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Photo Gallery: Livestock Show kicks off with heifers, archery contest, good food

MERCEDES — The Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show and Rodeo 2023 kicked off Thursday with students presenting their breeding animals. Read the full story here. RELATED...

Brownsville’s Guadalupe Regional Middle School names new school president

Guadalupe Regional Middle School has named Jennifer Rose as the new school president, to succeed Virginia Miller, interim president and principal.

Bodies of Americans killed in Matamoros returned

The bodies of two Americans slain in Matamoros were crossed at Veterans International Bridge Thursday afternoon.

Apology letter found after US citizens killed in Mexico

By ALFREDO PEÑA | Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — A letter claiming to be from the Mexican drug cartel blamed for abducting four...

U.S. Coast Guard officer pleads guilty to selling firearms without a license

A U.S. Coast Guard chief petty officer is awaiting to be sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of running a firearms sales business without a license, federal authorities said.

Former Wells Fargo banker receives prison sentence for helping launder drug money

A former Wells Fargo bank manager who admitted to helping launder drug money through his Harlingen bank for more than a year has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison.

UTRGV football hires Gamble as defensive coordinator

EDINBURG — UTRGV head football coach Travis Bush announced the hiring of Brian Gamble to be the first defensive coordinator in program history on...

Federal judge finds Houston woman guilty of drug trafficking

A 33-year-old Houston woman accused of helping traffic illegal drugs from Mexico to Laredo and Brownsville has been found guilty of two counts of drug trafficking.

Man pleads guilty to smuggling that led to minor’s death

A Mexican national accused in a smuggling attempt that resulted in the death of a 14-year-old Mexican child has pleaded guilty to the charge and will be sentenced in May.

Arrest made in Matamoros kidnappings of 4 Americans where 2 died

The four U.S. citizens who were kidnapped on Friday got caught in an ongoing feud between Gulf Cartel factions battling over drug smuggling territories in Tamaulipas, sources say.