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Best Happy Hour In North Texas
North Texas is heating up, so cool down with a great cocktail, beer or glass of wine at one of the many great restaurants in the area. Here are summer happy hour deals in North Texas: La Parisienne 6740 Winning Dr Suite 1000, Frisco From Monday to Friday, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., indulge in a range of happy hour appetizers at special prices. Enjoy oysters on the half for $10 or a dozen for $18. Savor charcuterie and cheese boards for just $12, and try burger sliders, french dip sliders or turkey club sliders for $10 each. Wines by the glass are $6,...
Big price cut ordered for phone and video calls for Texas jail inmates in 2024
Fees Texas inmates pay to make calls will be slashed under new federal regulations approved this month. High rates that had averaged 23 cents a minute for Texas jail inmates have long been a target of prisoners, their families, and advocates.The Federal Communications Commission voted last Thursday to approve regulations, to take effect next year, that cap the price of inmate phone and video calls at prices as low as 5 cents per minute.The prices and caps differ throughout the state, and depend on prison size as well as differences between state and local rules. While Texas had lowered the...
BPD: Man, 2 minors arrested for selling drugs from home
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man along with two minors were arrested for their involvement in selling drugs, authorities say. Santos Manuel Saldaña, 23, and two minors were charged with manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance PG 1, manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance PG 3, possession of marijuana, engaging in organized criminal activity and unlawful carrying […]
Brownsville police seeks public’s help in cold case homicide
The Brownsville Police Department is asking for the public’s help in resolving a 2023 murder of a 22-year-old man. Police said the killing happened on Dec. 23, 2023 in the 3200 block of E. 28th Street that killed Adam Hunter Garza. “Despite extensive efforts, the case remains unresolved and...
Games of Texas kicks off in Brownsville
Jul. 24—It's about to get real, and possibly a little soggy. The 2024 Summer Games of Texas will take place Thursday through Sunday in Brownsville, with an elaborate opening ceremony scheduled for Friday at the Brownsville Sports Park. The free public ceremony starts at 6 p.m., weather permitting, and will feature live music, dancing, fireworks and other entertainment. Vendors and sponsors ...
Kids Appreciation Day set for Saturday at Gladys Porter Zoo
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Gladys Porter Zoo will be celebrating children this week with its 20th annual Kids Appreciation Day on Saturday. The event will provide children with a passport that they will carry throughout the zoo as they visit various activity stations where they can learn about health and wellness, safety, animal conservation and more.
PD: La Joya man found dead inside burned trailer home
LA JOYA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man was found dead inside a burning mobile home Thursday, authorities say. At 1:28 p.m. authorities received multiple 911 calls regarding a structure fire at the 1005 block of Tabasco Road. At the scene, La Joya firefighters saw a mobile home engulfed in flames, La Joya Police Department Public […]
Lawsuit reveals new details in deadly Edinburg crash that killed four
The family of four people killed in a July 2023 collision is suing the now-paralyzed Edinburg man accused of driving drunk and causing the crash. Sheng Li Jiang, who was 46 at the time, is accused of killing Edinburg residents Luz Aurora Casados, 50, Maria Guadalupe Zavala Casados, 68, and Ellieana Santoy, 2, of San Juan, on Monday, July 24, 2023.
Houston dog missing for a year found 350 miles from home in Edinburg
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A dog from Humble, Texas that was missing for a year is returning home. Humble is a suburb of Houston, 356 miles away from the Rio Grande Valley. A news release from the city of Edinburg said “Beaux” went missing from his Houston home and was recently found wandering the streets […]
Texas man vanished from same Bahamas yoga retreat 10 years prior to Chicago woman
A Texas man went missing more than 10 years ago from the same Bahamas yoga retreat where a Chicago woman vanished last month, a spokesperson for the retreat confirmed. Wesley Bell of Houston was last seen alive while attending a yoga retreat on Paradise Island in Nassau on Jan. 25, 2013, according to a missing persons flyer released by police at the time. He was attending a retreat at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat Bahamas, the same site from where Taylor Casey, 42, went missing last month, according to the retreat’s spokesperson, Jonathan Goldbloom.
Los Fresnos native records music with Tennessee producer
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Rivas Garza, also known as Staarz, has been making music since the age of three. The Los Fresnos native said it began when her grandmother gave her a microphone. Since then she said she could never stop singing and is glad her family encouraged her passion for music. In 2022 she […]
Texas Retailers Included In Boar’s Head Huge Deli Meats Recall
Boar's Head Provisions Co., Inc., a Jarratt, Va., establishment, is recalling all liverwurst product produced by the establishment that is currently available in commerce because it may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The company is also...
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