The Monitor

Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents discovered 40 people illegally present in the United States inside a large metal container trying to cross the Falfurrias checkpoint Tuesday, according to a news release.

A man who authorities say used a speed boat to smuggle people into the country illegally, crossing them through the Rio Grande near Mission, was arrested by border agents Sunday.

A Mission man is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday morning on more than a dozen charges, including two counts of murder, for a fatal smuggling crash in November that left two men dead.

The staff of the Gladys Porter Zoo are mourning the loss of a critically endangered western lowland gorilla.

A Donna man will spend the next 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of a child last week, according to a news release from Hidalgo County.

The idea of McAllen Memorial’s Ayden Granados ever running in any form, let alone competitively, was highly unlikely as a child. Born with a virus...

Hidalgo County sheriff’s investigators said the death of a Donna man Friday evening was accidental.

EDINBURG — Two shades of orange took over Edinburg on Tuesday as the UTRGV Vaqueros welcomed the No. 6-ranked Texas Longhorns for a nonconference game at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.

EDINBURG — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar paid a visit here Tuesday as part of a statewide effort to expand internet access.

An aviation program may be flying into McAllen ISD through its Career Technical Education Department beginning this fall. The program is designed to give high school seniors the chance to obtain private pilot and drone licenses.