Interchange project prompts more nightly road closures in Pharr, McAllen
The Texas Department of Transportation will be ordering nightly road closures in Pharr and McAllen throughout the week for construction related to the ongoing...
McAllen sets date for special election to fill vacancy
McAllen commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance calling for a special election to be held Jan. 22 to fill Commissioner Tania Ramirez’s vacant District 4...
Agencies urge caution after drownings while fishing hit 19
Alarmed by 19 drowning deaths while fishing in and around Texas waters, the U.S. Coast Guard and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department have issued...
Bronze Star recipient Ruben Ramirez to make congressional bid
An Edinburg native and veteran of the Afghanistan war has announced he is joining the congressional race to represent District 15, which covers much...
Border Patrol agents recognized for rescuing migrants attacked by bees
Two Border Patrol agents from the Rio Grande Valley sector were recognized with the South Texas Health System Hometown Heroes Award for rescuing four...
Second suspect ID’d in Mission child’s drive-by shooting death
A defense attorney Monday identified one of his client's co-defendants as the second suspected shooter in a February drive-by shooting that killed a 6-year-old...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month emphasis early screening, detection
HARLINGEN – Sheer terror.
The moment someone hears the word “breast cancer”, the breath freezes, a gust of adrenalin shoots through the body, and the...
5 more die due to COVID-19 in Hidalgo County; 178 new cases
Hidalgo County reported 178 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday along with five more deaths related to the virus.
Those individuals, three men and two...
Sheriff: Child’s remains, 3 abandoned siblings found in home
HOUSTON (AP) — The skeletal remains of a child were found inside an apartment in the Houston area along with three surviving siblings who...
Texas homeowner charged in slaying of motorist in his driveway
MARTINDALE, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas man has been charged with murder in the driveway shooting of a motorist who had pulled into...
