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Guilty verdict handed down for Starr County drug trafficking defendant

On his 30th birthday, Edgar Yvan Moreno Barragán, the only defendant who went to trial in McAllen on Wednesday for a drug trafficking case...

Trio of alleged smugglers in Peñitas indicted

A trio of suspects including a man who was armed with a handgun and another who brandished a machete was indicted Tuesday on three...

Hidalgo County reports 2 more COVID-19 deaths, 138 new cases

Two more Hidalgo County residents died due to COVID-19 related complications, county officials reported Thursday along with 138 new cases. A Mission man in his...

In the zone: Hospital project gets enterprise status

Edinburg-based DHR Health’s project to expand into Brownsville has been granted enterprise zone designation by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Tourism at...

Noah Peters fights the good fight

HARLINGEN – Noah Peters was about to run in a track meet when the news came: “We have to get home.” The pandemic had just struck,...

Full scholarship: Brownsville Veterans senior bound for Boston College

Francisco Cervantes, a senior at Veterans Memorial Early College High School, has been awarded a full four-year scholarship to Boston College through QuestBridge, a...

Harlingen holding vaccination clinic; Officials recommending boosters

HARLINGEN — As the omicron variant spreads closer to home, residents are rolling up their sleeves during the first big rush for COVID-19 booster...

McAllen tax office to close for maintenance

The McAllen Tax Office Substation will be closing temporarily from Thursday to Monday. The office is located at 300 E. Hackberry Ave., Ste. 3, in...

Brush guide arrested after fatal crash indicted by feds

A Tamaulipas man accused of acting as a brush guide during a fatal October smuggling event was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday...

Task Force: Business services firm cuts ribbon on unique new space at Valle Vista...

HARLINGEN — The TaskUs space on the west side of Valle Vista Mall doesn’t look like a typical office. And that’s totally by interior design. “Traditionally,...