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Food pantry has banner year in donations

SAN BENITO – Loads of canned goods on Tuesday filled the San Benito Food Pantry, thanks to the CRABs who pooled their efforts to...

Border Patrol agents stop smuggling attempts of marijuana

Nearly 300 pounds of marijuana was seized by border agents in the Rio Grande Valley last week. U.S. Border Patrol agents stationed in the Valley...

Cameron County health director urges elderly COVID-19 sufferers to get monoclonal antibodies

HARLINGEN – It’s the holiday season, and once again hospitals are filling up. While the reasons for this increase are varied, they are at the...

132 more COVID cases added in Hidalgo County; one death

Hidalgo County reported one COVID-19 related death and 132 additional cases of the virus Tuesday morning. According to a news release, a woman over the...

Garciasville resident charged with accident involving death

The Texas Department of Public Safety arrested a 48-year-old Garciasville resident Saturday and charged her with accident involving death over allegations that she hit...

Cascos files to be Republican Party nominee for Cameron County Judge

Former Cameron County judge Carlos H. Cascos wants his job back. He has filed to be the Republican Party nominee for the position. “I do...

Suspect in 2004 murder surrenders at border bridge

A man wanted in a September 2004 murder has turned himself in to the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department. Fabian Alejandro Gutierrez-Hernandez on Sunday walked across...

Last of 7 Starr County drug trafficking defendants heads to trial

McALLEN — Jurors who were sitting back in their seats during a drug trafficking trial Monday straightened up, leaned forward and craned their necks...

Edinburg runoff set as early turnout tops November election, but still low

Tuesday will be the last opportunity Edinburg citizens will have to vote in the city’s runoff election which has already drawn higher turnout than...

Authorities: Mom could be witness in capital murder case

A 32-year-old Harlingen woman accused of causing the death of her 2-year-old daughter in April 2017 could become a witness in the case and...