Posts on ‘July 14th, 2010’

AMARILLO, Texas—The Edinburg Roadrunners allowed 19 hits in a 14-6 loss to the Amarillo Dillas Wednesday night at the Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa. The game was called after seven innings due to rain.

SAN ANGELO – Leading 4-1 after seven and a half innings, the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings held off a late push by the San Angelo Colts to win 4-3 Wednesday at Foster Field.

Twelve members of the Veterans Alliance and four members of the Ladies Auxiliary met with Texas State Representative District 39, Armando Mando Martinez. The meeting centered around veterans request for his commitment to help move the veteran’s efforts to make a Veterans Affairs hospital a reality. Veterans asked Mando to sponsor legislation that would ask that monies be provided to help in a joint effort between the federal and state governments. He told the Veterans that the issue has been around too long at the federal level and that he and all the other local legislators were committed to help. He will identify sources and submit legislation around November. He also told the veterans that he can help them get the House Research Committee to help in preparing any reports and/or ideas to submit to other Texas legislators to gain support.

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EDINBURG, Texas—The Edinburg Roadrunners of the United League announced today that a doubleheader has been scheduled for Saturday July 24 against the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings at Edinburg Baseball Stadium.

Fortune Magazine has published an article listing several reasons why Texas beat California in the recession. The article credited some of Texas’ success to low taxes, a diverse job industry, and business-friendly climate.

Harlingen – United League Baseball’s Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings announced today that they will play a doubleheader against the Edinburg Roadrunners on July 24 at 6:05 p.m. at Edinburg Baseball Stadium to make-up one of the two rainouts between the two clubs due to Hurricane Alex on July 1 and 2.

RIO GRANDE CITY — With no end in sight, flood waters continue to cause serious problems for a three-county area downstream from Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel.

Two men have been added to the Texas Most Wanted Sex Offenders list. The program identifies violent sex offenders who have either violated parole or failed to comply with sex offender registration. These offenders are now fugitives and are considered a threat to our communities. Some of the victims of these sex offenders were children.

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Harlingen, Texas, July 14, 2010: Are you not already weary, hearing the same hackneyed political babble repeatedly? Are you not sick of having your intelligence insulted by bureaucratic windbags trying to convince you that up is down, right is left and bad is good? Most of all, are you not turned completely off by constant chants of racism that are trumpeted from the left-hand side of the political isle?

DALLAS — At the 2010 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Annual Conference being held this week in New Orleans, Trent Touchstone, Assistant Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Texas (NDTX), was presented the Outstanding Individual Contribution to a Violent Crime Task Force Award, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the NDTX. The award was presented this afternoon by Acting Deputy Attorney General Gary G. Grindler, before nearly 1000 attendees from the Justice Department, including U.S. Attorney’s Offices, the ATF, the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service; the International Associate of Chiefs of Police, the National District Attorneys’ Association; and PSN task forces from across the country.

I was browsing around the census bureau website and they had posted the estimated population for individual cities as of 2009. We lost our rank as number 3 in the valley…It seems we might be dropped to…not 4, not 5, but 6!

LAREDO – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today warned South Texas residents to be wary of price gouging and fraudulent attempts to defraud homeowners and other residents in the aftermath of recent flooding from tropical storms.

EDINBURG, Texas— The Edinburg Roadrunners of the United Baseball League are proud to announce their annual partnership with the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley.

July 17th from 8am-12pm the San Benito Cancer Center at Renaissance will be offering FREE prostate screening tests.

This morning’s blog about Kori attempting to attack another commissioner leaves us wondering? When will it end? We don’t know if Ms. Marra has lost her sense, or is just serving with no real purpose in mind.

To accommodate an increase in northbound crossings (Mexico to U.S.), the Anzalduas International Bridge, south of Mission, opened 24 hours a day to northbound traffic last Friday and will remain open 24 hours a day to northbound traffic until further notice. Normal hours of operation will resume for southbound traffic, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

AUSTIN – Regional leaders are set to meet Tuesday, July 20 as part of a long-term public involvement effort, providing guidance and local perspective to develop I-69.