MOE BANDY IN CONCERT Country entertainer Moe Bandy will perform at Harlingen’s Lakewood RV Park on Wednesday Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. Tickets available at the door. NOCHE DE RONDA VALENTINES DANCE The sixth annual Noche de Ronda Valentines Dance will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, Feb. 11 at the...
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GOP Presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney coasted to an easy victory in the Nevada Caucuses Saturday. Wire services reported the former Massachusetts governor blasted President Obama for high unemployment rates, in a state that has the highest unemployment in the nation. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas representative Ron Paul finished a poor second.
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It is a little late to be announcing this, but ;it slipped by this desk — the monthly morning get together by the Downtown Improvement District board — will be held at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, at A Cherished Event, located at 107 E. Jackson. This coffee and pastries event is sponsored free by the...
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The full text of Mayor Boswell’s speech can be read and/or printed from the city of Harlingen’s website. Harlingen Mayor Chris Boswell on Friday held his fifth State of the City address, admitting last year had its share of difficulties and controversies, but quickly added in spite of distractions, Harlingen has had...
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By TRETO GARZA Veterans from the Rio Grande Valley have met with Ana Maria Garcia, a member of Sen. John Cornyn’s office, to discuss the Veterans Affairs Strategic Capital Investment Plan — known as SCIP — and what it means to South Texas veterans. Garcia, Texas regional director and Community Outreach Advisor for Cornyn,...
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AN OPEN LETTER TO THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED! By GAIL MOORE To those of you who read Sunday’s Valley Morning Star and those of you who do not carry the paper, and to those of you who get information from this blog, I would like you to know the truth about recent allegations made...
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The Governor’s Criminal Justice Division is providing additional funding for Texas Crime Stoppers and the Texas Department of Public Safety to increase rewards for the state’s 10 Most Wanted Sec Offenders Program to $2,000 with some rewards reaching up to $5,000, it was announced Thursday. In a press release concerning this, Gov. Rick Perry...
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Sentencing has again been delayed for Karina Pena, who is one of the defendants in the former District Judge Abel Limas racketeering case. The last sentencing had been scheduled in U.S. District court in Brownsville for Monday, but was changed to April 17. No reason was publicly given for the change. Pena, of Corpus...
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: Philip Sotelo, who had planned on running for District 4 city commissioner, has sent this message to Myleadernews and asked that it be published.) TO THE CITIZENS OF DISTRICT 4 Some time ago I had made a decision to run for District 4 commissioner. It is with regret that I am now...
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Burial for Joe Paterno, a football legend at Penn State, who died at the age of 85, will be buried on Wednesday. There will be a public virewing on Tuesday on the Penn State campus,from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m., then another public viewing for four hours on Wednesday beginning at 8 a.m. Private...
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