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The woman was arrested and booked into the Starr County Detention Center on a $500,000 bond.

The Rio Grande Valley, often seen as a reliable vote against abortion, has a long history of advocacy to increase access to the procedure.

The 26-year-old charged with murder on accusations of having a “self-induced abortion” will no longer face consequences, but her story is foreboding.

Alice Echo News Journal The year 2021 in Jim Wells County and Duval County started with the swearing in of elected officials.  On Friday, Jan. 1 2021, elected officials raised their right hand and swore to uphold the law and represent the county and its citizens. For Duval County, the elected officials who took their oath are: Commissioner Precinct 1 Pete Guerra, Constable Precinct 2 Tammy H. Trejo, County Tax Collector Roberto Elizondo, 229th District Attorney Gocha Ramirez, County Attorney Baldemar Gutierrez, Sheriff Romeo Ramirez, Commissioner Precinct 3 David Garza, Constable Precinct 1 ...

A Starr County drug-fighting task force is getting its funding back. The executive board of the South Texas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force has agreed to reinstate funding to the Starr County task force. The decision comes six months after the board suspended a one-year $600,000 federal grant that allows the Starr County anti-drug task force to operate. The funds had been suspended in June, reportedly amid allegations of mismanagement. The McAllen Monitor reports there had been a dropoff in drug arrests, and task force members were found to be misusing vehicles and misusing th...