Brownsville News

Hot soup has traditionally been a comfort during chilly weather. And in the Rio Grande Valley, where temperatures rarely drop, a cold front is a good excuse to indulge in local versions of northern classics, such as chicken soup and clam chowder.

CHANNEL 5 NEWS BROWNSVILLE - Fire investigators say someone may have intentionally caused a mobile home to go up in flames.

The City Commission is expected to give the final nod today to a citywide ban on plastic shopping bags during its first meeting of the New Year.

As some of the coldest weather since the Christmas freeze of 1989 is expected to arrive in the Rio Grande Valley later this week, weather officials are encouraging residents to start making preparations now.

The midwife home in Brownsville where Trinidad Muraira de Castro says she gave birth to her second daughter more than 25 years ago still stands on East Jackson Street.

Brownsville's Good Samaritan Society nursing home has a new owner and a new name.

Authorities are looking into a suspicious fire at a mobile home park in Brownsville.

Died Wednesday, 30 Dec 2009 at the Meadows Assisted Living in Brownsville, Texas.

It was chilly and damp at the foot of the Gateway International Bridge Wednesday morning, and Brownsville Chamber of Commerce chief Angela Burton was fighting a cold.

BROWNSVILLE a 'Prosecutors in South Texas are accusing a high school assistant principal of using text messages to solicit sex from students.

A Porter High School assistant principal is facing additional charges for allegedly having an improper student-teacher relationship with four teenagers.

CHANNEL 5 NEWS found driving conditions worse than before in Brownsville. City officials said the potholes on Palm Boulevard would be patched up.

Christmas partygoers beware, enjoying too many spirits and driving can ruin your holiday by landing you behind bars and facing charges of driving while intoxicated, law enforcement officials say.

An animal rights organization is demanding jail time and psychiatric intervention for two teenagers charged in connection with the recent killing of a small mix-breed puppy.

Gladys Porter Zoo will celebrate the holiday season with several new family members.

December 21, 2009: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge discovered $12,400 in Ecstasy concealed under the clothing of a male body carrier; one U.S. citizen was arrested.

Kristie Casay presses a key on her laptop and two of her newest clients, Tiger and Butters, pop up on the screen, frolicking and generally doing what cats do.

A state grand jury that no billed several Brownsville police officers involved in a November 2008 standoff that left a man dead, has issued a scathing report against the Brownsville Police Department.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have seized more than 600 ecstasy pills at a Brownsville Port of Entry.

Gulf Hydrocarbon, the premier provider of biodiesel to the petroleum industry, announces the arrival of biodiesel at the RTW Terminal in Brownsville, TX, located at 1005 Anchor Road.