Tag: McAllen
McAllen taxpayers funded Iglesias’ lavish requests
McALLEN — Once Enrique Iglesias finished his performance at McAllen High School’s football stadium in 2015, a smattering of sushi and sashimi waited backstage.
There...
Child porn arrest leads to another suspect; Man said he was ‘taught’ how to use...
McALLEN — The arrest of a Weslaco man led federal agents to a Pharr man who was allegedly receiving and distributing child pornography, records...
Son faces manslaughter charge in dad’s death
McALLEN — A morning of drinking at the mud pits here left one man dead and his son facing a felony manslaughter charge in...
Argument between motel tenants leads to McAllen shooting death
“I was shot,” “I can’t breathe,” and “... ambulance.”
Those were Noel Jesus Valenzuela Jr.’s last words, as he gasped for air lying face down inside the lobby of a Motel 6, as police officers arrived to find him suffering from two gunshot wounds after an argument in the parking lot, according to a police report obtained by The Monitor.
Valenzuela was transported to a hospital where he later died from his injuries.
Read the full story at themonitor.com
Floats, festivities color Holiday Parade
McALLEN — An estimated hundreds of thousands of people attended this year’s McAllen Holiday Parade here at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday, joining past...
UTRGV President Guy Bailey to grand marshal McAllen Holiday Parade
McALLEN — Mayor Jim Darling and city commissioners on Tuesday announced that University of Texas Rio Grande Valley President Guy Bailey will be the...
Attorney: Client facing child porn charge dead from suicide
McAllen attorney Francisco “Frank” Enriquez died Monday after jumping from a high-rise building Monday evening, according to the man’s attorney, Carlos A. Garcia.
On Tuesday...
McAllen authorizes $1 million for UTRGV medical school research
McALLEN — City commissioners this week authorized a $1 million payment for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s School of Medicine, and the...
Man hospitalized with ‘serious injuries’ after being struck by Palmhurst police unit, McAllen PD...
MCALLEN — Police here are investigating an auto-pedestrian collision in which a Palmhurst police unit struck a man who’s reported to have sustained “serious...
Valley cities post strong jobs numbers in Sept.
HARLINGEN — The jobless rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area dropped nearly a half-point in September, dipping to 5.2 percent from 5.6 percent...