Alerts VMS

SAN BENITO — Family and friends are coming together to honor M.L. Garcia, a former San Benito school board trustee treasured as a teacher who helped her students' characters shine.

In a blow to Gov. Greg Abbott, a federal appeals court ordered Texas on Friday to remove the border buoys the state installed near Eagle Pass to block migrants.

Porter Spencer sits stoically in his chair as a powerful Marine in his perfect dress blues places a flag in the young boy's hands.

HARLINGEN — Water rates will be going up to help fund a proposed sewer system overhaul carrying a price tag as high as $107 million.

HARLINGEN — Gov. Greg Abbott visited Texas State Technical College here Thursday morning to announce an investment into the state’s broadband infrastructure.

A Harlingen doctor accused of hitting and killing a woman entered a plea of not guilty Thursday morning.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100.

HARLINGEN — Luis Quintanilla, the Rio Grande Valley Humane Society’s executive director who helped turn the agency into the region’s first “no-kill” shelter, has resigned as its board members work with city officials to negotiate a new contract.

SAN BENITO — Friends are remembering M.L. Garcia as a devoted school board trustee and beloved teacher who taught her students to become “selfless leaders.”

SAN BENITO — It’s December, and Our Lady of Guadalupe will soon enjoy her feast day.