assistant superintendent Mario Salinas said no students were harmed during the…
Donna moves forward on contract for new consultant
DONNA—City leaders here gave staff authorization to pursue contract negotiations with economic development consulting firm Advent GX, despite failing to get approval from one of their economic development corporation boards.
At a meeting Jan. 13,…
Cowboys add Callahan, Henderson to coaching staff
IRVING — The Dallas Cowboys hired Bill Callahan as their new offensive line coach Thursday and added a surprise twist, listing him as offensive coordinator.
Jason Garrett came to Dallas as offensive coordinator in 2007 and held on to that…
Good Eats
Barbecue, frozen yogurt and California-style burritos. The Rio Grande Valley has seen a bunch of new restaurants and cuisines pop up throughout the last year.
The staff at Festiva is working hard on the third annual Best New Restaurants issue, and we…
Brownsville school district reflects on student killing
BROWNSVILLE — Cummings Middle School students and staff began to come to grips Thursday with something no one could have anticipated — the shooting death of a student on school grounds.
Jaime Gonzalez Jr., a Cummings eighth-grader, died…
Hinojosa: Rogers’ legacy has always been remembered
Today we are running what our staff considers to be the top sports stories of 2011. One of the stories I’m glad we got on there — although for very sad reasons — was news of the death of Pan American’s legendary shooter, Marshall Rogers.
I…
Jaimez: There’s life after All-Valley
Four hours. That’s how long it took our 10-man sports staff to pick the 2011 Valley Freedom Newspapers All-Valley football team.
On Wednesday, sports writers from Brownsville and McAllen converged at the Valley Morning Star to pick what we think is…