Posts on ‘July 6th, 2010’

The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.

SAN ANGELO, Texas—The Edinburg Roadrunners dropped their second game to the San Angelo Colts after a 6-4 loss Tuesday night at Foster Field.

I have said it so many times and I will go for it one more time — Danny Castillo needs to be removed as Harlingen police chief — for the sake of the department and the sake of this city.

HOUSTON – Gov. Rick Perry today announced the formation of the Gulf Project, a coalition of energy and environmental scientists, policy experts, academic researchers, private sector research scientists and state officials who will work to ensure Texas never endures the environmental and economic disaster currently occurring in the Gulf of Mexico as a result of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion.

(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) – A Port Isabel man has been convicted of possessing hundreds of images and videos obtained via the Internet depicting child pornography, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today.

The Old Guard, Old Click (keep the city stagnant) Red Liners sympathizer Ortega made the attack in comments in one of the new Harlingen web sites.

For the record, I am a supporter of the men in blue, I have been a member of the men in blue. Where I was, is not important. However, in the last few years I have seen a change in law enforcement. As I stated before, politically correct cops is a near impossibility.

In the next few weeks, the city commission will have their annual budget meetings. During these meetings, departments present their budgets and Commissioners decide how much to fund. Commissioners are concerned because money is tight…real tight. Harlingen’s lackluster past has caught up with them. We could go on and criticize the old guard for lack of vision and growth, but we won’t. Instead, we should deal with the failures of the past without sugar coating reality.

Yesterday the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed that tar balls from BP’s Deepwater Horizon were located on Texas shores. While we do not yet know–and cannot yet calculate–the ultimate damage this ecological and economic disaster will inflict upon the state of Texas, we do know that BP will be held fully financially accountable for the costs incurred by the taxpayers when state and local governments engage in clean-up and response efforts.

After resident and civic leader Desi Martinez recently came up with some ideas to help the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings baseball team in its efforts to attract more fans, as well as benefiting local small businesses. A Harlingen physician developed an idea of his own.

See the list of affected roads below.

The Harlingen Area Crime Stoppers is asking for your assistance in helping to locate person(s) involved in a Burglary of 44 Storage Units. The burglary occurred at the Rio Storage located at 103 North Stuart Place Road, Harlingen, Texas between Friday, July 02, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, July 03, 2010 at 7:20 a.m. Unknown person (s) entered the compound through the northwest gate. Once inside, the unknown person (s) opened the locked storage unit’s doors. Unknown person(s) gathered several items and took the items to the vehicle which was parked on the outside of the compound. The vehicle became stuck in the wet soil. Another vehicle was brought to pull the vehicle out. Both vehicles then left the area.