Del Rio approves organizational chart amid controversy
City Council greenlights the organizational chart at a special meeting with the Utilities Commission. City Manager Sauceda says the chart places citizens first, outlining the city’s hierarchy from residents to council and departments including public works and public safety. Council member Pohler questions ties to a congressional office as Sauceda notes prior approval of the position.
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Utilities Commission
Florencio P. Sauceda
del Rio
Randy Pohler
Sauceda
Bonilla
Ida Gutierrez
Pohler
Gutierrez
Saucéda
Jernigan Returns Wanted Prisoner From Oklahoma
Val Verde County Sheriff A Dwayne Jernigan describes an operation to bring a prisoner from Comanche County Oklahoma to Val Verde. He cites an efficient transportation division including Lt Roy Barrera and Sergeants Janice Manis and Jesse Cardenas. The team faced a May 2 deadline while officers ferried inmates to Huntsville and to local court hearings.
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Val Verde County
A. D'wayne Jernigan
Jernigan
Oklahoma
Roy Barrera
Janice Manis
Jésse Cardenas
Barrera
Comanche County
Oklo
Ers
Huntsville
Val Verde County Detention Center
Customs seizes two drug loads over weekend at port
Two area men were arrested as Customs Inspectors seized nearly 58 pounds of marijuana with a street value around 57700 dollars after canine alerts at the Del Rio Port of Entry. Jose Jaime Rodriguez 26 and Jose Carlos Serrano 18 faced federal narcotics charges and appeared before a judge Monday.
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Jose Jaime Rodriguez
Ciudad Acuna
U.S
del Rio Port of Entry
Rodriguez
Val Verde
U.S. District Court
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Jose Carlos Serrano
del Rio
Bruno
Safe Kids Day May 6 Promotes Child Injury Prevention
Val Verde Safe Kids hosts a safety fair at the Boys and Girls Club on De La Rosa from 9 a.m. to 1 30 p.m. on May 6 to teach parents and children how to prevent injuries, with a sports injury prevention clinic by Brad Dixon from 12 30 to 1 30 p.m. May 6 13 marks National Safe Kids week as the trauma season begins.
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Val Verde Safe Kids
Boys and Girls Club
de la Rosa
Brad Dixon
del Rio High School
Safe Kids
School board appoints election clerks after closed meeting
San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees met in a 7 p.m. closed session Monday under the Texas Open Meetings Act to discuss personnel. They appointed Diana Elizondo and Bertha Castillo as election clerks with Norma Villalpando and Jose Meare as alternates. Trustee Joey Garcia abstained. The session adjourned without action on the superintendent’s Friday Board Bulletin preparation.
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School District Board of Trustees
San Felipe del Rio
Arreola
Sylvia Delgado
Pat Dugan
Diana Elizondo
Bertha Castillo
Norma Villalpando
Jose Meare
Joey Garcia
Patuel runs for hospital board trustee
Benita Bernadette Patuel announces candidacy for the at large seat on the Val Verde Regional Medical Center Board of Directors. She highlights community ties, prior leadership of Del Rio Recovers after the August 1998 flood, and a pledge to represent the entire community.
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Val Verde Regional Medical Center
Benita Bernadette Patuel
del Rio
Pecan farmers win large verdict against DuPont in Maverick County
A jury awarded Maverick County pecan growers sixty eight point six million dollars after a suit alleging DuPont Benlate fungicide caused orchard losses. Nineteen plaintiffs claimed Deceptive Trade Act fraud as they linked Benlate’s chemical breakdown to stunted pecan crops.
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Maverick County
Melville McCain
McCain
Eagle Pass
Bill Perry
DuPont
365Th Judicial District
E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co
Larry Stein
Prand
Dy Paige Scafen
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Gus Garcia
Parks and Recreations
Community Health Services
Arredondo
Karen Gleason
Johnson
Customs
Heather McDougald
Patuel
Politi
Pa.c
Mike Johi
Deatus Prr
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