‘Jaw-dropping’ allegations in Weslaco ISD forensic audit
Weslaco school board members discussed the results of a forensic audit Monday covering a five-year span of the district’s operations that highlighted inconsistencies and...
Border Patrol: Edinburg hotel, Hidalgo storm drains being used to smuggle immigrants
Smugglers were using an Edinburg hotel to hold people illegally in the country for more than a month, while others were using a storm...
Options shrink for Haitian migrants straddling Texas border
By JUAN A. LOZANO, ERIC GAY, ELLIOT SPAGAT and MARIA VERZA Associated Press
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — Options narrowed Tuesday for thousands of Haitian...
Ancient iron adventures: Motorcycle Cannonball Endurance Run to roll into the RGV
The 2021 Motorcycle Cannonball, a cross-country challenge for riders with motorcycles that were manufactured in 1929 or earlier, will be passing through the Valley...
Border Patrol agents arrest two sex offenders, MS gang member
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two previously convicted sex offenders and a gang member over the weekend, according to a news...
LETTERS: Who knows what’s best?
The Florida Department of Education says parents know what’s best for their children. So, they are withholding the monthly salaries of local school board...
OPINION: Taking advantage: Conservatives add strength on growth among minorities
The Texas Legislature on Monday convened its third special session, this time to redraw political districts, as mandated by the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution...
COMMENTARY: Can women of good will have a discussion on abortion?
Every family knows what it is like to lose a pregnancy. Several years ago a member of my family lost a late term baby....
Allegations aplenty in Starr County drug roundup hearings
Wiretaps and cooperating defendants indicate some of the suspects arrested last week in Starr County as part of a drug conspiracy case revealed an...
Truck drivers arrested at checkpoints in separate smuggling events
Federal authorities arrested two men at Border Patrol checkpoints in the Rio Grande Valley this weekend for trying to smuggle people in tractor trailers, with one...
