If you drive from Edinburg northeast along the Gulf coast for a few hours, you will come to Porter, Texas. A freelance photographer who works for a Houston TV station was recently driving on a stretch of road near Porter when he saw something very unusual: a pick-up...
Month: May 2017
Former police chief arrested for DWI in Texas
If you drive for about 12 hours northeast of Edinburg, you will come to the small town of Waldo, Arkansas. The town of a little more than 1,000 residents is just 10 miles from manmade Lake Columbia, famous for its large-mouth bass fishing. A former police chief for...
Edinburg area men arrested after posing for cocaine photo
A Rio Grande Valley TV station reports that some area men might regret the urge to capture a moment. The men were arrested at a home near Edinburg, officials said. After they were taken into custody as part of a cocaine trafficking investigation, the homeowner told...
Former Texas judge facing meth-related charges
We don't know how many fans of folk music, bluegrass and country music will make the 5-hour drive north from Edinburg to Kerrville later this month, but we know that the annual Kerrville Folk Festival draws visitors from across Texas and far beyond. One of the...
Alamo men facing meth distribution charges
If you drive a few minutes south of Edinburg on US 281, you arrive in our city's neighbor, Alamo. The town is home to three men who find themselves drug trafficking charges far north of Texas. The three men -- ages 37, 39 and 43 -- were recently arrested about 1,100...