The Advance News published several stories in 2017 about Hidalgo County’s purchase of 12 used trucks and vacuum trailers for a total of $1.44 million. There were indeed several things that appeared odd about the purchase once the county responded to our public information request, but it wasn’t until recently that a confidential source informed us that the purchase was now under investigation by state criminal investigators.     Read the entire story on the e-Edition of our newspaper. http://www.etypeservices.com/Advance%20News%20JournalID455/   ...