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Pharr man charged for 15-year-old’s ATV death

A Pharr man is being charged with criminal negligence after a collision with an all-terrain vehicle struck by an oncoming car caused the death...

Mexican man enters guilty plea for trying to smuggle kilo of meth

A Mexican man faces several years in federal prison for trying to smuggle about a kilo of meth, records show. According to court notes, Jesus...

Edinburg police standoff ends with barricaded man fleeing

EDINBURG — A Friday evening standoff between police here and a man who barricaded himself inside a home ended with the suspect fleeing and...

US is flying Central Americans to Mexico to deter crossings

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and GISELA SALOMON | Associated Press (AP) — The Biden administration has begun flying Central American families expelled from the United States...

Edinburg police in standoff with barricaded man

EDINBURG — Police are currently responding to a disturbance call that turned into a standoff between officers and a man who barricaded himself inside...

Cisneros announces second primary challenge to Cuellar for congressional seat

PALMVIEW — Following a close race in 2020, immigration attorney Jessica Cisneros is once again challenging U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, when he is...

Displaced but unfazed: Tom Landry Stadium closed for repairs for ‘21 season

BY IVAN PALACIOS AND MATT WILSON | STAFF WRITERS MISSION — The Mission Eagles and the Mission Veterans Patriots will be without a home for...

Valley reports more than 700 COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths 

Hidalgo County reported three deaths and 474 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.  Those who died were an Edinburg man in his 70s, a man...

La Plaza Mall marks tax-free weekend with back-to-school bash

It’s August so that means Texas’ annual Back-to-School Tax Free Weekend is back and La Plaza Mall is helping celebrate with its own Back-to-School...

COVID cases pushing Houston hospitals to near breaking point

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Houston area officials say the latest wave of COVID-19 cases is pushing the local health care...