Alerts VMS

A California cheese and dairy company is the source of a decade-long outbreak of listeria food poisoning that killed two people and sickened more than two dozen, federal health officials said Tuesday.

Expanding high-speed internet services countywide is the purpose of an agreement signed by Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino Jr. and VTX1 Internet CEO Patrick McDonnell during an official ceremony Monday morning at the Cameron County Courthouse/Oscar C. Dancy Building in Brownsville.

Voters on South Padre Island on Saturday elected Lisa Graves to fill the unexpired term for Place 5 on the City Council.

Without explanation, the Edinburg school district on Friday announced the cancellation of an event honoring Grupo Frontera, the Latin Grammy Award-winning Norteno band from town who has been enjoying recent success and national media exposure.

"Back to the 956," an original play about a broken family, Valley culture, a time traveling machine and alternate universes is set to open Saturday night at the Edinburg Municipal Auditorium. 

The Texas 13th District Court of Appeals has unanimously overturned a ruling of Cameron County’s 445th state District Court in a lawsuit brought by SaveRGV, the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter and the Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas Inc. against Cameron County, the Texas General Land Office and intervenor Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over SpaceX-related restrictions to public beach access.

Earlier this week, a new name was entered into the short list of Death Row inmates from the Rio Grande Valley. Victor Alejandro Godinez, the 29-year-old Edinburg man who was convicted of killing 49-year-old Trooper Moises Sanchez after shooting him in the head on April 6, 2019, was sentenced to death.

SAN BENITO — She loved Nicholas Sparks and his love stories.

SAN BENITO — For months, city commissioners have been holding off on granting a developer a fourth extension in its construction of the city's first resaca-side commercial project.

Feb. 20 is the last day Mexicans living abroad can register to vote in their country’s next general elections.