Hidalgo News

In this June 12, 2008 file photo, Mexican singer Ramon Ayala gestures at the BMI Latin Awards in Los Angeles.

The city's posada will be at the Dodge Arena today, said City Manager Joe Vera. "It's just too wet," Vera said Wednesday morning.

A new international bridge linking south Texas and Mexico has opened, becoming the first new land port of entry on the southern U.S. border in 10 years.

Hidalgo County District Clerk Laura Hinojosa, the eldest daughter of U.S. Rep. Rubn Hinojosa, D-Mercedes, was arrested Sunday after failing field sobriety tests and refusing to take a breath test.

Monday, December 14, 2009 at 11:14 a.m. Latin Grammy winner Ramon Ayala. MEXICO CITY - Mexican federal officials say that Latin Grammy winner Ramon Ayala was rounded up during a raid at a drug cartel's Christmas party where he was performing.

Everything is ready for the opening of the first new U.S.-Mexico bridge in the past 10 years.

SHELBY - Police confiscated 285 pounds of marijuana Friday after a produce delivery truck at a Shelby business turned out to be unloading more than broccoli.

CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN HIDALGO, Texas a ' The mountain of oranges, tangerines, lemons and more exotic fruits piled in the customs office at the Hidalgo international bridge in Texas on Thanksgiving Day would have made any grocer proud.

HIDALGO, Texas - The mountain of oranges, tangerines, lemons and more exotic fruits piled in the customs office at the Hidalgo international bridge in Texas on Thanksgiving Day would have made any grocer proud.

Police arrested a 46-year-old man accused of selling cocaine out of a residence north of the city.

Tim McGraw will be accompanied by up & coming group, Lady Antebellum. Lady A recently ;won the CMA Vocal Group of The Year and has 2 # 1 songs and their most recent, has spent two weeks at #1 - Need You Now ... Also a part of the tour for this leg will be The Lost Trailers.

A freeze is expected in the Rio Grande Valley tonight and early Saturday morning, weather experts said.

The Texas Department of Transporation is making preparations to keep drivers safe this weekend on the expressway in case the forecast of cold and wet weather holds true.

McALLEN The Farm Service Agency is urging growers assailed by drought, high temperatures and wild fires this year to apply for emergency loans to cover their losses, the agency said recently.

Jesus Castillo never imagined he would be working for NASA. He thought of space exploration as too much for him and "out of his reach" when he was growing up in Hidalgo.

Federal authorities have identified more than 1,000 immigrants with criminal records in the Hidalgo and Starr county jails during the first five months of a program that aims to deport those who have committed serious crimes.

The industrial park north of town was little more than empty land crawling with ants and snakes when Gerardo "Jerry" Nuez set up shop there five years ago.

Smugglers are using the Valley's underground drainage network to get their cargo into the United States.

A 21-year-old Weslaco, Texas woman is facing federal drug charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers say they discovered nearly one-point-eight-million-dollars worth of heroin in her vehicle.

Former Baylor basketball players Curtis Jerrells could be playing in the NBA D-League this year.