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Spring Weather Safety Week underway

With spring weather upon us, residents are encouraged to prepare for anything the weather can bring during Spring Weather Awareness Week that ends Friday.

La Hacienda a grand portrait of flavor and experience in San Benito

SAN BENITO — I’ve been out driving throughout the day, my trips taking me several times through the center of the city.

Search for kidnapped Americans continue in Mexico

On the day that four Americans traveled into Matamoros from the United States, a travel advisory issued by the State Department had been in effect advising Americans not to visit the State of Tamaulipas because of ongoing violence such as crimes and kidnappings.

No charges to be filed against Brownsville man who killed American Bulldog

No charges will be filed against a Brownsville man accused of stabbing Pandora, an American Bulldog, in July 2022, authorities said.

Earthquake in Turkey devastates home of UTRGV basketball player

EDINBURG — On the night of Feb. 5, UTRGV women’s basketball senior center Burcu Soysal received a phone call from her cousin in Turkey, the country she was born and raised in before moving to the United States to play college basketball at 17 years old.

FBI wants your help finding four Americans kidnapped in Matamoros 

The FBI is asking for the public's help identifying the suspects in the assault and kidnapping of four U.S. citizens in Matamoros on Friday. In...

‘Judith’ the alligator joins sanctuary on SPI after its mouth was found taped shut...

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — A collective croon goes up from the crowd waiting behind the rope line as Judith, with a hair bow on her head, comes out with handler and rescuer Jacob Reinbolt on Saturday at the South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center & Alligator Sanctuary.

Brownsville ISD wins scratch-cooking grant

The Brownsville Independent School District will increase its reliance on scratch-cooked options, thanks to a $186,000 grant from the Chef Ann Foundation to transition from a heat-and-serve model to one rooted in scratch cooking using whole, fresh ingredients.

Photo Gallery: ‘Judith’ the alligator joins sanctuary on SPI after its mouth was found...

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — A collective croon goes up from the crowd waiting behind the rope line as Judith, with a hair bow on...

Venus, Jupiter putting on a show

Have you been recording the motion of Venus and Jupiter? As Venus climbed higher into the western sky over the past several weeks, the conjunction on March 1 was the point of their closest position. By the end of the month, Jupiter will have sunk into the western horizon leaving only Venus and Mars as to the unaided-eye visible planets. At full dark, Mars will still be near the zenith for a while yet, drifting westward along the ecliptic as the world rotates on its axis throughout the night.