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Perry says he awaits Obama response on border summit
Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday that he's waiting for President Barack Obama to respond to his invitation for a sit-down meeting on border-security issues.Texas residents to preserve old segregated school UVALDE, Texas (AP) - Growing up here as part of a small black community, Ben Kinchlow remembers the signs of segregation were ever-present but subtle: African Americans and Anglos bought popcorn at the same movie theater snack bar but watched the films from separate seating areas.
Uvalde residents to preserve old segregated school Today, most traces of the racial divide are gone. But Uvalde's black population has dramatically decreased, from more than 200 in the city in 1920 to around six dozen in the entire county today
Family urges organ donation after losing daughter RIO GRANDE VALLEY — Luis De Anda remembers his wife asking the doctor how their daughter could be dead when her strong heart was still pumping. De Anda’s 17-year-old daughter, Abby, was pronounced brain dead days after the 1997 Ford pickup truck...
Five roads still closed for flooding due to Hurricane Alex The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is reporting that at least parts of five Rio Grande Valley roadways are still closed or partially flooded several days following Hurricane Alex.
Adios, for now, to our troubled and beloved neighbor, Mexico Adios, for now, to our troubled and beloved neighbor, Mexico
Several Valley roadways still closed, partially flooded The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is reporting that at least parts of seven Rio Grande Valley roadways are still closed or partially flooded two days following Hurricane Alex.
Mexico's Opposition May Win State Governments in Vote Marred by Violence Mexico’s largest opposition party may broaden its control of state governments in this weekend’s election as mounting drug-related violence and the killing of a top candidate threatens to reduce turnout at the expense of President Felipe Calderon ’s National Action Party.
Mexico's Democracy Under Attack by Narcotics Gangs as Voters Head to Polls Mexicans will go to the polls in fourteen states this weekend after mounting drug-related violence made this campaign the bloodiest since 1994, posing a threat to the country’s democracy and adding to investor risk.