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Monday, February 04, 2013  Norma Hernandez is walking the path where she says her late-sister Maria would walk almost every evening from her Lyford home.

Monday, December 31, 2012  A pick-up truck carrying a family of three rolled over in rural Willacy County this morning, momentarily knocking out power to portions of Lasara.

Saturday, July 21, 2012  The Willacy County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the circumstances of an Saturday morning stabbing in Sebastian.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012  Authorities have recovered the body of a Willacy County fisherman who went missing last week.

Monday, January 09, 2012  It's been four agonizing days for the family of missing fisherman Liborio Martinez Jr. since witnesses reported last seeing him drown in a Willacy County Canal.

Friday, January 06, 2012  Authorities are searching for a fisherman after he went missing while swimming in a canal near Willamar.

Monday, August 22, 2011  Training pilot Rodolfo Gonzalez is expected to face a judge today on 13 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Sunday, August 21, 2011  A Mexican pilot is charged with 13 counts of  aggravated assault after reportedly flying too close to boaters near Port Mansfield.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011  All is quiet at the Coronado home in Lasara, but two years ago, sheriff's deputies were called out to the home on 6th Street by Elias Coronado.

Thursday, February 03, 2011  Willacy County Sheriff Larry Spence said authorities responded to the accident just after 8pm Thursday near what’s called the 5 mile bridge right outside of Port Mansfield.

Monday, January 04, 2010  Willacy County Sheriff Larry Spence told Action 4 News he is now contemplating the use of tasers, following a shooting that left a mentally ill man dead at the hands of one of his deputies.

Sunday, January 03, 2010  The family of the man killed by a Willacy County Sheriff’s Deputy near Raymondville on Saturday is in mourning.

Saturday, January 02, 2010  The Willacy County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a mentally ill man by the hands of one of its deputies on Saturday afternoon.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009  A Willacy County couple is facing criminal charges after they removed their teen daughter's insulin pump believing she had been "healed" by God.