Tag: Hidalgo County District Attorney

The Innocence Project of Texas has filed a brief in Monica Melissa Patterson's appeal, which has been remanded to the trial court on a claim of new medical evidence that her appellate attorneys say shows that her 96-year-old victim was not asphyxiated, but instead died from a heart attack.

A charge of murder against a 43-year-old Mission man has been dismissed due to insufficient evidence.

The chief felony prosecutor for the Hidalgo County District Attorney's Office is running to be judge of the 430th state District Court.

Hidalgo County is again asking the Texas Attorney General for an opinion over whether it can withhold releasing documents related to the unfinished courthouse, the contractors tasked with building it, as well as additional contractors hired to uncover construction defects.

Too many lives have been lost on state and local roads due to intoxicated drivers.

EDINBURG — As of July, Edinburg police have made 225 DWI arrests this year.

At 4:26 a.m. Sunday, a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper came across a dead body lying on the west side of Alamo Road in Edinburg, and was informed that a suspect may be in custody.

With the Fourth of July right around the corner local law enforcement authorities across the Rio Grande Valley are partnering in campaigns aimed to curb drunk driving together with the Texas Department of Transportation.

Legislation aimed at expanding capacity for mental health services statewide signed by Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this month allocates $205 million to construct two new medical facilities in the Rio Grande Valley.

EDINBURG — Just before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, the elderly clients of Guardian Angel Adult Day Care began to make their way outside the facility and into the parking lot.