Harlingen News

A visiting judge this morning denied to begin proceedings to remove embattled Cameron County District Attorney Armando R. Villalobos from office, but not before he suggested that the DA should temporarily step down from office.

Hidalgo County voters tipped the scales and a 10 percentage-point lead in Mission attorney Oscar Longoria's favor in the primary race for the newly created, two-county Texas House District 35.

A Harlingen-based company that two years ago had lofty plans for a veterans hospital in La Feria is back, considering a general-use medical facility possibly to be located in Donna or Harlingen.

Under Valerie Ortiz Sanchez's latest payment plan to settle municipal court fines, it will take her about three years to pay them off, according to a court document.

HARLINGEN - A flurry of colorful gowns filled Boggus Stadium Saturday night as Harlingen's seniors marked the beginning of their new journey.

When Alonso "Tiny" Barrientes started Brownsville's Silent March on Memorial Day in 1998, there were more law enforcement vehicles in the procession than people.

HARLINGEN - The city of Harlingen will celebrate Memorial Day on Monday with a ceremony at Pendleton Park.The event, sponsored by the Harlingen Veterans Advisory Board, will take place at the park at 1427 Morgan Blvd.

Although I use the last name "Stevens" professionally, my real last name is Stevenson.

Students at Harlingen High School South may have engaged in end-of-school mischief Thursday, but school district officials denied any misbehavior and said the school was not placed on lockdown.

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

All About Jo-Jo...well, most everything... NAME: Jo-Jo Cerda HOMETOWN: Born in Harlingen, grew up & graduated high school from La Feria...went to Corsicana, Texas to Navarro College - major R/TV, minor in music NAME: Jo-Jo Cerda HOMETOWN: Born in Harlingen, grew up & graduated high school from La Feria...went to Corsicana, Texas to Navarro College ... (more)

A Harlingen woman who gained notoriety for racking up about $15,000 in Harlingen Municipal Court fines on 76 warrants from 1998 to 2008 is in trouble again.

Amin Kabani seemed the perfect choice to help three women selected to unveil their beauty makeovers during the June 3 telecast of the 2012 Miss USA Pageant.

By EMMA PEREZ-TREVIO Valley Morning Star HARLINGEN - City Commission will meet today in special session to consider and possibly approve an agreement with the lobbying firm of Hogan Lovells US, LLP for federal government relation services.

Police arrested four men who they said threw a small plastic bag from a car window.

A man charged with throwing a fatal punch that killed a man in the parking lot of the I-69 Sports Bar this weekend is being held on a $200,000 bond on manslaughter and on two counts of aggravated assault from an August 2011 incident at the American Legion.

Cameron County's unemployment rate, despite fluctuations, consistently ranks among the very highest in the state, with wave after wave of unskilled young people hitting the workforce each year and only so many menial jobs for them to fill.

It's a long road to travel for a young boy in Harlingen seeking victories as a motorcycle racer to become the man at the top of a large construction company like SpawGlass.Joel Stone left behind a motorcycle shop, continually added to his education...

Police said they are still looking for 22-year-old Harlingen resident Adam Alvarez in connection with a May 11 or 12 robbery of Peacock Construction.

A 28-year-old Harlingen man involved in a bar fight died early Saturday morning after being punched in the face and hitting his head on the ground, police said.