Island Breeze Web Updates
- U.S. officials advise curfew in Monterrey
- Valley Freedom Newspapers
- The U.S. Consulate imposed a curfew for government employees living in the Monterrey area and advised other Americans in the area to take similar precautions.
Government employees and their families are now restricted from traveling outside San Pedr... Full story
- South Texas congressmen get border security funding
- Valley Freedom Newspapers
- Rebuffed in a first attempt to secure $701 million for border security, U.S. House members pushed through a replacement measure in a late-night voice vote Wednesday.
All five U.S. representatives from Texas who represent communities along the U.S.-M... Full story
- Boca Chica Beach now declared safe
- Valley Freedom Newspapers
- The warning signs indicating high levels of bacteria at Boca Chica beach have been removed now that bacterial levels are lower.
According to Texas Beach Watch, bacteria counts of less than 35 colony-forming units per 100 milliliters have been found ... Full story
- Flooding to last at least two more weeks, officials say
- Valley Freedom Newspapers
- Even without additional rainfall, Hidalgo County officials expect floodwaters to continue to move through the area for at least the next two weeks.
About 2 inches of rainfall across the county this week has overflowed irrigation ditches, flooding ne... Full story
- Rubio gets death for killing children
- Valley Freedom Newspapers
- Tears streamed down the face of convicted child killer John Allen Rubio as the presiding judge read out loud the decision of the jury as to the sentence for his crimes.
The jurors had been asked to answer three questions about each murder count he w... Full story
- Cameron County gets surplus Humvee for patrolling
- Valley Freedom Newspapers
- The Cameron County Sheriff’s Department has a new tool to help fight crime along the Texas-Mexico border and it comes courtesy of the U.S. Army – a retired Humvee.
Sheriff Omar Lucio said his department received the vehicle about a week ... Full story
- Feds: RGV officer assisted Zeta kidnapping ring
- One name emerged over and over again as authorities tracked a brutal Zeta kidnapping ring across Hidalgo County in 2008:
“Chino”
Throughout the investigation, witnesses ascribed that nickname to a Pharr police officer who allegedly help... Full story
- Anglers arrive for Texas' biggest saltwater tourney
- It’s the big daddy of Texas saltwater fishing tournaments and it’s happening this weekend.
Originally known as the Rio Grande Valley Fishing Rodeo, what is now known as the Texas International Fishing Tournament celebrates its 71st year ... Full story
- Brown pelicans find new home in Texas
- The Associated Press
- ROCKPORT — Twenty brown pelicans from Louisiana that were exposed to oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico have been cleaned and released in south Texas.
The pelicans were released Wednesday at Goose Island State Park. The U.S. Coas... Full story
- Photo Gallery: Texas International Fishing Tournament
- The Texas International Fishing Tournament kicks off this week with offshore and bay division fishing on Saturday and Sunday.
The state's largest saltwater tournament expects to have more than 1,200 anglers competing this year.
Click on the picture... Full story
