Alerts VMS

HARLINGEN — There’s a new animal shelter opening in town.

The former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) is later in getting to Brownsville for recycling than earlier anticipated.

EDINBURG — I was asked to do a sort of New Years Eve-themed review of a local restaurant. I was also told that I need to stop reviewing Mexican and barbecue restaurants.

RAYMONDVILLE — Willacy County officials are paying a 33-year-old man’s family a $1 million settlement nearly two years after attorneys charged deputies beat him to death in the county jail.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Jason Sanders kicked his fifth field goal of the game, a 29-yarder as time expired, and the Miami Dolphins secured a playoff berth with a 22-20 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.

HOUSTON (AP) — Amari Cooper set a franchise record with 265 yards receiving and scored two touchdowns and a 2-point conversion to move the Cleveland Browns closer to a playoff berth with a 36-22 win over the Houston Texans on Sunday.

They crowded around the man in the red suit with the white trim and the beard falling around his face.

On Tuesday, the Cameron County Commissioners Court approved an agreement with VTX-1 to expand broadband services throughout the county.

An 18-year-old Rio Hondo man is facing criminal charges after authorities accused him of racing a car involved in a fatal crash on Thanksgiving.

Following the Monday announcement that the Toros were ceasing business operations, the city of Edinburg said on Wednesday that it is engaged with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to buy the soccer team’s former home, H-E-B Park, for Vaquero football games.