Hidalgo county commissioner Sylvia Handy resigns her office after pleading guilty to tax fraud and harboring undocumented immigrants
She says this Monday was the most difficult day of her life, when she admitted to a federal judge she made a mistake, and now takes this opportunity to offer her sincere apologies to Hidalgo county residents, [...]
28 year old Dulce Elizabeth Diaz faced criminal negligent homicide charges today for her involvement in an accident that claimed the life of 9 year old Priscilla Cabrera.
According to DPS officials, the fatal accident happened at about 3am Sunday morning at the intersection of Val Verde and canton roads in Edinburg.
The victim was traveling with [...]
Mcallen police are on the look out for three male suspects who burglarized a surplus store.
Detectives are looking for the thieves who forced their way into the Green Beret on Tenth Street late Saturday night.
The police have released these surveillance pictures taken from security cameras inside the business.
According to investigators, the burglars entered through the [...]
In order to raise awareness about the importance to participate in census 2010, school programs are involving parents and children
That’s the case of the head start program in the Rio Grande valley…. Where they’re using age-appropriate activities and teaching materials to ensure everyone participates in the census questionnaire next month
In addition to teaching students [...]
Hidalgo county commissioner Sylvia Handy resigns her office after pleading guilty to tax fraud and harboring undocumented immigrants
She says this Monday was the most difficult day of her life, when she admitted to a federal judge she made a mistake, and now takes this opportunity to offer her sincere apologies to Hidalgo county residents, [...]
28 year old Dulce Elizabeth Diaz faced criminal negligent homicide charges today for her involvement in an accident that claimed the life of 9 year old Priscilla Cabrera.
According to DPS officials, the fatal accident happened at about 3am Sunday morning at the intersection of Val Verde and canton roads in Edinburg.
The victim was traveling with [...]
Mcallen police are on the look out for three male suspects who burglarized a surplus store.
Detectives are looking for the thieves who forced their way into the Green Beret on Tenth Street late Saturday night.
The police have released these surveillance pictures taken from security cameras inside the business.
According to investigators, the burglars entered through the [...]
In order to raise awareness about the importance to participate in census 2010, school programs are involving parents and children
That’s the case of the head start program in the Rio Grande valley…. Where they’re using age-appropriate activities and teaching materials to ensure everyone participates in the census questionnaire next month
In addition to teaching students [...]
Hidalgo county commissioner Sylvia Handy has no words and no comments as she walks out of the federal courthouse.
This after entering a guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to harbor undocumented immigrants and tax evasion.
Attorneys for handy work out a last minute deal just before jury selection in her public corruption trial
The agreement is [...]
Eighteen year old Justin Reese Scepanski was arrested Sunday and faces one count for capital murder after Hidalgo county sheriffs deputies say he shot and killed 21 year old Baldemar Villarreal outside his home located near 8 ½ mile line and Moorefield in mission.
Scepanski was a customer of Villarreal and, according to witnesses he [...]
A man accused of beheading three children has been found competent to stand trial and now he might find himself taking the stand.
A jury on Friday found john Allen Rubio, 29, competent to stand trial in the 2003 deaths in Brownsville.
Defense attorney ed Stapleton argued that Rubio has a delusional disorder. State prosecutors said rubio [...]
The recent episodes of violence in different Mexican border cities have forced changes in the way the Rio Grande valley celebrates..
Organizers of “Borderfest” are not taking any chances….for the first time ever high school students were forbidden from participating in the Abrazo ceremony.
The ceremonial hug between Hidalgo and Reynosas mayors, better known as Borderfest’s [...]
DPS officials have issued a warning to all Texas spring breakers not to travel into border cities in Mexico due to the increase in Mexican drug cartel related violence
During the spring break season, dps will have extra patrols looking out for people who are driving under the influence of alcohol, seat belt violators, and speeders, [...]
Police raided two homes and arrested 5 suspects linked to at least one home invasion.
Mission police raided a home located near schuerback road and 3 and a half mile line around 6 o’clock this morning after receiving information that several suspects involved in a recent home invasion were hiding inside.
Four suspects, including the [...]
Leibovitz can keep portfolio under new debt deal(AP) Annie Leibovitz, the photographer who mismanaged her fortune so badly that she faced losing legal rights to some of pop culture’s most enduring images, has reached a long-term agreement with a private investment firm to help manage her debt and market her vast portfolio, both sides said Tuesday.
Leibovitz, 60, will [...]
Lil Wayne begins year jail term in NYC gun case(AP) After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus.
The Grammy Award-winning rapper delivered only a brief bow to fans and supporters as he was led [...]
Paris Review names Lorin Stein as its new editor(AP) The Paris Review will soon have a new editor: Lorin Stein, who has worked with such authors as Denis Johnson, Jonathan Franzen and Richard Price.
The 37-year-old Stein will take over in April from Philip Gourevitch, who announced last fall he would step down after five years. Stein is currently [...]
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