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White House says it’s working on access to migrant centers
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Jen Psaki declined to provide a specific date for when the media will...
Six more COVID-19 deaths, 184 new cases reported in RGV
Another six Rio Grande Valley residents died from complications due to COVID-19 while another 184 people tested positive for the coronavirus disease, county officials...
Affidavit: Sheriff’s investigator faces criminal charges over erectile dysfunction pills
Donna police say they found nearly 100 generic Xanax pills and more than two dozen pills used to treat erectile dysfunction in the truck...
Homeland Security head rejects GOP claims of border ‘crisis’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Department of Homeland Security pushed back Wednesday against Republican criticism of the Biden administration's border policies, refusing...
US to house up to 3,000 immigrant teens at Dallas site
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) — The U.S. government plans to use the downtown Dallas convention center to hold up...
Students connecting but delays still plague Donna tower project
Several board trustees at the Donna Independent School District are growing increasingly frustrated with delays to its $3.7 Wi-Fi tower project, the cornerstone piece...
Children packed into Valley Border Patrol tent for days on end
(AP) — Hundreds of immigrant children and teenagers have been detained at a Border Patrol tent facility in packed conditions, with some sleeping on...
COVID cases, deaths creeping downward in Valley
Hidalgo County reported four COVID-19 related deaths and 238 new cases of the virus on the morning that Gov. Greg Abbott’s statewide mask mandate...
Affidavit: Donna man repeatedly stabbed 65-year-old woman
The 36-year-old man who San Juan police arrested Saturday and charged with murder is accused of stabbing a 65-year-old woman multiple times.
Moises Herrera-Peña, of...
Donna man accused of quadruple homicide tied to violent crime spree
The 43-year-old man who the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office charged with ordering a hit on a witness who was set to testify against him...