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Edinburg looking to continue explosive economic, residential growth
The future looks bright in Edinburg, Hidalgo County’s second-largest city, and officials here are doing what they can to continue that trend.
Edcouch man gets 60 years for holiday killing of wife, mother-in-law
A 31-year-old Edcouch man who shot and killed his common-law wife before fatally shooting his mother-in-law on New Year’s Eve in 2020 was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Friday.
McAllen officials mull $30 million city hall expansion
McALLEN — With city staffing numbers expected to rise by nearly 80% over the next 20 years, officials here are mulling how best to meet the growing need for space at an already cramped city hall building where some departments have been forced to office elsewhere.
Edcouch man receives $1M bond for allegedly strangling infant son
Multi-million-dollar project to build Harlingen’s first public transit center hits big snag
HARLINGEN — After about seven years of planning, the multi-million-dollar project to build the city’s first public transit center is hitting a big snag.
Former Southwest Key employee to be arraigned on child sex abuse charges
A former Southwest Key employee is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday in McAllen federal court on a three-count indictment accusing him of sexually abusing three migrant children on airplanes.
First-ever magistrate judge in Hidalgo County to address ‘case overload’
Hidalgo County has added another tool in their evergrowing arsenal created to address the chronic jail overcrowding issue that’s been plaguing the county for decades.
Severe thunderstorms possible for portions of Rio Grande Valley on Sunday
The National Weather Service in Brownsville says there is a potential for severe weather in the Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas on Sunday, just two days after a storm whipped through the region briefly but significantly drenching the Mission and McAllen area and dropping large hail.
Harlingen’s biggest battery storage plant set to open
HARLINGEN — A $100 million, 100-megawatt battery storage plant geared to charge as many as 50,000 homes during a power outage is set to open off about 6 acres of farmland near Valley International Airport.
Sharyland school board candidates talk open enrollment, bond push
Candidates for the two contested races in the upcoming Sharyland school board election met at a forum Tuesday that featured talk on safety, enrollment and the possibility of another bond push.