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McALLEN — As school year winds down, students looking for ways to keep busy during the three-month summer break now have help finding volunteer opportunities.

HARLINGEN — Local resident Debra Cruz sat at a long table in front of a handful of lawmakers who were focused directly on her.

McALLEN — A Pharr man suspected of aiding the movement of cocaine will be held without bond after a detention hearing Tuesday, according to court records.

MERCEDES — Finally, Army Private First Class Tomas Marroquin is getting the recognition he deserves.

Of the 33 U.S. House Democrats who voted to approve the most significant bipartisan overhaul of banking rules since 2010, four of those Democrats were from Texas — three from the Rio Grande Valley.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this month released a 45-page plan detailing a potential fix to the decades-old health hazard prevalent in fish at the Donna Lake.

McALLEN — A Brownsville man will continue to be held in federal custody in connection with an attempt to smuggle a grenade launcher barrel into Mexico.

Results for the Starr County runoff elections were delayed several hours Tuesday because of a reported glitch with the voting machines that led to a manual recount.

EDINBURG — Former city council candidates on last year’s November ballot expressed disappointment with the recent arrests surrounding alleged illegal voting in the municipal election and called for new oversight and accountability measures.t of ele

The judge overseeing the murder case of a man accused of killing his own mother during a shootout with police has ordered an evidentiary hearing to determine how a bullet fragment collected as evidence apparently dissolved.