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An equestrian facility sitting on 264 acres in South Pharr has sparked excitement and partnerships between the city and school district for a lofty plan.

SAN JUAN — While the annual Blue Mass serves as an opportunity for the public and religious leaders to pray for members of the law enforcement community, the meaning is rooted in something deeper for Deacon Roman Ramos, something personal.

The city of Pharr appointed Juan F. Gonzalez to the position of chief of police during a city commission meeting Monday.

EDINBURG — Aide Rios cried out for her teenage son, Jastin, here in court Thursday afternoon, sobbing that her soul had been ripped out after a vehicle crashed into their home and crushed him to death in 2021.

EDINBURG — A judge on Thursday afternoon sentenced a 24-year-old Pharr man to 15 years in prison for driving at a high rate of speed and crashing into an apartment hitting two minors, including a 16-year-old who died.

An 18-year-old Pharr resident was arrested after allegedly shooting at a vehicle that had two children in the back passenger seats.

A 19-year-old San Juan man accused of a fatal Thanksgiving hit-and-run last year pleaded not guilty Friday to an indictment charging him with accident involving death.

A Pharr man accused of driving drunk and killing a man after crashing into him failed to appear at his court hearing Wednesday is now a wanted man after the judge signed an order for his arrest, court documents show.

Pharr police arrested two men after one of them called police to tell them they were abandoning a tractor-trailer with 22 people inside at a specific gas station, according to a criminal complaint.

PHARR — The risk of severe weather did little to spook hundreds, if not thousands of costumed families from visiting the Pharr Police Department for its annual Trunk or Treat Halloween event Monday evening.