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Alton

Fair
Temperature: 48.0 °F

Humidity: 73 %
Wind Speed: 0 mph NNE
Pressure: 30.3 "

Dew Point: 40 °F
Gusts: 0 mph NNE
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• Candidates' Campaigns Cross County Lines
  

  Several state candidates had to cross county lines to campaign for office. The state senate and state representative districts up for election cover more than just one county.

• Alton Police Questioning Alleged Smugglers
  

  Three people are in custody for allegedly holding illegals at a stash house. Alton police are questioning them.

• Here and There, this and that: Several sales, meetings ahead
  

  We have been to the land of promise for western swing music - Ruidoso, N.M. - and the 19th Annual Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium.

• Alton Suspect Search
  

  Police continue to search for a man who managed to kick a window out of a police cruiser and escape near the intersection of Mile 4 line and Trosper Road.

• Sheriff's deputies investigate homicide north of Alton
  

  Officials ordered an autopsy after a man was found dead inside his travel trailer Thursday morning.

• Autopsy: Man found near Alton died from gunshot
  

  An autopsy revealed what Hidalgo County Sheriff's deputies believe is the 18th murder investigated by the department this year.

• Check out Texas Country Live
  

  There's a country music world beyond Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley and the Rascal Flatts, and one local producer is hoping a new concert series will show South Texas the very best of the lesser knowns.

• Police: Four months later, Alton teen arrested for attempted murder
  

  An Alton teen spent about two weeks in the hospital with severe head trauma after allegedly trying to run over a police officer with his truck.

• Evolution of downtown Denton
  

  These four photographs show the changing face of Elm Street, on the west side of the downtown Denton Square.

• Sheriff: Family feud led to 3-year-old's death
  

  An ongoing fight between two Mexican crime families led to a toddler's fatal shooting south of Edinburg last month, Hidalgo County sheriff's investigators said.

• Witnesses describe chaotic murder scene
  

  With his wife crumpled in a bloody heap before him and armed officers aiming at his head, Daniel Garcia pleaded with police to kill him, his brother testified Thursday.

• On separating the reality from fiction
  

  Ever heard that expression "you've been watching too much television?" That came to mind today when I read a story out of Alton, Texas, where an inmate was trying to escape the city jail by crawling into an ...

• Prison Escape Ends With Fall Into Chief's Office
  

  An escape attempt from the Alton, Texas city jail ended when one inmate crashed through the ceiling and into the police chief's unoccupied office.

• Inmate falls through ceiling into Texas police office
  

  Police say 17-year-old Jesus Albert Suarez Chavez and 22-year-old Roman Orozco Martinez tried to escape through air conditioning ducts of the Alton city jail around 3 a.m. Saturday, but had been spotted by a ...

• Police chiefs excited for new sheriff's substations
  

  Down a stretch of highway far from the nearest city is the Hidalgo County Jail. Everyone who is arrested in the county is ultimately incarcerated there.

• More of this story
  

  Janet Canales held her children tightly and struggled to stand as fierce winds violently rocked her trailer.

• Alton sweeps out opposition candidates
  

  "I'm just thinking about what I can do for the people of Alton."

  Voters rejected critics of longtime Mayor Salvador Vela on Saturday, pushing out two incumbents and ushering in new candidates allied with Vela and Mayor Pro-Tem Ricardo Garza. via Themonitor.com

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City Description

Alton is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,384 at the 2000 census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area. Alton is located at 26°17′4″N, 98°18′21″W (26.284307, -98.305940). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,384 people, 1,059 households, and 988 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,075.5 people per square mile (802.2/km²). There were 1,175 housing units at an average density of 556.3/sq mi (215.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 79.33% White, 0.05% African American, 0.32% Native American, 19.02% from other races, and 1.28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 97.90% of the population. There were 1,059 households out of which 58.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.7% were married couples living together, 17.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 6.7% were non-families. 6.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average

City Contained By:

• United States
• Texas
• Hidalgo County

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 5.43897503171 km squared

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