TBB Staff

SteelCoast, LLC. announced a contract to dismantle and recycle the SS Petersburg, one of Military Sealift Command's two US Government-owned tankers and part of the 35 ships in the Prepositioning Program.

During the month of September, the Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railway (BRG) handled a record-breaking 6,369 loaded railcars at the Port of Brownsville.

Laredo, Texas – The City of Laredo congratulates Mayor Pete Saenz, Health Director, Richard Chamberlain, Emergency Management Coordinator, Chief Guillermo Heard, and other industry leaders on being recognized by the INDEX Nuevo Laredo (Asociación de Maquiladoras de Exportación de Nuevo Laredo).

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott announced his appointment of Evan Young, a former clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to the Supreme Court of Texas. Young will replace Justice Eva Guzman on the bench, who resigned in June.

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Monday that the men’s basketball team is dedicating the 2021-22 season to the memory of former head coach Lew Hill, who passed away tragically on Feb. 7 at the age of 55.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Junior Abraham Chirchir earned All-Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Second Team honors to lead The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) cross country teams at the WAC Championships, hosted by California Baptist, on Saturday at the Riverside Agricultural Operations Course.

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents seize over 860 pounds of marijuana in smuggling attempts by the Rio Grande.

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrested a migrant previously convicted of possession of child pornography and a Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member.

GRANJENO, Texas — McAllen Border Patrol Station agents apprehended a man who was wanted by the McAllen Police Department (PD) for his involvement in a shooting.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Texas Southmost College, in collaboration with the Brownsville Police Department, recently hosted a multi-agency first responder coordination meeting to discuss emergency response in and around the college.