Web update: 01/05/2009
 Straus Claims Speakership
The heir-apparent to Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick is promising to reduce the influence of special interests in Austin. San Antonio Republican ...[more]
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 Valley Craddick D's Support Straus
The lawmaker likely to be the next speaker of the Texas House is getting good reviews from the three Valley Democrats who had been aligned with long-time speaker Tom Craddick. Edinburg Representative Aaron Pena says Joe Straus is more moderate and ...[more]
 BISD Supt. Being Bullied?
Supporters of Brownsville schools Superintendent Hector Gonzalez say a political power play is pressuring him to leave his post, and they're blaming the newly-elected majority on the school board. A special board meeting has been called for today, ...[more]
Tichenor To Be Laid To Rest
Funeral and burial services are Wednesday morning for Valley broadcasting pioneer McHenry Tichenor. Tichenor died Saturday of natural causes. He was 76. Mac Tichenor grew up in Harlingen, and headed the family-owned Tichenor Media Systems, ...[more]
 Five Dead In Shelter Fire
Fire officials in Paris Texas are confirming five men were killed as flames ripped through a homeless shelter early Monday morning. The blaze is believed to have started in a store room, and fueled by piles of donated clothes, it burned for more ...[more]
 Body of Coastal Bend Soldier Found
The body of a Corpus Christi-area soldier has been discovered along the shoreline of Copano Bay, more than a week after he drove his car off a pier. Aransas County Sheriff's authorities recovered the body of Jamie Wagner Sengvanhpheng. It's been ...[more]
 Latest On Palin's Daughter's Husband's Mom
An Alaska newspaper is reporting allegations by a drug investigator that politics delayed the arrest of a woman with ties to Gov. Sarah Palin's family until after the November election. Sherry Johnston was arrested in December on six felony drugs ...[more]
 Passport Or Passcard Required in 6 Months
Federal authorities say nearly 740,000 Americans have ordered passport cards. The new document is being offered by the State Department to speed border crossings by U.S. citizens traveling to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Beginning in June, ...[more]
 Funds for W's Library Falling Short
Donors to the new George W. Bush presidential library in Dallas probably will remain a mystery. Mark Langdale with the George W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation says some donors prefer to remain anonymous -- so no names will be disclosed by the ...[more]
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