Seeking Assistance: Valley DAs unite against family violence
The Rio Grande Valley’s four district attorneys cut to the chase Wednesday morning, saying domestic violence is really about women getting beaten, kids witnessing the ugly behavior, and when when they grow up repeating what they learned as children.
2 Willacy County gunshot victims taken to hospitals
LASARA — Authorities on Wednesday rushed two people suffering gunshot wounds to hospitals.
Harlingen’s VIA posts strong September passenger numbers
HARLINGEN — Valley International Airport showed improvement in passenger numbers over last year, with total enplaned passengers in September hitting 35,060, a 51.8 percent increase.
Wednesday night’s Powerball jackpot an estimated $508 million
San Benito tackles last sewer projects
SAN BENITO — After 10 years, the city is working to complete one of its biggest project in decades — a multi-million-dollar sewer system overhaul closing in on a March deadline.
Late night fire destroys portion of Port Isabel condo complex
Authorities in Port Isabel continue to investigate the cause of a fire at a condominium complex that destroyed two buildings that housed 16 condominium units.
Hidalgo County leasing Willacy County prison
RAYMONDVILLE — More than six months after laying off nearly 200 employees, Willacy County commissioners have entered into an agreement with Hidalgo County to lease a 582-bed prison to take inmates overflowing from Edinburg’s crowded jail.
3-year-old first Valley minor to possibly die from flu
A 3-year-old child who tested positive for the flu died this week and is now suspected of being the first minor in Hidalgo County to have died from the flu this year.
Report: Valley residents pay less than national average in monthly bills
A new report found that Brownsville and McAllen residents pay less when it comes to their monthly bills than the national average and spend nearly half a household’s income doing so.
Food bank’s Empty Bowls event raises record amount
EDINBURG — It’s called Empty Bowls, but efforts to raise funds for the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley’s 16th annual luncheon were anything but empty.
