UT System returns to Valley for Vista Summit
EDINBURG — The University of Texas-Pan American will host the UT System’s second Vista Summit on Tuesday, focusing on decreasing time-to-degree and increasing college completion for Hispanic...
View ArticleMarchan trial draws near; Hinojosa could be called to testify
BROWNSVILLE — FBI agents have been following a paper trail that they say links attorney Ray Marchan to the racketeering scheme of former state 404th District Judge Abel C. Limas.The FBI alleges the...
View ArticleBicyclist’s death prompts renewed call for safety
HARLINGEN — Sometimes when Nadia Rodriguez came home at night, she would find her little brother asleep in front of the television, his mouth slightly open.It is small details like this that make the...
View ArticleWillacy judge, DA cross in new dispute
RAYMONDVILLE — Willacy County Judge John F. Gonzales Jr. and District Attorney Bernard Ammerman were at odds again this past week, this time over an online auction of seized cars and trucks.Gonzales...
View ArticleDPS: Car hits house north of Weslaco; 3 hospitalized
WESLACO — Three people are in the hospital in Weslaco after an errant motorist hit two people and a house near the corner of George Washington and Bill Clinton streets midday Sunday. Department of...
View ArticleSevere thunderstorm advisory for the Valley
The National Weather Service Office in Brownsville has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for most of the Rio Grande Valley. Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy counties are included in the advisory, which...
View ArticleTornado warning cancelled for Cameron County
The National Weather Service has cancelled the tornado warning that was issued for central Cameron County. NWS meteorologist are tracking a tornado south of Rio Hondo moving east at 10 mph. The tornado...
View ArticleRio Hondo hit by hail, flooding
RIO HONDO — A tornado was spotted as lightning blazed over town, with residents bracing for heavy rains in this low-lying area, officials said Monday afternoon. “I’ve been getting calls from people....
View ArticleHarlingen Police Blotter
- HARLINGEN — Police said they arrested a San Benito and a Harlingen resident on marijuana possession charges.San Benito Resident Manuel Agapito Garcia, 43, was also charged with possession of a...
View ArticleSTC conference highlights forced labor
McALLEN — South Texas College shifted its focus Monday to the power consumers have to combat global slave trade at the school’s sixth annual Human Trafficking Conference.Nearly 200 students,...
View ArticleTeen faces murder charges in rollover case
PALMVIEW — Investigtors said a 15-year-old boy told them that smugglers threatened to murder his family if he refused to drive a van stuffed with immigrants last week.Now, the teen faces murder charges...
View ArticleFire marshal granted hearing delay
SAN BENITO — The city’s Civil Service Commission on Monday granted Fire Marshal Henry Lopez’s request to postpone his grievance hearing to appeal his indefinite suspension.The commission postponed the...
View ArticleSea turtle hatchlings expected to increase
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Four sea turtle nests were found on South Texas beaches last week, which means this could see a record-breaking year for local sea turtle hatchlings.Jeff George, Sea Turtle, Inc....
View ArticlePolice: More Cadriel charges possible
HARLINGEN — Aroldo Humberto Cadriel, already charged with murder and sexual assault of a child, could face more charges in Harlingen, a police spokesman said.The possible charges center around three...
View ArticleNo injuries reported; funnel clouds in Rio Hondo
HARLINGEN — A fast-moving thunderstorm that lit up the skies Monday evening triggered a rare tornado warning for Cameron and Willacy counties and reports of funnel clouds, quarter- to pea-size hail,...
View ArticleMinister pleads guilty to Rio Hondo teacher's murder
BROWNSVILLE — The Pentacostal minister charged in the murder-for-hire plot to kill his wife pleaded guilty to murder this morning. Julio Cesar Perez, 41, husband of Rio Hondo schoolteacher Sonia E....
View ArticleYoung woman found dead near road
Mission police responded to a call about a woman's body found Tuesday morning near Mile 2 1/2 N and Moorefield road. The woman, believed to be in her mid-20s, was wearing blue jean shorts, a white...
View ArticleWoman denied bond in immigrant smuggling case
MCALLEN (AP) — A U.S. judge denied bond Tuesday for one of six people facing federal charges for their alleged involvement in an immigrant smuggling operation that left nine Mexican citizens dead....
View ArticleAttorney in racketeering scheme sentenced
BROWNSVILLE — Attorney Jose Martin “Joe” Valle stood before U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen Monday, hoping he could turn back time. “But I can’t,” Valle told Hanen, shortly before he was sentenced...
View ArticleAnother star exits from 'Dancing'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The sweetness is gone for Gavin DeGraw on "Dancing with the Stars." The singer-songwriter and his professional partner, Karina Smirnoff, were bounced from the ABC show Tuesday after...
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