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Tuesday, April 17, 2012  Stormy weather has flooded the construction site for a new Boys and Girls Club near Liberty Middle School.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012  The angelic-like peace and quiet of a neighborhood on the outskirts of Mercedes has been washed out by the sounds of speeders.

Tuesday, April 03, 2012  The writing's on the road. Safety improvements are coming to Mile 17 ½, which is also known as Russell Road in Edinburg.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  The makeshift memorial for McAllen High School freshman Marissa Bauman continues to grow at the intersection where she was hit and killed by a vehicle early Friday morning while walking to school.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012  Fireworks back at the start of the New Year. The January zapping on Alberta Road between Raul Longoria and I Road, north of San Juan, netted several firsts.

Tuesday, March 06, 2012  Take a relatively straight street on the outskirts of Edinburg, add a hump in the middle of it with a paved over canal and Susie Salinas says you get a recipe for disaster when drivers speed.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  Mission police arrest the driver involved in a hit and run outside an elementary school on Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012  There's Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Charro Days in Brownsville and Speedzapping in Edinburg on this Fat Tuesday in 2012.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012  Love is in the air on Lovette Road in San Benito.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012  From doing chores to riding bikes, two young cousins in Olmito like do everything together. They even share the same scary stories about speeders.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012  Drivers are zapped doing bad things outside Fields Elementary School on West Dallas Avenue in McAllen.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012  Nora Cantu knows to wheel her 2-year-old son in his wagon as quickly as possible near Fred Booth Elementary School in the afternoon.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012  Some wonder why it takes the sight of law enforcement or even the Speedzapper to get drivers to slow down in Valley school zones.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012  The Mercedes Early College Academy on South Mile 1 East prides itself on the motto: "college ready, career ready, life ready." But what about road ready?

Tuesday, January 03, 2012  Welcome to Alberta Road between Raul Longoria and I Road.  The start of a new year for zapping brings fireworks of the speeder kind.