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Salvation Army’s ‘Angel Tree’ program will provide gifts for a few thousand area children

Nick Pipitone

McALLEN — The Salvation Army hopes Upper Rio Grande Valley residents will help make Christmas better for more than 5,000 area “angels.” The charity’s annual Angel Tree program is under way from now until Dec. 13. Each year... Full story

Mission buses running late today

MISSION — Mission school students may get home an hour late today. The Mission school districted overbooked its buses with UIL events, so there is a shortage of buses to get students back home from school today, according to a release from... Full story

Drug chase ends in Edinburg orchard

Jared Taylor

EDINBURG — Drug investigators arrested one man after a brief chase led to a citrus orchard late Wednesday afternoon. Investigators with the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force got a tip about a light blue Mercury Grand Marquis... Full story

Former La Joya high school principal charged with theft

Jared Taylor

LA JOYA — Former Juarez-Lincoln High School principal Jimmy Gonzalez has been arrested on felony theft charges in connection with a school district police investigation. La Joya school district police arrested Gonzalez last week after... Full story

UTPA president-designate visits campus

Jennifer L. Berghom

EDINBURG — The University of Texas-Pan American greeted its new president-designate Wednesday with a red carpet and the university’s award-winning mariachis. The UT Board of Regents unanimously selected Robert S. Nelsen last month as... Full story

UTPA president-designate visits campus

By Jennifer L. Berghom

EDINBURG — The University of Texas-Pan American greeted its new president-designate Wednesday with a red carpet and the university’s award-winning mariachis. The UT Board of Regents unanimously selected Robert S. Nelsen last month as... Full story

Suspect charged with murder in Weslaco bar shooting

Ana Ley

WESLACO — A man has been charged with murder following a fatal shooting outside a bar last week. Humberto Reyes, 24, was given a $1 million bond at his arraignment Thursday afternoon in Weslaco Municipal Court. Weslaco police and Texas... Full story

Feds: Woman stole nearly $500,000 in citizenship fraud scheme

Jeremy Roebuck and Martha L. Hernandez

McALLEN — Jennifer Martinez has a reputation that extends across South Texas. From Houston to Laredo, immigrants have turned to the woman whose business cards identify her as a federal agent for quick, easy solutions to any number of... Full story

Weslaco fugitive arrested at Progreso bridge

The man had been charged with sexual assault of a child

Ana Ley

PROGRESO — U.S. customs officers arrested a man wanted on charges of sexual assault of a child Wednesday at the Progreso-Nuevo Progreso International Bridge. Ariel Fonseca de Leon, 27, was traveling north across the bridge when an... Full story

Chase ends with nearly half-ton pot seizure

Ana Ley

MISSION — Mission police seized about 900 pounds of marijuana following a brief chase Thursday evening. A police officer attempted to pull over a white van about 7:30 p.m. near the intersection of Trinity and Bryan roads when its driver... Full story

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