In what they say is an attempt at transparency, the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville released a list last week of local clergymen who have been “credibly accused” of sexually abusing a minor. The list, revealed Thursday, Jan. 31, has 13 priests and one deacon who have worked in 42 different parishes across the Rio Grande…

The struggle to get workers compensation for Lieutenant Homer Salinas is still ongoing. Salinas, who recently won an appeal against the Texas Municipal League’s initial denials of workers compensation insurance, was recently served with a lawsuit from TML under the city of Mission. Salinas was seeking $100,000 for four surgeries he underwent when he was…

A former McAllen Police Department investigator pleaded guilty last week to making a false statement to federal agents. Former police Inv. Ricardo Ruiz Jr., 42, of Mission pleaded guilty Jan. 31 to making a materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement. He faces a maximum of five years in prison. “Obviously, misconduct is not tolerated,” said…

When city employees accused a manager of sexual harassment, Pharr transferred him from the Events Center to City Hall. The sexual harassment claims cost Pharr nearly $200,000, according to records the city released last month. Pharr, though, didn’t terminate Community Events Director Gary Rodriguez — the city asked him to supervise the Media Department. That…