The Chapala Police Department announced the September 12 detention of a local man who has reportedly confessed to the recent murder of another Chapala resident.

Jalisco police patrols mounted an emergency operation in the early hours of Saturday, September 14, after gunshots were heard in the vicinity of the force’s regional headquarters at Chapala’s Cristiania Park, raising concerns that the facility was under attack.

MK Ideas Tech and Comers, the sister corporations that inked a 2011 concession deal with the Chapala government to operate a paid parking system in the downtown area, may be back in business after a five-year hiatus thanks to a ruling from an administrative tribunal.

Lakeside’s S.A.F.E. (Save a Future with Education) scholarship program needs your help.

Since appearing at Chapala City Hall on September 10 to reclaim his job and payment of a hefty monetary compensation from a labor suit, former Chapala press and public relations director José Guadalupe Vidrio Oliva has failed to report to work.

A throng of spectators crammed the Ajijic soccer field Saturday, September 14 to catch the traditional Regata de Globos where 12 teams of villagers gathered to launch scores of colorful tissue paper hot air balloons hand-crafted in diverse sizes and shapes.