Alerts BRH

In a mid-morning webinar briefing on Hurricane Beryl on Friday, National Weather Service Warning Coordination Meteorologist Barry Goldsmith said the storm was moving across the northern Yucatan Peninsula and was expected to weaken to a tropical storm before entering the southwestern Gulf of Mexico around sunset.

With Beryl eyeing direct or indirect impact in Mexico and South Texas late Sunday or early Monday, agencies in the Rio Grande Valley are wasting no time issuing sandbags to local residents in preparation for what might be a powerful storm, or hurricane.

McALLEN — A former middle school choir teacher is facing eight years in prison after pleading guilty to receiving child pornography videos from a Los Fresnos man, federal authorities said.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — At least three shark attacks, described as "extremely rare," left as many as three victims hospitalized after swimming in shallow waters before officials cleared out Fourth of July revelers Thursday, a Cameron County official said.

Meteorologists with the National Weather Service Brownsville-Rio Grande Valley station reported Wednesday that confidence is growing that Beryl, currently a Category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean, could have some impact on deep South Texas.

NEAR LOS FRESNOS — For most of June, UTRGV anthropology students led by Assistant Anthropology Professor Edward Gonzalez-Tennant embarked on a one-of-a-kind archaeological field study here in the Laguna Atascosa, marking the first in the area in about a century.

Freedom is not free, but celebrating freedom is.

While it’s still to early to predict what, if any, impact Hurricane Beryl will have on the Rio Grande Valley, the National Weather Service Brownsville-RGV is urging residents to prepare for the worst now instead of procrastinating.

A lot can happen in a decade.

The Brownsville Sports Park will open its gates to area residents and families for tailgating, cookouts, fireworks viewing and a host of other free holiday activities during the Salute to Freedom on the Fourth of July.