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Despite receiving warnings from an auditor with the Office of Inspector General, the chief executive officer of International Educational Services Inc., or IES, advised his financial director “not to adjust the salaries to the cap limit” as they were told, according to a plea agreement between federal prosecutors and IES’ finance director.

Two people were killed while another is hospitalized with “major injuries” after a fiery four-car crash outside Edinburg on Tuesday morning.

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that there are about 240,000 women and about 2,100 men diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Although breast cancer-related deaths have declined over the years, it remains the second leading cause of cancer death for women.

An ice cream shop known for its custom ice cream sandwiches is set to open next month on South Padre Island — just in time for summer. 

The former finance director for International Educational Services, or IES, is scheduled for a re-arraignment hearing on Tuesday morning in Brownsville federal court.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is looking for a man involved in a major three-vehicle crash in Edinburg that killed a 49-year-old man Saturday evening.

The Cameron County District Attorney's Office has opened an investigation into a McAllen priest who resigned after the Diocese of Brownsville on April 3 issued a statement that it had received an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor against the priest.

The body of a male juvenile who had been missing since Thursday was "recovered" by family members on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, according to Starr County authorities who were searching for him this weekend.

Unlike SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's first two live Starship presentations at the company's Boca Chica/Starbase production and testing complex, members of the media were not invited to an April 4 presentation at the site, only SpaceX employees.

The events depicted in the film "The Long Game" took place in the border town of Del Rio, though the movie's message is strikes a chord far beyond South Texas.