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Brownsville marketing, tourism offices move downtown
15/01/2024

Brownsville marketing, tourism offices move downtown

The Brownsville Convention and Visitors Bureau is out of the pyramid and into a snazzy, renovated former auto supply store next door to the eBridge Center for Business and Commercialization downtown. The new complex, which took about a year to rehabilitate, with architectural design provided by Brow...

Cold Arctic Air is poised just to our north and will move in Sunday night
14/01/2024

Cold Arctic Air is poised just to our north and will move in Sunday night

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The coldest air of the season for the Rio Grande Valley is just to our north working its way towards Corpus Christi and Laredo. The cold front should begin moving into the northern portions of Hidalgo and Starr counties after sunset tonight or toward midn...

Woman, 2 children die crossing Rio Grande as Border Patrol says Texas troops prevented them from intervening
14/01/2024

Woman, 2 children die crossing Rio Grande as Border Patrol says Texas troops prevented them from intervening

A woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande on Friday night in Eagle Pass, Texas, after U.S. border agents were prevented from responding, federal...

HCSO: Man dies in custody after choking his 18-month-old son
14/01/2024

HCSO: Man dies in custody after choking his 18-month-old son

MONTE ALTO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Texas Rangers are investigating the death of a man who was arrested during a domestic dispute, authorities announced. Guillermo Rojas, 39, died at a local hospital early Friday morning after he was arrested by Hidalgo County Sheriff’s deputies. At 2:10 a.m., d...

Edinburg actress celebrating landing role in new Marvel series 'Echo'
14/01/2024

Edinburg actress celebrating landing role in new Marvel series 'Echo'

An Edinburg native is making her hometown proud. Dannie McCallum landed a role in the new Marvel series “Echo.” McCallum is calling her role a dream...

A Texan’s guide to cold-weather car etiquette
14/01/2024

A Texan’s guide to cold-weather car etiquette

As Jon Snow from "Game of Thrones" once said, "Brace yourselves ... winter is coming." And, with the threat of a cold snap looming over the Lone Star State, the average sun-baked Texan may need a refresher on how to keep themselves prepared and safe while driving through the freezing conditions. So....

US says Texas blocked border agents from entering park to try to save 3 migrants who drowned
14/01/2024

US says Texas blocked border agents from entering park to try to save 3 migrants who drowned

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Homeland Security Department said Saturday that Texas denied federal agents access to a stretch of border when they were trying to rescue three migrants who drowned. The federal government’s account came hours after U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar said the Texas Milita...

Texas tells Supreme Court it’s working to give Border Patrol access to boat ramp on Rio Grande
14/01/2024

Texas tells Supreme Court it’s working to give Border Patrol access to boat ramp on Rio Grande

The Biden administration told the Supreme Court early Friday that Texas is effectively blocking US Border Patrol agents from accessing a portion of the US-Mexico border, stressing that new barriers...

Strong winds cause outages, damage in Brownsville
13/01/2024

Strong winds cause outages, damage in Brownsville

Many residents in parts of the Rio Grande Valley are experiencing power outages caused by the strong winds on Monday. The gusts are causing some...

8 decades after a woman was driven off her land by a racist mob, she owns it again.
13/01/2024

8 decades after a woman was driven off her land by a racist mob, she owns it again.

Fort Worth, Texas — At the age of 97, just stepping out of a 4-by-4 truck is a major accomplishment. But Opal Lee has taken much greater strides than this, with no plans to sit anytime soon. "We don't have to sit around and wait for the Lord to come for us," Lee told CBS News. "In fact, he's going...

Biden administration asks Supreme Court to tell Texas to stop blocking US border agents from patrols
13/01/2024

Biden administration asks Supreme Court to tell Texas to stop blocking US border agents from patrols

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to order Texas to stop blocking Border Patrol agents from a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border where large numbers of migrants have crossed in recent months, setting up another showdown between Republican Gov. Greg Abbot...

Dallas Cowboys Legend Michael Irvin Under Investigation Again For New Allegation In Texas After Settling 2023 Lawsuit Fr...
13/01/2024

Dallas Cowboys Legend Michael Irvin Under Investigation Again For New Allegation In Texas After Settling 2023 Lawsuit From Super Bowl

Dallas Cowboys legendary WR Michael Irvin has been in the headlines a lot recently — some of the stories are about his hot takes or analysis...

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