Cameron County News

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

The lawsuit of a man who accidentally amputated several fingers while using a table saw on the UTB-TSC campus in 2008 has been dismissed without him recovering damages or reimbursement for medical expenses, according to court records.

The number of crossings at Cameron County's three international bridges has dropped for the fifth year in a row, prompting bridge system officials to increase tolls the last two years to compensate for the decline in revenue.

Political action committees and lobbyists make up the bulk of contributors to the campaign of Rene O. Oliveira, who is running for re-election to the state House of Representatives from District 27.

A judge arraigned a man this morning on an arson charge related to several vehicle fires in a parking lot in November, Brownsville Fire Marshal investigator Joel Rodriguez said.

A women's health clinic in McAllen that performs abortions was fined Wednesday for improper disposal of pathological waste, including fetuses, according to a Texas Commission on Environment Quality document.

The Rio Grande Valley's exceptional drought will likely be affected by this month's rain, which as of Wednesday added up to as much as 3 inches in some parts of Cameron County.

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

Formerly a fugitive on Texas' top 10 most wanted list, Dennis Wayne Capps, 58, has entered a plea of no-contest in the murder of a man whose body was found on South Padre Island in 2006.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has reneged on his ruling Jan. 11 that The Brownsville Herald was entitled to reports made by Cameron County surrounding the employment of Pct.

City commissioners Tuesday said they will request that the Cameron County District Attorney's Office investigate criminal allegations in an ethics complaint filed last month against Mayor Joe Hernandez.

Property owner William Templeton escorted fire investigators at his property Tuesday, Feb.

Brownsville police arrested a man for allegedly kidnapping his ex-wife Friday after he took her to the Cameron County District Attorney's Office in order to force her to drop previous family violence charges levied against him.

For one delinquent Rio Grande Valley juvenile, a sentence to boot camp was transformed into a ticket to a dream hummer holiday.

Brad Cowan, county extension agent/agriculture for Hidalgo County, said farmers will soon begin planting grain sorghum, cotton, and corn, among other crops.

Branch Cameron County tax offices will be closed Wednesday and on Feb. 14 for upgrading of Texas department of Motor Vehicles' computer equipment.

Most trash on the beaches of South Padre Island came from oceangoing vessels dumping their garbage overboard.

Facing trial for murdering a Rio Grande Valley woman he met in an online chat room, medical billing specialist Amit Livingston took a plea bargain and was sentenced by a judge in Brownsville to 23 years in prison.

The high-ranking Gulf Cartel boss arrested in Cameron County in October remains in federal custody, awaiting trial set for next month.

With dark clouds creeping along the Los Fresnos horizon, cowboys and cowgirls dressed for the rodeo, telling tales of an almost nomadic lifestyle traveling the country to make a living riding a bull or a bucking horse.