Valley Morning Star

A third person has been charged in a sprawling scheme to defraud a federal workers’ compensation program out of $80 million.

The 5-year farm bill that governs billions of dollars worth of programs ranging from crop subsidies to school lunches and food programs is running on borrowed time. The last bill expired in 2023 and its provisions have been extended while partisan bickering holds up new legislation in Congress.

I was 7 when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and destroyed most of the U.S. Navy. I was 9 when the invasion of Europe happened, probably one of the most complicated in history. Those years of growing up and events birthed a question in me that became a lifelong one: How can good people do bad things? As a near-lifelong student of World War II and its history, my research actually found a book by that name, that question. Why does that matter now?

The National Weather Service Brownsville-Rio Grande Valley station issued a tornado watch for the Valley on Wednesday evening.

The tropical disturbance helping bring much-needed rain to the Rio Grande Valley officially became Tropical Storm Alberto Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service Brownsville-Rio Grande Valley station.

SANTA MARIA — The system works.

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday said there is a 30% chance for tropical development in the Bay of Campeche over the next seven days.

The National Hurricane Center has classified the disturbance in the Bay of Campeche bringing much-needed rain to the Valley as Tropical Storm Alberto — the first of the year.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday remanded Melissa Lucio's habeas claims back to the trial court because the judge did not rule on each of her remaining claims.

In an early morning update on the tropical system brewing in the Bay of Campeche, the National Weather Service Brownsville-Rio Grande Valley station said Tuesday there’s now an 80% chance the disturbance will become Tropical Storm Alberto by Wednesday.