‘Serious money’: Community Loan Center hits 100k mark
The Community Loan Center, which provides low-interest, low-fee, small-dollar personal through employers loans as an alternative to predatory payday and auto-title lenders, last month issued its 100,000th loan since the program’s inception in 2011.
Border Patrol agents find 5 people inside locked metal box
Border Patrol agents arrested a man who allegedly tried to smuggle five people inside a box that was latched shut, according to a criminal complaint.
Pharr man sentenced in connection to fatal mud pit shooting
A judge on Friday sentenced a 30-year-old Pharr man to a decade in prison on a drug charge stemming from a May 2016 fatal shooting at the mud pits in south McAllen.
AEP restores power following outage in North McAllen
Power has now been restored to AEP customers in McAllen after the electric company had reported a large-scale outage Monday morning.
Mercedes student arrested for making threat on social media
Scholarship helps TSTC Electrical Lineworker student achieve goals
GOP heavyweights McCarthy, Gingrich back ‘triple threat’ candidates in McAllen
McALLEN — With control of the U.S. House and Senate up for grabs on Election Day Tuesday, the Rio Grande Valley has increasingly become a battleground region for national politicos.
Decades elapsed, millions spent but Hidalgo County jail overcrowding remains
Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series covering the decades-old overcrowding problem at the Hidalgo County jail.
Fast friends: Brownsville man keeps tabs on falcons
Although Jorge Flores retired as Brownsville’s U.S. Customs Service port director in 2001, he still has friends in high places.
