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A spectacular full moon is in store for sky watchers Wednesday night, when a phenomenon known as a buck moon shines down from the heavens.

EDINBURG — One of the Pharr brothers accused of beating their stepfather to death after learning that he had been accused of sexually abusing their half-sister in January pleaded not guilty to charges of capital murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon during an arraignment hearing Thursday.

The Rio Grande City Police Department responded to a crash that occurred on Business 83 and Blas Chapa at about 12:46 p.m. Monday that left one driver hospitalized, according to Assistant Chief Jose Solis.

The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office on Monday arrested a now former evidence technician for allegedly stealing more than $28,000 and tampering with records, according to a news release from the agency.

McAllen school district trustees declined to apologize to former coach Felipe Barrera for the way the district handled complaints against him during a grievance hearing last week.

McALLEN — Mission businessman Jorge O’Caña Jr. pleaded not guilty to a charge of witness tampering on Wednesday in relation to a large-scale public corruption scandal that has engulfed western Hidalgo County.

Peñitas Mayor Rodrigo “Rigo” Lopez pleaded not guilty to bribery and fraud charges in federal court Tuesday morning, a day after his arrest by federal authorities.

McALLEN — U.S District Judge Micaela Alvarez has run out of patience for further delays to the Weslaco water plant bribery trial, which has been on her docket since April 2019.

The precipitous decline of the monarch butterfly population over the past three decades — estimates place it at more than 80 percent from the 1990s — has won a reprieve.

Palm Valley Animal Society’s Trenton location is reopening Thursday after a two-week closure due to a discovery of black mold.