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Valley’s food safety social net reacts as Texas passes on $350 million in children’s...

Children in the Rio Grande Valley and the rest of the state are being left out of a new federal program aimed at helping address food insecurity during the summer break.

Mexican marines detain alleged leader of Gulf drug cartel, the gang that kidnapped, killed...

Mexican marines detained one of the top leaders of the Gulf drug cartel, the gang that kidnapped four Americans and killed two of them in March 2023.

Medical examiner says gunshot caused DPS trooper’s death, not surgery

The eighth day of the death penalty trial for Victor Alejandro Godinez continued Thursday afternoon with testimony from the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Moises Sanchez.

Sea turtle rescues in Laguna Madre reach 1,000 and counting

Hundreds of volunteers and Sea Turtle Inc. staff continued Thursday to rescue cold stunned green Atlantic sea turtles from the Laguna Madre bay as water temperatures remained below the turtles’ survival threshold.

Brownsville may ask voters to dissolve GBIC, BCIC as it considers new economic arm

The city of Brownsville appears poised to do away with its two economic development organizations, the Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation and the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation, and replace them with something called the Greater Brownsville Municipal Development District.

Man killed in Brownsville Christmas Day police shooting tried hit officer with vehicle

The Brownsville Police Department has filed a custodial death report with the Texas Attorney General’s Office over the fatal Christmas Day shooting of an armed man.

Defense questions investigators about cognitive status of trooper’s accused killer

Texas Ranger Billy James “B.J.” Hill, the lead investigator, remained on the stand Wednesday afternoon to offer perspective on the events that transpired on April 6, 2019, as well as the following day.

Mike McCarthy will return as coach of the Dallas Cowboys after stunning wild-card loss

Mike McCarthy will get another chance to end a nearly three-decade stretch without a deep playoff run for the Dallas Cowboys, a decision that ends three days of intense speculation over the coach's future.

Brownsville’s Art Hurtado finishes 20th in HURT 100 in Hawaii

Brownsville endurance runner Art Hurtado finished the HURT 100 in Hawaii in 29:56.39, meeting the threshold to submit credentials for this summer’s Badwater 135 in Death Valley, California, and achieving a personal performance goal.

Brownsville hosts its first Winter Texan Expo

The annual Winter Texan Expo just celebrated its 31st year in McAllen. On Thursday, the event celebrates its first year in Brownsville, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Brownsville Events Center, 1 Event Center Blvd.