McAllen abortion clinic to reopen following judge’s order
Abortion services in McAllen will resume after a Harris County judge granted a temporary restraining order against the enforcement of a pre-Roe v. Wade abortion ban.
South Padre Island woman charged in connection with prescription drug kickback scheme
McALLEN — A South Padre Island woman stands charged with participating in a large scale kickback conspiracy meant to defraud federal and private health insurers via the unnecessary prescription of compound drugs.
Dozens found dead: Up to 46 perished inside tractor-trailer near San Antonio
Over 40 people who were suspected to be migrants died while trapped inside a tractor-trailer that passed through a Laredo Border Patrol checkpoint Monday afternoon, according to information shared with The Monitor.
CDC reports COVID-19 cases are ‘high’ in three Valley counties
COVID-19 cases in the Rio Grande Valley are on the rise and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the level of coronavirus is high in three Rio Grande Valley counties.
Gulf system unlikely to develop into named storm
An area of low pressure off the Louisiana coast is unlikely to spin up into a tropical storm or hurricane, and most of the heavy rain associated with this weather system should go well to the north of the Valley, meteorologists say.
Making music: Never too late to cross things off your bucket list
Local Brownville musician Lorenzo “Lorenzini” López is in the studio with his Tejana songbird, Madison Pulido, with projects from both of them on their way, something he has been wanting to cross off his bucket list since he started songwriting.
Baby talk: UTRGV parrot study getting noticed
Karl Berg, a behavioral ecologist and parrot expert at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Brownsville, has published a major study in the prestigious scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, and it’s getting attention from a number of other scientific journals and media outlets internationally.
Potential tropical trouble brewing in gulf
Hurricane experts are putting Texas residents on alert for a potentially fast-forming tropical system now churning off the coast of Louisiana.
Brownsville police trying to ID victim of auto-pedestrian accident
Won’t back down: RGV pro-abortion groups continue the fight following Supreme Court ruling
McALLEN — As the sun began to set on a tumultuous week, roughly 200 people gathered in front of city hall here to protest the latest blow to abortion rights.
