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Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform
Published May 20, 2013 7:54am

Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border.

Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade
Published May 20, 2013 7:52am

An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident.

What do we eat? New food map will tell us
Published May 20, 2013 7:50am

Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought.

Tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Okla.
Published May 20, 2013 7:48am

Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled.

Gaines County Public Records -- May 17, 2013
Published May 17, 2013 9:33am

The following are public records as obtained by the Seminole Sentinel through requests to the Gaines County Clerk's and 106th District Clerk's offices.

Matters of Record -- May 17, 2013
Published May 17, 2013 8:10am

The following are police incident reports, as released by Gaines County's law enforcement agencies.

Authorities: Crime not ruled out in Texas blast
Published May 17, 2013 7:22am

One month after a fire triggered a massive blast killing 15 people, officials on Thursday had to declare the cause of the blaze as "undetermined."

Former West Texas mayor admits stealing $100K
Published May 17, 2013 7:21am

The former mayor of a tiny West Texas town has pleaded guilty to stealing about $100,000 from the town treasury.

Texas tornado devastation includes Habitat homes
Published May 17, 2013 7:20am

Habitat for Humanity spent years in a North Texas subdivision, helping build many of the 110 homes in the low-income area. But its work was largely undone during an outbreak of 16 tornadoes Wednesday night that killed six people and injured dozens.

Latest Texas budget offer: $4B back to classrooms
Published May 17, 2013 7:17am

A breakthrough on a new Texas budget could be for real this time.