Flood watch in effect

Showers from a cold front move through Friday

Nicaragua’s increasingly isolated and repressive government thought it had scored a rare public relations victory last week when Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios won the Miss Universe competition.

When Mia Palacios walked out to soccer practice one day, the Eisenhower junior pulled out her phone to show a video to assistant soccer coach Kevin Goodwin.

The U.S. government says it charged one of the main suspects in the killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse as it unsealed a complaint that revealed federal authorities had interviewed several months ago while he was hiding in Jamaica.

It takes tenacity to live on the Texas coast, and perhaps nobody knows that more than the people of Palacios (pronounced Puh-lash-iss). This bay front town, halfway between Houston and Corpus Christi, has weathered many storms in its day. When you’re finished, grab a cone of Blue Bell ice cream for the road and visit the neighboring shops on Main Street. My favorite spot to fish is the public pier of South Bay Park in front of the Luther Hotel. To view the Taylor episode visit thedaytripper.com.

Author’s note: This is not MY personal story, per se, (despite the “my pandemic pregnancy” headline), but a story told by our readers, week by week. Today’s is shared by Yvonne.

HOUSTON – Charges have been filed against a hit-and-run suspect who was involved in a deadly crash in north Houston Wednesday night, police said. Police, along with the Houston Fire Department, said they responded to reports of the incident at 7100 Airline Dr. at around 7:25 p.m. When officials arrived at the scene, they said they found a man’s body under a vehicle. Palacios changed lanes, accelerated through the intersection and struck the pedestrian before fleeing the scene, authorities said. According to police, a witness traveling behind the suspect’s vehicle followed the truck and observed its bumper and license plate fall to the ground.