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Dallas apartment blast injures 6, including 4 firefighters

DALLAS (AP) — Six people were injured, including four firefighters, after an explosion Wednesday morning at an apartment complex in south Dallas, authorities said. Firefighters...

315 pounds of cocaine seized following Donna traffic stop

A traffic stop in Donna on Monday resulted in the seizure of more than 300 pounds of cocaine concealed in 39 car batteries and...

McAllen Kids Marathon kicks off Friday

The 8th annual McAllen Kids Marathon Kickoff Mile is set for this Friday at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium at 6 p.m. A collaboration between McAllen...

ECISD: Majority of $6.2 million in overpayments returned, over $400k still missing

Edinburg school district administrators reported at a board meeting Tuesday that the majority of the $6.1 million in over payments made during a payroll...

OPINION: Your choice: Constitutional amendments let voters decide our future

Government of the people, by the people, for the people isn’t an ethereal ideal reserved for the highest halls of national governance; it’s the...

Election signup deadline nearing

As the Oct. 4 deadline approaches for voter registration across the state and the Rio Grande Valley in order to vote in the Nov....

McAllen Holiday Parade organizers want you to be part of the show

Holiday Parade organizers in McAllen say they need one important ingredient to make this year’s event successful: the public. The city of McAllen held a...

Alamo man who lost feet to COVID regrets not getting vaccine

EDINBURG — Pepe Forina slowly wheeled himself into the rehab gym here at DHR Health Rehabilitation Hospital before coming to a stop near the...

Faithful gather for Bishop Peña’s rosary vigil

Bishop Emeritus Raymondo J. Peña left specific instructions for his funeral, even specifying that there was to be no eulogy at his rosary vigil,...

New project to add 220 spaces at Isla Blanca Park

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — If you build it, they will come. But you better have a place for them to park. The Cameron County Parks Department...