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Valley agencies target drunk driving over Labor Day weekend

There were 963 alcohol-related deaths on Texas roads last year, averaging one person dying every nine hours and six minutes. State troopers and local law...

BISD considers censure of Pena; Referral to DA also on agenda

The Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees will discuss censuring Trustee Minerva M. Peña, according to the agenda for the district's meeting next...

Authorities: Mexican man tried to cross child porn at Brownsville bridge

A 29-year-old Mexican man has been sentenced to spend over five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Authorities said Luis...

EXPLAINER: What to know about the new Texas abortion law

By PAUL J. WEBER and DAVID A. LIEB | Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Supreme Court allowing a new Texas law that bans...

Border Patrol finds 33 people in tractor-trailer at Sarita checkpoint

Border Patrol stopped a tractor-trailer early Tuesday morning at the Sarita checkpoint that the driver said was loaded with produce destined for an H-E-B...

Photo Gallery: Local pro-abortion advocates protest state enactment of state abortion ban

Pro-abortion advocates from the Rio Grande Valley found themselves exactly where they were about a month-and-a-half ago — on the steps of Edinburg city...

Willacy working to boost shot rate; Officials plan infusion center as cases soar

RAYMONDVILLE — Officials here are working to boost the Rio Grande Valley’s lowest vaccination rate as the Delta variant spikes COVID-19 cases to levels...

Cameron County reports 3 more COVID-19 deaths

Three more Cameron County residents have died from COVID-19 related causes, the county health department reported Wednesday. The individuals include a San Benito woman in...

Recovery efforts: Local Red Cross chapter helping victims of Hurricane Ida

HARLINGEN — From power outages and major flooding to destroyed homes, Hurricane Ida left catastrophic damage in its path through Louisiana. Days after making landfall...

Raymondville detective faces charges

RAYMONDVILLE — The investigation of a Raymondville police detective accused of assaulting his common-law wife is being handed over to the Cameron County District...