Local News in Edcouch, Texas
Justice of the peace indicted for truancy jailings
EDINBURG — Hidalgo County Justice of the Peace Mary Alice Palacios’ legal problems mounted Wednesday, a day after she became the focus of a federal civil rights lawsuit. An Hidalgo County grand jury returned a criminal indictment against the...ACLU sues county, embattled JP over truancy jailings McALLEN — Francisco de Luna spent 18 days in jail last year for a list of offenses as minor as wearing saggy pants to school. Elizabeth Diaz was kicked out of her high school for excessive absences — all incurred during the two weeks she spent...
Status quo prevails after spat between city, detention center over inmate-made sandbags EDCOUCH — Prisoner housing may be free of charge for this city, but inmate labor isn't freely available. That's the outcome of a dispute between an Edcouch city alderman and the warden of the La Villa detention center over whether Edcouch is...
Texas Chicano Brotherhood responsible for crimes across Valley EDCOUCH — Sammy Solis allegedly fired four rounds from the window of his black Chevrolet Malibu into a family’s home Wednesday. Nobody was injured, but that doesn’t mean the message behind the violent act went unheard, officials said....
Pair of arrests spotlight Valley gangs EDCOUCH — Sammy Solis allegedly fired four rounds from the window of his black Chevrolet Malibu into a family’s home Wednesday. Nobody was injured, but that doesn’t mean the message behind the violent act went unheard, officials said. Solis, a...
Edcouch gang member jailed for marijuana, AK-47 A Chicano Gang member being monitored with an ankle bracelet is back behind bars after authorities allegedly found more than 21 pounds of marijuana, a handgun and an AK-47 inside his home.
Area residents head to shelters as they try to get out of harm's way McALLEN — More than 100 evacuees trickled in to the Salvation Army on the corner of North 23rd Street and Pecan Boulevard. Some came with backpacks filled with bed sheets and clothes; others lay in cots, watching the storm on a small TV in the...
A dozen hurricane shelters open across Hidalgo County Hidalgo County officials released an early list of planned shelters Tuesday evening in case Hurricane Alex leaves any South Texas residents helpless in its wake. The county’s emergency management department opened 11 general population shelters to...