Alerts BRH

The National Hurricane Center has classified the disturbance in the Bay of Campeche bringing much-needed rain to the Valley as Tropical Storm Alberto — the first of the year.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday remanded Melissa Lucio's habeas claims back to the trial court because the judge did not rule on each of her remaining claims.

In an early morning update on the tropical system brewing in the Bay of Campeche, the National Weather Service Brownsville-Rio Grande Valley station said Tuesday there’s now an 80% chance the disturbance will become Tropical Storm Alberto by Wednesday.

SAN JUAN — There was little relief from the sweltering South Texas heat as roughly a dozen people gathered inside the Jackson Ranch Church on Saturday afternoon.

HARLINGEN — The street dry and clear tells you driving is safe.

WESLACO — Blue corn tortillas.

Willie Mays, the electrifying "Say Hey Kid" whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball's greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93.

Meteorologists with the National Weather Service Brownsville-Rio Grande Valley station said Monday they’re increasingly confident that this week will see substantial rainfall across the Valley and deep South Texas — in conjunction with a tropical cyclone likely to form midweek in the Bay of Campeche.

The National Hurricane Center on Monday afternoon issued a Tropical Storm Watch that is now in effect for Cameron, Willacy and Kenedy counties, as well as the for the entire Lower Texas Gulf waters.

Cities across the Rio Grande Valley are distributing sandbags ahead of heavy rainfall that’s expected to arrive sometime Wednesday.