Local News

With Earth Day just around the corner, it makes you think of the ways our natural resources—like parks, beaches and rivers— make our community a more vibrant and nurturing place to live. As we enjoy kayaking down the Arroyo Colorado or wade in the surf at Boca Chica Beach, it is vital to remember the responsibility we have to our local environment for all the memories and joy it gives us.

A project to replace downtown Brownsville’s old pedestrian street lamps with new, more energy-efficient lighting fixtures has run into a couple of snags.

The Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation the Matamoros Economic Development Committee (CODEM) have for years worked together to cultivate economic development on both sides of the Rio Grande, but now that relationship has been formalized through a new memorandum of understanding.

A judge said Wednesday that she would like the death penalty case against a 27-year-old man accused of killing a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper tried before the end of the year.

Registration continues for Saturday’s Second Annual Big Heroes Autism Fun Run and Walk, which is from 8-11 a.m. starting at Roloff Park in Laguna Vista.

Six men, including three Edinburg residents, are facing life in prison for their alleged roles in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy.

The 3-year-old Elsa boy who fatally shot himself last October found the gun hidden in a shoe box where the boy’s toys were kept, according to a misdemeanor complaint.

National Healthcare Volunteer Week, April 17-23, is a special opportunity for both Valley Baptist Health System and local residents to pay tribute to the volunteers who devote their time, energy and talent to serving their respective communities.

HARLINGEN — Two years of mandated masking on airplanes and in airport terminals came to an end this week.

McALLEN — McAllen defense attorney Eric Jarvis has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in aiding a drug trafficking organization by improperly providing its members with federal court records.