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EDINBURG — Two-and-a-half years after breaking ground and after what seems like an eternity for residents who have waited for a children's hospital that they don't have to drive out of the Rio Grande Valley for certain care, Driscoll is now preparing to open its doors here with much in store leading up to its May opening.

Our South Texas success stories often start this way, with little to no resources but ingenuity and fierce determination.

BROWNSVILLE — The Dean Porter Park Renovation Inc. unveiled a life-sized sculpture of legendary aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart on Tuesday at Dean Porter Park to memorialize her connection here.

“You took my daughter’s happiness away,” said the father of the sole survivor of a fatal drunk driving crash that took the lives of 32-year-old Felipe Huerta Jr. and his patient, 68-year-old Delia Cortines on Dec. 16, 2018.

EDINBURG — Despite a cloudy day in South Texas, hundreds of spectators gathered at the Sundial at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg to view the solar eclipse.

Attorneys representing the McAllen priest who was recently removed from the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville has responded and denied the allegations in a statement on Saturday. 

EDINBURG — "The truth is out there," at least that's what many believe here at the Edinburg UFO Festival where attendees explored the idea of extraterrestrial life this weekend.

The Cameron County District Attorney's Office and appellate attorneys for Death Row inmate Melissa Lucio agree that favorable evidence was "withheld" from the defense during her 2008 trial.

Judging by the turnout, Wednesday’s “Rally in the Valley,” hosted by the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation at the Brownsville Events Center, was a huge success.

MERCEDES — Last August, water levels at Falcon International Reservoir dropped to just 9%, the lowest in the manmade lake’s 70-year history.