Brownsville Mayor John Cowen Jr., during his State of the City address Wednesday at the Texas Southmost College Performing Arts Center, broke the news that the city is getting a new, full-service hotel: Embassy Suites by Hilton, to be constructed off I-69E near Springmart and Pablo Kisel boulevards.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral spoke with Brownsville leaders to address potential safety upgrades after Saturday's library shooting. Police said the library had security at the time of the shooting. Despite their efforts, library murder suspect Humberto Paz walked in that day and shot 71 year old Vahid Khaledi in the head after a verbal []
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Brownsville Mayor John Cowen Jr. will give a speech at the State of the City event Wednesday evening to discuss accomplishments made in the past year. Cowen will be joined by the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce to 800 people including residents, visiting mayors of other Valley cities and elected state official []
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is apologizing after the city's official
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The City of Brownsville is offering counseling services for those impacted by the fatal shooting at the Brownsville Public Library on Saturday. Counseling services available are listed below: At noon Saturday, police responded to a call regarding an “unknown disturbance” at the library located on the 2600 block of Central Boulevard. []
Doroteo Garcia Jr. has been promoted to Brownsville assistant city manager from his position as director of Engineering and Public Works.
CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage City Council controversy is now headed to the courts. City administrator Greg Dagnan filed a lawsuit against the city of Carthage, the city council, and Carthage Citizens United - a political action group. The court filing claims a violation of whistleblower protections and the sunshine law, as well as smearing []
BATON ROUGE - A property owner contacted 2 On Your Side about the mess that's next door to her. It's an abandoned structure owned by the City of Baton Rouge on Pocasset Street near Mohican Street. Rita Green says it's been the state it's in now for two years. The windows are broken, it's missing a front door, the cabinets are pulled from the wall, the ceiling torn open, overgrown grass, and littered with garbage."The kids vandalized it and it's been this way for at least two years," said...
The Cardinals teamed up with Nelly to unveil the team's City Connect jersey that features the iconic Birds on the Bat above script that reads "The Lou."
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka city council voted 10-0 in favor of the contract for new city manager Robert Perez. The contract has a term of 12 months and includes a salary of $255,000. Perez is leaving his role as the assistant city manager of infrastructure for the city of Dallas to take over in Topeka []
City Auditor Stan Sewell told members of the City Council on Tuesday that city finances are "extremely healthy," but he said he would like to see a city reserve adequeate to cover six months of obligations.
The owners of Erewhon have filed an environmental lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles, the latest attempt by the upscale supermarket chain to stop the planned demolition of Sportsmen's Lodge hotel in Studio City to make way for a new apartment complex. Erewhon operates a store next to the defunct hotel and previously joined with local residents, union officials and others in opposition to a 520-unit residential mixed use development planned to replace the inn that was known to generations of...