Local News

An 18-year-old Edinburg man was arrested June 7 after he failed to render aid to a woman he hit with his vehicle on FM 2812 where she later died of her injuries.

A Brownsville woman is under arrest after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers determined she was trying to smuggle a Mexican spider monkey into the country.

A federal magistrate judge has ordered a Reynosa city councilor released from custody after dismissing charges against her that alleged she attempted to smuggle around 93 pounds of cocaine through the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Falfurrias.

A north Edinburg commercial building has been deemed a total loss after a fire Thursday evening.

Harlingen Mayor Norma Sepulveda announced the first Walk-On’s Restaurant and Sports Bistreaux location in Cameron County will be opening in the city. 

The Brownsville Independent School District has taken delivery of six new Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4 Special Service SUVs, the latest in a series of security upgrades across the district.

LOS FRESNOS — The Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center has won national recognition for its more than 30 years of work preserving and promoting conjunto music and Mexican American arts.

The sister-in-law of the former Texas Department of Public Safety trooper who is accused of assisting his family in trafficking drugs through the Rio Grande Valley was sentenced Thursday morning.

Mercedes school board trustees voted Wednesday to approve a contract with Superintendent Maria J. Chavez.

A firefighter and a resident were transported to a local hospital after a house fire spread to another nearby home in Pharr on Wednesday.