Valley Morning Star

The Gladys Porter Zoo staff announced Wednesday the death of Penney, a Western lowland gorilla, who died on May 19. 

During a city commission meeting Tuesday, Cameron County commissioners approved a measure to officially recognize June as Pride Month, according to the Valley AIDS Council.

Three men who allegedly tried to export 7,000 rounds of high-powered ammunition into Mexico are in custody after Homeland Security Investigations tracked the attempt on Monday at a residence in Harlingen, an apartment in McAllen, and at the Pharr Port of Entry.

SAN BENITO — The San Benito school district’s new board of trustees is taking its first big steps toward changing the administration’s operations since voters flipped the panel’s majority in the May 6 election.

SAN BENITO — Pappasito’s Smokehouse And Then Some sits on the corner of East Stenger Street and East Milam Street in a building that for many years housed the Diamond G Food Store, a staple for many San Benitians throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s.

BROWNSVILLE — La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) held a vigil here at Alice Wilson Hope Park Tuesday morning in memory of Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, an 8-year-old girl from Panama who died while detained by U.S. Border Patrol in Harlingen.

State Rep. Janie Lopez’s bill aimed at streamlining big cargo is headed for Gov. Gregg Abbott’s desk to become law.

The Rio Grande Valley Humane Society dog kennels are over capacity at both of their locations and they’re asking the community for help in fostering or finding forever homes for the canines.

HARLINGEN — Some Parkwood subdivision homeowners are standing up against the city’s proposed third phase of the Arroyo Colorado Hike and Bike Trail, arguing the 6-foot-wide asphalt strip would cut across parts of their backyards.

U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz’s office announced a bill intended to curb the financing of “Illegal synthetic drugs” was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives Monday.