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Los Fresnos man sentenced to 18 years for enticement of a child
A 37-year-old Los Fresnos man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for sexually enticing an 11-year-old girl.
Member of private border wall family indicted on manslaughter charge
A 26-year-old Mercedes man who had been accused of driving drunk and killing a 47-year-old man in a Weslaco crash has instead been indicted on a charge of manslaughter.
San Juan woman accused of being mastermind behind fatal McAllen burglary
A San Juan woman was arrested last Friday for her alleged role in a burglary that turned deadly after one of the assailants was stabbed in the chest.
Bigo’s in Brownsville has personality
BROWNSVILLE — The papel picado hanging from the line across the dining area seems out of place in a quiet dining area where only one table entertains diners.
Texas Butterfly Festival highlights need for crucial gardens
MISSION — Goldenrods thick with yellow blooms in the sun stand tall above their beds bordered with landscape timber.
Mercedes man pleads guilty to Weslaco murder
An 18-year-old Mercedes man on Thursday pleaded guilty to gunning down a 19-year-old man in Weslaco nearly two years ago.
Teen killed, woman critical after rural Edinburg shooting
One teenager is dead and a woman is in critical condition after a shooting erupted in the 7200 block of Iowa road early Saturday morning, Hidalgo County Sheriff J.E. "Eddie" Guerra said via social media.
Nonprofit pushing for dual language expansion in McAllen schools
McALLEN — Nonprofit organization RGV PUEDE is raising concerns about whether McAllen ISD’s new leadership will continue to support the district’s dual language program and aired those concerns during a school board meeting Monday.
TxDOT mourns deaths on Texas roads with mock funeral
PHARR — A 2015 robin’s egg blue Cadillac Hearse from Kreidler Funeral Home was parked outside the Texas Department of Transportation’s local conference center here on Thursday afternoon.
5 indicted for attempted capital murder of a police officer after San Juan standoff
Five people involved in a San Juan standoff in June have been indicted on charges of attempted capital murder of a peace officer.