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McALLEN — A Rio Grande City man was given a 27-month sentence for his role in the smuggling of undocumented immigrants.

The Penitas city manager will on stay on board a while longer after the city council approved a contract extension last week.

DONNA — The Donna school district board of trustees announced their sole finalist to fill the superintendent position left vacant by Fernando Castillo since February.

EDINBURG — A county court-at-law judge denied a local bondsman’s request for a new trial Monday, leaving the bondsman with two options, both of which require putting down the $50,000 he forfeited when the man he bailed out of jail…

PHARR — Honoring its annual commitment, the city made a $500,000 donation on Monday to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine. Pharr joins McAllen, which paid $1 million in February to the medical school, and Hidalgo…

EDINBURG — The fifth person arrested in connection to an alleged voter fraud scheme faced a justice of the peace Saturday, and two days later, his bond was reduced from $100,000 cash surety to one that allows him to walk…

A United States senator trying to gain access to a federal facility housing immigrant children in Texas near the Mexico border and talk to a supervisor has been turned away after police were summoned.

Former Monitor editor, Steve Fagan, dies

BROWNSVILLE — The fate of a man who gunned down a Border Patrol agent could be in the hands of a jury as early as today.

McALLEN — As children from across the Rio Grande Valley begin to enjoy their summer vacation, school districts and other organizations across the region are announcing the locations where children 18 and younger can receive free meals.