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Somewhere in the Rio Grande Valley there's a goat wandering around, probably scared but completely oblivious of the furor it has caused the greater South Texas area.

BROWNSVILLE — A 30-year-old Mexican citizen is in federal prison following his conviction of attempted immigrant smuggling resulting in death, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

Operation Border Health Preparedness will provide free health services next week at several locations throughout the Valley, hosted by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and its community partners.

McAllen High alumnus Aaron Nixon is going pro.

Transit agencies in Brownsville, Harlingen, South Padre Island and the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council are among the recipients of $95.1 million in state and federal funds being distributed by the Texas Transportation Commission, which governs the Texas Department of Transportation.

The growing abyss between our two major political parties has bogged down the legislative process to a bare trickle, a situation that many fear will only get worse as the election season, and accompanying rhetoric, heat up.

EDINBURG — As the costs of dealing with stray and lost animals continue to rise, Hidalgo County officials are considering cutting ties with the nonprofit organization that has run animal control services here for decades.

The Edinburg Police Department is warning residents that scammers have cloned the agency’s general phone line and are calling people posing as police officials while asking for social security numbers.

MISSION — As a bugler performed taps, a deafening hush that was already prevalent in the environment was then accompanied with bowed heads and somber hearts.

SAN BENITO — After about three weeks on the job, interim City Manager Gavino Sotelo suddenly resigned as the city’s new commission searches for a replacement amid its hunt to fill the city manager’s position.