Every year, a silent killer threatens more American lives than cigarette smoking and opioid addiction combined. It lurks behind premature deaths attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, Covid-19, and obesity.
More than 11 billion Covid-19 shots have been administered worldwide, the biggest vaccination campaign in history. More than five billion people -- over 66% of the global population -- have received at least one dose.
If you’re a United States citizen and you speak another language, the FBI wants you! The FBI Houston Field Office is hosting two informative events about the contract linguist position. The first is a live Twitter chat on Thursday, May 26, 2022, and the second is an invitation-only virtual information session on June 16, 2022.
Every year people across the nation celebrated and honor the peacekeepers for a week in May. On Thursday morning, the Jim Wells County Sheriff’s Department held their annual National Police Week ceremony to honor local men and women who wear the badge.
Domestic Violence Support Groups • Domestic Violence Support Groups are now forming. For information call the Women’s Shelter — The Purple Door, outreach office in Alice, Texas at 664-8598.
Texas Mutual Insurance Company has awarded a $100,000 grant to Del Mar College (DMC) to continue funding its Safety Institute, Transportation Training Services program safety course for Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) drivers and other new initiatives. These initiatives provide workplace safety courses for community employers, workers and the general public.
CHRISTUS Health is drastically expanding access to health care across the Coastal Bend with the launch of CHRISTUS On Demand Care. These virtual visits allow patients to meet with a CHRISTUS Health caregiver through live video from their smartphone, tablet or computer for their urgent care needs from 7 a.m. to 7 p. m. every day of the week, including Saturday and Sunday, and even holidays. This new service compliments scheduled virtual visits that are already in high demand and available to new and existing patients.
Area high schools participated in the annual Coastal Bend Blood Center challenge for the 2021-22 school year. According to the blood center, 10,583 units of life-saving blood was collected this year from area high schools.
An Edinburg woman was arrested and two undocumented immigrants were detained Tuesday afternoon after a chase through Alice. The chase ended at the intersection of Highland and Fifth Street when 22-year-old Alondra Aketzali Alejandro crashed her white Ford Fusion into a Department of Public Safety trooper.
Judith Mae Gohmert had cake and balloons on Tuesday, May 17 to celebrated her 100th birthday with her family at the Meridian Care of Alice. Gohert was born on May 17, 1922 in New Ulm, Texas to William and Erna Schuette.