Brownsville News

Brownsville police are searching for two vehicles suspected of involvement in a spree of criminal mischief focused on the north side of Brownsville that left car windows broken and tires slashed, a press release said.

Flags fly at the half-staff position on Monday as several hundred people attend the Memorial Day ceremony at Veterans Park in Brownsville.

Several car crashes over the Memorial Day weekend left one Brownsville man dead and multiple people injured in different incidents on Highway 48 and South Padre Island.

Diana Naranjo went back to school to earn a college degree to set an example for her children.

Truck-Lite Co Inc has completed its acquisition of the assets of Signal-Stat Lighting Products, a division of Federal Mogul Corp, said Stephen Davis, president of Penske Transportation Components, the parent company of Truck-Lite. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Candidates in Tuesday's state district judge primary race said the deep reach of the corruption case surrounding former Judge Abel Limas has undoubtedly altered public perception.

Rio Grande Valley school districts may now compete for millions of dollars in federal education grants that until this week had been available only to state applicants.

Mexico's former ruling party on Saturday suspended the membership of a former governor accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from a drug cartel.

Texas is engaged in talks with private spaceflight company SpaceX on a possible deal for the latter to build a spaceport in the state, local media reported Friday.

JoLeigh Ares, who operated her La Feria-based mobile-home businesses as the Park Girl, will stand trial in July on criminal charges of theft and deceptive trade practices.

Federal agents arrested a Customs and Border Protection officer in Brownsville on charges he twice acted as a "straw purchaser" and illegally bought hunting rifles for an immigrant who could not.

Jessica Lynn Canelos and her 4-year-old son, Aidan Canelos, were last seen May 18, according to a release from Havelock Police.

New San Benito school board members say they plan to work with schools Superintendent Antonio Limon, whose contract expires in 2014.

Visitors from Universidade de Fortaleza in Brazil accompany Camilla Montoya of UTB-TSC on a tour of the local campus Thursday.

Cameron County sheriff deputies arrested a Border Patrol agent accused of sexually assaulting a young relative, Sheriff Omar Lucio said.

Police in a Mexico City suburb arrested a mother and several relatives Thursday for allegedly gouging out the eyes of her 5-year-old son in what authorities said appeared to have been a drug-fueled ritual.

A Brownsville woman and her daughter-in-law will spend time in prison after they admitted to a Medicaid fraud conspiracy.

Brownsville police are searching for a man suspected of burglarizing a vehicle Tuesday and then using a stolen credit card at a drive-thru, police spokesman J.J. Trevino said.

Elementary school students waltz during the annual Red Hot Ballroom Dancing competition hosted by the BISD Fine Arts Department on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at the Brownsville Events Center in Brownsville, Texas.

Mexico's former ruling party says it won't defend a former governor accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from drug cartels.