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Friend ‘tried to stop’ Godinez from going out on night of trooper’s shooting

EDINBURG — Defense attorneys on Friday began calling witnesses on behalf of Victor Alejandro Godinez, now convicted in the capital murder of state trooper Moises Sanchez, after the state rested its part of the punishment phase of the trial.

Guerra’s first-half brace lifts Lopez past Pace

BROWNSVILLE — Brownsville Lopez sophomore Diego Guerra recorded a first-half brace and the Lobos defeated the Brownsville Pace Vikings 3-2 during a District 32-5A...

Brownsville’s TSC inaugurates Legal Center

Texas Southmost College on Thursday officially inaugurated the TSC Legal Center in 4,450 square feet of renovated space on campus to meet the increasing demand for law enforcement officers and legal professionals in the workforce.

Confusion swirls on future of UTRGV’s lease with VA in Harlingen

With the lease contract for the VA Health Care Center at Harlingen with UTRGV expiring in 2022, a VA official said the university wants them to vacate the property next year while UTRGV claims that's not true and that it's willing to work with the VA to serve Valley veterans.

Editorial: People who oppose proposed Texas Parks and SpaceX land exchange might consider other...

Property rights should be sacrosanct, and in Texas many people like to say they are. The reality, of course, is more complicated, as as evidenced by recent efforts to place border barriers on private land and the current fight between state and federal government over access to a municipal park in Eagle Pass. State officials complain about federal intrusions in the area and have blocked Border Patrol agents from moving through the park to reach the federal border, ignoring their own sin in seizing the park and other land from the city and county that own it.

Jurors hear about Edinburg man’s jail behavior in death penalty trial

Jurors in the trial of Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Moises Sanchez's murder on Friday heard from the custodian of records from the Hidalgo County Adult Detention Center who testified regarding the defendant's time in jail.

RGV Boys Soccer Notebook: Brownsville Vets, Pace making early noise

All eyes were on Brownsville Lopez and Brownsville Porter in District 32-5A coming into the 2024 season. Both teams were coming off regional tournament...

Brownsville Veterans Memorial tenor-bass choir to perform in San Antonio

The Veterans Memorial Early College High School Varsity Tenor-Bass Choir is putting the final touches on an invited performance at the 2024 Texas Music Educators convention set for Feb. 9 in San Antonio.

TPWD Commission withdraws SpaceX land swap item from meeting

A resolution to approve a land swap between SpaceX and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Cameron County was withdrawn from the agenda of the TPWD Commission’s Jan. 25 regular meeting in Austin.