Police: 20-year-old died from gunshots to back, face
COMBES — Former Harlingen High School South student Brisna Mireles, whose body was found in Combes Saturday, died from gunshot wounds in the back and face, police said. Police also said Tuesday that...
View ArticlePolice seek identity of man killed on bicycle
The Brownsville Herald BROWNSVILLE — Police are working to identify a bicyclist who was killed when he was struck by an 18-wheeler Saturday, police spokesman J.J. Treviño said.The man, estimated to be...
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POLICE: MAN THREATENS TO HOLD UP TORTILLA STORE HARLINGEN — Police booked a man in jail on a charge of robbing Moreno’s Tortilla & Grocery at Grant and M streets, Harlingen police Sgt. John Parrish...
View ArticleMother seeks action after baby’s plot ruined
SANTA ROSA — Diana Morales says she had to rebury her baby because someone drove a backhoe over the infant’s grave.Morales, 48, says that early in March when the city was preparing for a burial...
View ArticleCampground association claims discrimination against Winter Texans
SAN BENITO — The city’s proposed charge for monthly base water fees charged to mobile homes and fixed RVs may discriminate against Winter Texans and may constitute age discrimination, the director of...
View ArticleFacebook keeps lines of communication open
As tornadoes tore through the Dallas-Fort Worth area Tuesday, people were busy using social media to give and get minute-by-minute news.Former Harlingen resident Michael Perez, who works in the...
View ArticleMcAllen buildings sustain severe hail damage
McALLEN — The freak hailstorm that battered McAllen late Thursday damaged more than 1,100 buildings, according to a block-by-block damage assessment conducted by city workers.Most damage occurred in...
View ArticleOne Edcouch-Elsa coach fired, another suspended over video
ELSA — Edcouch-Elsa school officials recently fired one baseball coach and suspended another over allegations that they willfully ignored two students engaged in sexual activity on a bus ride last...
View ArticlePolice investigate kidnapping of woman at STC Weslaco campus
WESLACO — Police say a female student at a South Texas College campus was forced into a vehicle at knifepoint by her ex-husband.Weslaco police received a call about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday about an...
View ArticleHarlingen teen dies after weekend accident
A 19-year-old Harlingen woman died Tuesday due to injuries sustained from a car accident in Port Isabel last week, Det. Ruben Gonzalez of the Port Isabel Police Department said. Jacqueline Delgado,...
View ArticleRGV under severe thunderstorm watch
The National Weather Service Office in Brownsville has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the entire Rio Grande Valley. The NWS reports the watch will remain in effect until 8 p.m. today. Isolated...
View ArticleTexas opposes giving Rio Grande water to Mexico
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas officials are opposing a federal commission's decision to give Mexico water from the Rio Grande despite a historic drought that has severely depleted Texas water resources. Texas...
View ArticleHarlingen woman, 19, injured in wreck dies
PORT ISABEL — A 19-year-old Harlingen woman died Tuesday due to injuries sustained from a car accident in Port Isabel last week, Det. Ruben Gonzalez of the Port Isabel Police Department said.Jacqueline...
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MORE CHARGES FOR TORTILLA THEFT SUSPECT HARLINGEN — Police added two more charges to a 19-year-old man arrested on a charge of attempting to rob Moreno’s Tortilleria convenience store on West Grant...
View ArticleCommissioners approve amending city's budget
HARLINGEN — The City Commission Wednesday voted to amend Harlingen’s budget to allow for additional grants awarded to the city, a budget request from court technology funds, an increase in advertising...
View ArticleMan hurt in truck-train collision
SAN BENITO — A concrete mixer truck and a Union Pacific Railroad train collided near San Benito at about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday.The truck driver was taken to the hospital for injuries that witnesses said...
View ArticleMan will serve time 12 years after abduction
McALLEN — A McAllen man faces prison time in Illinois after he abducted his child nearly a dozen years ago.Alejandro Paz, 40, pleaded guilty to child abduction at a court hearing Wednesday in St....
View ArticlePolice: Weslaco standoff followed child's parents' fight
WESLACO — Police arrested a man after a standoff involving a 3-year-old child.Investigators believe a Weslaco woman and her common-law husband argued about finances Wednesday morning inside their...
View ArticleProtective order issued against kidnapping suspect
WESLACO — A judge issued a protective order against a man accused of forcing his ex-wife into a vehicle at knifepoint while she was at a South Texas College campus here.Fernando Rivera Jr., 27, is...
View ArticleHarlingen Police Blotter (with crime map)
2ND ARREST IN WALMART ROBBERY HARLINGEN — Police said they have linked a second man to the March 24 robbery of a woman at Walmart. Daniel Puga Jr., 29, of San Benito was arrested April 2 on a charge of...
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