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DPS trooper charged with drug trafficking, has alleged links to organized crime in Mexico

FBI agents arrested a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Thursday for allegedly assisting his father’s drug trafficking organization in Tennessee, which has ties...

Border Patrol finds 26 people hidden in a tractor-trailer hauling frozen broccoli

Border Patrol arrested a man Tuesday night they accused of attempting to smuggle 26 people inside a tractor-trailer hauling frozen broccoli. Agents made the bust...

San Benito man arrested for shooting at girlfriend at Mambo Seafood

McAllen police arrested a 33-year-old man they say shot at his girlfriend at a restaurant Thursday afternoon before fleeing the scene. Ivan Hernandez, whose last...

Exercise a key factor in stroke prevention

HARLINGEN — Strike first, strike hard, no mercy on stroke. That’s what physicians around the world are telling people Friday as part of World Stroke...

UTRGV earns prestigious Seal of Excelencia certification

Excelencia in Education, the nation’s premier authority on efforts accelerating Latino student success in higher education, Friday announced that The University of Texas Rio...

Four more unvaccinated people died from COVID-19 in Hidalgo County

Four more Hidalgo County residents died due to COVID-19 and all of them were unvaccinated, according to a news release county health officials sent...

OPINION: Mixed bag: COVID reactions not needed, homeowner relief is welcome

Early voting is ending for the Nov. 2 state referendum on eight proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, as well as local issues in...

Campaign swing: Dem candidate says he’ll solve problems

In his latest swing through the Rio Grande Valley, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor Mike Collier sat down with the Brownsville Herald to talk...

Authorities arrest 10, seize more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana near Roma

The Starr County Sheriff's Office, in collaboration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Border Patrol, raided a property Wednesday morning near Roma and...

Suspected Rio Grande City drug trafficker scheduled for re-arraignment

Federal court records indicate an alleged Rio Grande City drug trafficker will plead guilty. Evaristo Sepulveda, who was arrested in January 2020, has pleaded not...