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Sentencing date for former IBC Bank employee charged with embezzlement rescheduled

The sentencing date for a former IBC Bank employee, who pleaded guilty to embezzling thousands of dollars from the financial institution, has been rescheduled due to a scheduling conflict with the attorney representing her.

Scattered showers expected Friday in Rio Grande Valley

You are going to want to keep those umbrellas at hand, as showers are forecasted for the Rio Grande Valley. Although some of the showers...

Bears crush Jaguars in district opener

PHARR —PSJA High dominated the first half of their district opener against Edinburg Economedes on Thursday, outgaining the Jaguars 331-37 on offense. Still, the...

‘Gringa’ plate at Calaca’s Tacos and Beer has a San Benito twist

SAN BENITO — It’s late afternoon. The mood at Calaca’s Tacos and Beer is quiet and refreshing.

South Texas Republican candidates talk faith in call for voter turnout

McALLEN — The three Republican candidates running to represent the Rio Grande Valley in Congress came together for a prayer breakfast here, highlighting their faith as they called on people to vote in the midterm elections.

Brownsville exhibit features symbol of Halloween

There’s something about the human imagination where, in the words of William Blake, it is possible to see “the world in a grain of sand” or, in the case of painter Jerry Lyles, see the world or at least South Texas—in a pumpkin.

Online petition seeks firing of CEO John Bruciak, from BPUB

An online petition has started requesting the firing of John Bruciak, CEO of Brownsville Public Utilities Board.

Brownsville police call in hostage negotiator in family violence case

The Brownsville Police Department said it had to call in a hostage negotiator to assist in a situation where a 36-year-old man refused to let a 12-year-old leave a residence, following an argument between the man and the boy’s mother.

Nepotism indictment against Brownsville ISD trustee Peña dismissed again

The 13th Court of Appeals has dismissed an appeal of an indictment against Brownsville Independent School District trustee Minerva Peña that charged nepotism, effectively ending the case.

Brownsville man sentenced to 18 years in federal prison in meth smuggling case

He was to be paid $7,000 to transport 23 pounds of meth from Mexico into the United States, but this never happened. Instead, Julio Cesar Loyde Jr. was caught transporting the drugs and was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison.