Tag: Mercedes

MERCEDES — A pair of Alton police units slowly drove down North Texas Avenue on Wednesday afternoon toward the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Grounds.

A judge on Wednesday afternoon reduced the $1 million bond for a 27-year-old Pharr woman accused of leading Progreso’s police chief on a chase following a drunk driving traffic stop and killing an 18-year-old Mercedes High School senior in a fiery Weslaco crash as a result.

A judge signed an order Monday dismissing a murder charge against a 44-year-old Mercedes man accused in a 2017 fatal shooting in Mission.

A Mercedes man was arrested Monday after assaulting his girlfriend with a hammer and holding her against her will inside her residence this weekend,...

Police arrested a Mercedes teacher Wednesday for allegedly injuring a child with a disability.

A Mercedes man is facing charges of animal cruelty after law enforcement discovered two dogs — one dead and one malnourished — on his property in January.

Mercedes police allege a security guard made the bomb threat at Mercedes High School last week — just two days after the tragic mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school.

After criticism over evacuation messaging at Mercedes High on Thursday, the district is planning to offer a training session next week on school safety procedures and may alter the terminology it uses to describe threats.

MERCEDES — The city commission here welcomed its newest member with the swearing in of political freshman Armando Garcia at Place 2 during a well-attended ceremony Thursday evening.

Mercedes police arrested a 17-year-old male early Thursday morning after he reportedly made a terroristic threat. According to a news release, the teenager was arrested...