Harlingen News

Jacob Vincent, left, and his son Joel, with Eddie Bartnesky and his son Chris, are examples of how Rotary Club legacies are passed down through generations.

Retirees Raleigh Draper and his friend Jenny Comfort say they have found a "sense of community" in the Rio Grande Valley.

One student from each elementary and middle school in the Brownsville Independent School District participated in the district's spelling bee Saturday morning, battling for a chance to go to the regional competition and possibly the national bee in Washington, D.C. The 47 students representing the schools gathered at Gallegos Elementary School for ... (more)

City commissioners are hopeful that holding city elections in November rather than May will bring a higher voter turnout.

Rio Grande Valley pharmacists say a move to a managed-care health system in the Texas Medicaid program will have a devastating impact on patients and small businesses.

One of the four people accused of killing a Harlingen woman and stuffing her body in a refrigerator in 2009 is expected to plead guilty next week, state prosecutor Luis Saenz said.

Rain is in the forecast through this weekend and police are cautioning that the wet weather can make for hazardous road conditions.

Sales tax receipts for December were $188,000 higher than the year before, which officials largely attribute to the newly opened Bass Pro Shops.

State auditors have determined Hidalgo County Water Improvement District 3's board hasn't been properly insured for about five years.

Justin Waldrop CBS 7 News jwaldrop@cbs7.com February 8, 2012 A man died yesterday Southwest of Garden City in Glasscock County.

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One week after it stopped advertising the job, the Harlingen school district has released a list of 55 applicants for the Harlingen High School South athletic coordinator-football head coaching job that was vacated when Gilbert Leal was reassigned in late November.

A Brownsville woman and her daughter-in-law appeared in federal court on Monday, where they pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

Courtesy photo Diana and Saul Padilla say they are using their Harlingen farm to start what they have dubbed the HOPE for Small Farming Sustainability.

Officials are expressing enthusiasm for a super highway project they hope will bring job opportunities, trade and tourism to the Rio Grande Valley.

Cristela Wise has retired after a career in teaching, but she's not taking much time to relax.Wise has been a business teacher in the Harlingen school district since 1980, and except for a six-year stint at Texas State Technical Institute-Harlingen...

Harlingen is the only city in Cameron County that does not have a property tax break for senior citizens and disabled residents, according to the Cameron Appraisal District.

They say that in the 1980s you could roll a bowling ball down the middle of Jackson Street in the heart of downtown Harlingen at high noon and not hit a soul.

Police arrested five people Thursday accused of beating a woman and locking her in an office trailer, according to a police press release.

Harlingen and Brownsville fire crews are both responding to a large warehouse fire in the outskirts of Rio Hondo off FM 106.