A San Juan police officers faces a federal criminal charge after his recent indictment, news media outlets across the Rio Grande Valley report. Officer Richard Leon Castillo is accused of making false statements late last year to DEA agents who were investigating a...
If you head north of Edinburg on US-281, you will soon enough come to Interstate 10. That east-west artery connects us to both the west and east coasts of the U.S. It connects us, too, to Ozona, a small Texas town that was the recent site of a horrific chain reaction...
If you drive north of Edinburg, you will come to one of the most populous areas in the state of Texas: Bexar County. That is where a county commissioner was arrested for drunken driving last summer. A recent news article said Commissioner Kevin Wolff had a BAC (blood...
It is a long, long drive from Edinburg to the campus of Texas Christian University, but for fans of the school's football team, distance does not diminish their devotion to the Horned Frogs and head coach Gary Patterson. One of Patterson's best players was quarterback...
Homeland Security officials began tracking the flight of a single-engine airplane as it made its way to Texas from Medford. Oregon. On its way to the Lone Star State, the plane had a fuel stop in Arizona. Federal agents were apparently waiting to take the pilot into...
We have seen it happen here in Edinburg far too many times: a traffic stop is the genesis of a series of legal problems for the driver. We read recently of an example of a traffic stop that became much more for a man northeast of us in Houston County, Texas. A...
Texas has long prided itself on its tough stances on law and order issues. Drunken driving is no exception. As you know, a first DWI conviction can mean up to 180 days in jail. Drivers arrested for a second offense DWI face anywhere from a month in jail up to a full...
Former University of Texas star running back Cedric Benson is a renewed focus of media attention today. The former first round pick was charged with driving while intoxicated this past weekend. He was arrested in Austin shortly before 3 on Saturday morning. A police...
If you drive north of Edinburg for a little more than six hours, you will come to Coryell County, Texas. The sparsely populated area sits southwest of Dallas, and is the home of Fort Hood. It is also where county law enforcement officers recently raided a mobile home...
Red and blue flashing lights in the rear view mirror can be a sobering sight. This is particularly true if you had a drink or two before getting behind the wheel. As disturbing as getting stopped may be, it is important that those who are pulled over and accused of...