Tropical Storm Hermine Tuesday continued traveling north into South Texas and was expected to reach the San Antonio area during the early afternoon hours,t hen on into Central Texas.. At 7 a.m., the center of the storm was about 50 miles west of Corpus Christi. Winds were 45 mph, with heavy rainfall, and the...
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Another soldier, who grew up in the Rio Grande Valley, has been killed in Afghanistan, it was reported Friday. PFC Diego Montoya, 20, who was born in McAllen and grew up in Mission, was killed while on duty, according to reports. Montoya attended Veterans Memorial High School through his freshman year, then the family...
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Four Texas State Technical College-Harlingen buildings closed temporarily Friday afternoon after a suspicious object was found in a trash can, were re-opened after the object was later detonated by the Brownsville bomb squad. Closed were the State Rep. Irma Rangel Science and Technology Building, the George W. Young Engineer Technology Building the Computer Science...
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THE REAL DEAL By JERRY DEAL I did not make the gathering Saturday night by friends of former Valley Morning Star entertainment editor Bruce Lee Smith. Just too many of those I know and care about are leaving this world for me to handle. But, I certainly thought of him and have been thinking...
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