A Houston woman was sentenced Wednesday in the death of an immigrant after she crashed a vehicle while trying to smuggle a group of people into the country illegally.
McALLEN — The former Hidalgo County sheriff’s investigator who recorded conversations with members of the corrupt Panama Unit accepted a settlement last week in a lawsuit he’d filed with 10 other former lawmen in federal court.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has called to expand the security presence along the Texas-Mexico border after his Tuesday visit to the Rio Grande Valley to see National Guard troops in action.
RAYMONDVILLE — The Rio Grande Valley has become the second most popular bird watching destination in the mainland United States, and state tourism officials hope to capitalize on that attraction.
BROWNSVILLE – It’s that time of year again, when the young and the young at heart dress up as their favorite ghouls, princesses, or superheroes.
McALLEN — Researcher Jennifer Lee had a simple question for local businesswomen gathered Wednesday morning: What if we all did for women what women have done for us?
EDINBURG — The director of Bella Hacienda adult day care center in Edinburg was indicted on fraud charges after investigators say she stole thousands of dollars from the state.
PHARR — Police are searching for three Hispanic men after a woman was kidnapped Wednesday afternoon.
EDINBURG — With Election Day a week away, Hidalgo County Judge Ramon Garcia and county commissioners talked about cutting the county property rate — a possible push to sweeten the pot for voters to approve a hospital district that would impose a new tax itself.
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, along with other officials, is set to hold a press conference Thursday morning in San Juan to announce the new open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act, according a news release.
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Lower Rio Grande Valley District Office is looking for “rock stars” among area small businesses to compete for SBA’s 2015 National Small Business Week Awards.
MERCEDES — Four out of seven seats on the Mercedes Independent School District Board of Trustees are up for grabs in the Nov. 4 election, with all candidates agreeing that children should have an environment to thrive.
As the citrus greening disease continues to spread across the Rio Grande Valley, law enforcement officials remind families preparing for Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, to obey rules on banned fruits and plants from Mexico when building ceremonial altars to commemorate deceased loved ones.
McALLEN — The FBI released a sketch Tuesday of a male human smuggler who raped, robbed and abandoned a woman on a wildlife refuge near Mission in June.
Valley Interfaith and Project VIDA, two community action groups in the Valley, are set to announce their endorsement for the creation of a hospital district in Hidalgo County, according to a news release issued Wednesday morning.
McALLEN— Water is life, but clean drinking water can be costly and increasingly scarce in the Rio Grande Valley due to recurring drought conditions, the water debt issue with Mexico and other factors.
EDINBURG – Former juvenile detention facility employees fired over an excessive force incident are scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A commercial supply ship bound for the International Space Station has exploded moments after liftoff.
DONNA — The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an apparent drowning of a 10-month-old baby boy that occurred Tuesday morning.
A husband and wife died Sunday night after their motorcycle crashed into a SUV just east of Edinburg, authorities said.
EDINBURG – A 23-year-old man charged Thursday with capital murder in Mission was arraigned again Monday on new capital murder charges at the Hidalgo County Jail for his involvement in a separate 2012 double murder.
Militia member John Fredrick Foerster limped into federal court Monday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald Morgan for a hearing on a firearms violation.
A McAllen woman was given 10 years in prison Monday for beating her father to death during a 2013 altercation.
McALLEN — City leaders moved forward Monday night with plans to annex more than 3,500 acres north of the city, including 2,500 for a planned community.
Two hours into a meeting called to parse revisions to new social studies textbooks for Texas schoolchildren — and a month before the deadline for final approval — the State Board of Education found itself confronting a tricky question.
EDINBURG — Jaime Tijerina knows he faces a longstanding obstacle should he keep his seat on the bench of the 92nd state District Court.
HARLINGEN — Halloween, on Friday this year, is a time for goblins and ghouls, trolls and ogres, and ghosts and zombies to venture into the night and wreak havoc in search of candy and fun.
The Texas Department of Insurance is fighting The Texas Tribune’s request for records that could shed light on why it has failed to collect racial data on injured workers, despite a 1993 law that requires it.
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