U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Progreso/Donna Port of Entry on Thursday apprehended a local man wanted on an outstanding felony warrant for multiple sex-related offenses involving a child.
As mentioned in this week’s story above the newspaper fold — Another fed indictment: Why people risk so much for so little? — white-collar crime in South Texas seems out of whack. Meaning, it appears too much pay-toplay is at play, pardon the pun.
As I mentioned last week, my best buddy, Roberto, was in hospice. I visited him Sunday, Feb. 11th when he was still conscious to a degree, still able to smile at something funny. By Monday, he was no longer conscious, on heavy doses of morphine, sucking oxygen to stay alive. By Tuesday, he was dead.
I Kings 3:9 (Solomon talking to God in a dream), “Therefore give to your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil…”
Hidalgo County Precinct 1 Commissioner David L. Fuentes recently announced that work has begun on the Precinct 1 Hike & Bike Trail, one portion of a countywide system that will eventually link several Hidalgo County communities.
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