State sales tax revenues up 8.6 percent in May
Texas collected $3.69 billion in state sales tax in May, 8.6 percent more than in May 2021.
Union presses BISD for pay raises amid inflation
Union representatives on Monday continued to push the Brownsville Independent School District to improve pay for teachers, librarians and other professionals as well as classified employees across the district.
Police: Mercedes man arrested for assaulting girlfriend with hammer
Man says he had less than $10K; feds find $17K more
A Brownsville man has been arrested by federal officers after he did not declare more than $27,000 in cash he was carrying on his way to Mexico.
Police: Man charged with murder after medical emergency call
A 64-year-old man charged with murder remained jailed Monday in a Cameron County facility on a $1 million bond.
San Benito to call for a 10 percent water rate hike
San Juan man accused in fatal Alamo stabbing to pursue insanity defense
A 29-year-old San Juan man accused of stabbing a woman in broad daylight at a Bealls parking lot in Alamo will pursue an insanity defense, court records indicate.
Border Patrol finds 52 adults, 3 minors hidden in pepper shipment
Border Patrol agents discovered 55 people, including three minors, hidden inside a tractor-trailer hauling pallets of peppers on Thursday.
CDL trainer brings gender diversity to TSTC’s Professional Driving Academy
Settlement with private wall builder sparks mounting skepticism
Last week marked the end of a more than two-year dispute between the federal government and the builders of a private border wall that went up just feet from the banks of the Rio Grande in 2020.