Brownsville No 40 ranking in Money survey
The Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito area placed No 40 in Money magazine’s southern regional survey of best places to live. Corpus Christi ranked 42 and McAllen-Pharr-Edinburg 43, with doubts raised about housing price and rainfall figures cited by the magazine and local responses from realty and weather officials.
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Tony Windell
Brownsville
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito
Money Magazine
United States
Brownsville-Harlingen
Corpus Christi
McAllen- Pharr-Edinburg
Brownsville- Harlingen
Larry Jokl
BorderPlex Realty
Tim Speece
National Weather Service
South Padre Island International
Harlingen
Greenspan Says Economy Near Fifty-Year Peak Of Growth
Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan told Congress that the United States enjoys strong growth with low inflation not seen in 50 years but warned the Fed could raise interest rates to prevent a labor shortage from stalling prosperity. He cited potential easing factors like Asian turmoil but noted evidence of a slowdown remains sparse. He warned stocks may be overvalued if conditions don’t stay exceptionally favorable.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Greenspan
U.S
Drunk Driver Convicted in Front-Lawn Double Fatalities
Hector Sandoval, 38, linked to two intoxication manslaughter counts after veering through a chain link fence and killing 3-year-old Alberto Hinojosa and injuring Angelica Hinojosa on their front lawn. He had twice the legal blood alcohol content, tearfully disputed drunkenness, and gave a contested reason involving a boy crossing the street. Judge Menton Murray ordered custody pending sentencing.
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Karisa King
Brownsville Herald
Brownsville
Hector Sandoval
Alberto Hinojosa
Angelica Hinojosa
Menton Murray
Sandova
Paramedic Brenda Leinweber Remembered as Ministry
Funeral Mass honors Brenda Leinweber 46 of South Padre Island as a ministry driven paramedic among three Valley Air Care crew who perished in a helicopter crash. Monsignor Richard Shirley led the service at Pius X Catholic Church in Corpus Christi with more than 300 attendees including 100 plus uniformed emergency personnel from across the Valley. A motor caravan of responders from Brownsville Harlingen Valley AirCare Weslaco Hidalgo and Willacy counties joined Corpus Christi EMS, fire crews and health staff in procession and service. The other two victims were flight nurse Carlos De La Fuente Sr. and pilot ______.
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Jerry Deal
Valley Morning Star
Corpus Christi
Brenda Leinweber
Richard Shirley
Leinweber
South Padre Island
Valley Air Care
South Texas
Brush
Pius X Catholic Church
Brownsville
U.S. Highway 77
Harlingen
Valley AirCare
Weslaco
Hidalgo
Willacy
Corpus Christi Ems
Texas Department of Health
Shirley
Carlos de la Fuente Sr
San Benito
Three accuse of dragging man to death in Jasper
Three white men are charged with chaining James Byrd Jr. to a pickup and dragging him two miles to his death. Byrd, 49, was found near a cemetery ten miles from his home as President Clinton urged full federal investigation and justice for the crime, with investigators locating missing body parts and a trail of evidence.
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Jasper
Jasper County
James Byrd Jr
Byrd
Clinton
David J. Phillip
The
Associated Press
Billy Rowles
James Byrd, Jr
Jasper Struggles With Identity In Historic Jasper County
In Jasper Texas a courthouse display shows few Black likenesses though a 1955 photo marks the first woman on a jury. The town of 8000 contends with a brutal crime as three white ex convicts tied to white supremacist links are accused in the dragging death and decapitation of a disabled Black man.
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Jasper
Texas
Jasper County
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