New school opens for students with disabilities
BROWNSVILLE — Hidden Talents Academy, a privately-owned school on Palm Boulevard, opened its doors for the first time Monday to children ages 2-7 with unique behaviors and developmental delays.The...
View ArticleJurors selected for Marchan trial
BROWNSVILLE — A jury was empanelled Monday in the government’s case against attorney Ray R. Marchan, charged in connection with the racketeering case against former 404th state District Judge Abel C....
View ArticleHidalgo Municipal Court offers amnesty program
By DAVE HENDRICKSThe MonitorEDINBURG— Hidalgo’s Municipal Court will waive failure-to-appear fees for persons who pay old citations or enters into a payment plan before June 30.The amnesty program...
View ArticleFarmers irrigating crops as reservoir levels drop
HARLINGEN — Farmers and growers have been irrigating their crops heavily as temperatures have risen in past weeks, grateful for rain received in May, but nervously watching the amount of water stored...
View ArticleHarlingen to Dallas direct flights in November
HARLINGEN — Dallas-bound travelers in the Rio Grande Valley soon will have a more direct way to get there. Southwest Airlines announced Monday that, starting Nov. 4, there will be two daily direct...
View ArticlePolice: Man driving 115 mph with baby in car
HARLINGEN — A Pharr man was arrested Sunday on reckless driving and endangering a child charges. According to a report from Sgt. John Parrish, patrol officers about noon Sunday stopped a black Saturn...
View ArticleOregon man killed in expressway fatality
HARLINGEN — An Oregon man was killed early Tuesday when the car in which he was a passenger struck a palm tree after drifting off the northbound lane of Expressway 77, police said. The passenger,...
View ArticleMan falls to death from SPI condo
South Padre Island police are investigating the death of a man who fell from the top of the Peninsula Island Resort and Spa on the Island early this morning. Officers and paramedics arrived at the...
View ArticleProsecutor: Marchan bribed Limas
The government and defense provided the jury this morning in the federal case against attorney Ray R. Marchan, charged in connection with the racketeering case against former 404th state District Judge...
View ArticleIsland police: ‘Burglar’ falls to his death
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Police are investigating the death of a man who fell from the top of the Peninsula Island Resort and Spa early Tuesday morning. Officers and paramedics arrived at the luxury...
View ArticleVehicle links 2 charged in weekend stabbing
BROWNSVILLE — Police have obtained an arrest warrant charging two people with stabbing a man early Sunday. Police spokesman J.J. Treviño said detectives charged Betsabe L. Rios, 29, and Francisco...
View ArticleHalf-cuffed suspect flees from deputy
PHARR — Investigators are searching for a man who escaped from custody following a domestic assault early Saturday. A dispatcher sent Hidalgo County sheriff’s Deputy Jimmie Espinoza to a home in the...
View Article262 lbs. of pot discovered during traffic stop
BROWNSVILLE — A man appeared before a federal magistrate judge Tuesday morning after Cameron County Sheriff’s deputies said they found more than 260 pounds of marijuana hidden in his vehicle. Hipolito...
View ArticleMan, pony die in shooting; 1 other wounded
ALAMO — Investigators continue to search for a suspected gang member who killed a man and a pony and left another man in critical condition Monday night.A 25-year-old man who witnessed the gang-related...
View ArticlePhotojournalist remembered as big-hearted, passionate
McALLEN — Liza Longoria, a passionate photojournalist from McAllen and former Brownsville Herald staffer, died Saturday in her hometown of medical complications. She was 35 years old.Journalists across...
View ArticleLos Ebanos Ferry closes
McALLEN — The Los Ebanos Ferry will be closed until further notice because of high water levels in the Rio Grande.Operators at the Falcon Dam are releasing more water than usual because farmers need it...
View ArticleTwo students each awarded $100,000 Ronald McDonald scholarship
HARLINGEN – When Carina Zuniga learned she’d been awarded a $100,000 scholarship for college, she jumped for joy. “I started yelling and I cried,” said Zuniga, 18, who on Tuesday was awarded the...
View ArticleEdinburg city manager to return to work after failed election bid
Edinburg City Manager Ramiro Garza will return to his post after falling short in his congressional bid. Garza will reassume work responsibilities Thursday for the first time since he began an unpaid...
View ArticleCBP: Woman had liquid meth in windshield fluid reserve
HIDALGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the seizure of more than 20 pounds of liquid methamphetamines hidden within a vehicle. According to information released Tuesday by CBP, the...
View ArticleBrownsville bus driver dies, crushed by bus
A bus driver was crushed by his own bus this evening when he tried to stop it from rolling away at the La Plaza at Brownsville bus terminal. The driver has died, police said. The accident happened...
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