Roma school board president running for county judge
ROMA — Leticia Garza-Galvan, the Roma ISD school board president, has announced she is running to become the next county judge for Starr County.Garza-Galvan...
United Way sets lofty goal for annual fundraising campaign
McALLEN — United Way of South Texas announced a $2.5 million fundraising goal for its 2017 campaign Wednesday during a breakfast kick-off event at...
Harlingen-based architect dies in crash
HARLINGEN — The posts began pouring onto social media Wednesday afternoon, soon after news of a fatal accident spread.Meg Jorn, a well-known Harlingen-based architect,...
UTRGV med school gets grant to establish area clinics
EDINBURG — Three new healthcare centers are slated to be created throughout the Rio Grande Valley as part of a $3.75 million federal grant...
Former police chief pleads not guilty
McALLEN — A former chief of a western Hidalgo County city’s police department remains in custody after pleading not guilty to federal drug charges.Despite...
Congressman warns DACA recipients about travel
On the heels of U.S. Border Patrol's detention Monday at the Falfurrias checkpoint of 9 recipients of a federal program designed to protect them...
50 years ago: Beulah weakened to a tropical storm
Sept. 13, 1967Beulah was downgraded to a tropical storm with winds of 50 mph as it drifted slowly westward.
McAllen likely to vote on medical school payment
McALLEN — The city will likely vote at the next commission meeting about whether to pay the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School...
EDITORIAL: Border Patrol’s detaining of DACA participants at checkpoint is wrong
Whatever one’s opinion is about the state of our country’s immigration policies, there should be little argument that the U.S. Border Patrol, along with...
LETTERS: On roadblocks needed and protecting pets during disasters
Roadblocks neededIt makes me sick to see people in the big supermarkets with two or three carts full of groceries, and not the generic...