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Something about Juan Huerta made the woman uneasy. "I felt it for a reason," Maria Elena Lopez said in Spanish.
County unemployment rate falls slightly
The unemployment rate fell slightly in October as Hidalgo County added 3,000 jobs.
Burned body found inside San Juan mobile home park
A property manager found the partially burned body of a 58-year-old woman at a mobile home park Thursday morning.
Freshman says fellow student sexually abused her in school gym
Police arrested a high school senior after an alleged sexual assault behind the bleachers in a high school gymnasium.
Did Rel mpago man jump to death after fighting with his wife?
Sheriff's deputies said they won't take Cristina Rivera at her word. The 39-year-old woman told investigators Samuel Fernandez Jr., her common-law husband, jumped out of their moving car as they headed along Farm-to-Market Road 491 early Saturday evening.
Facing capital murder charges, suspect says 'I did it because I was hurt'
Juan Luis Huerta said he "just snapped." The 37-year-old security guard came home early Saturday morning and found his wife and the man with whom she was having an affair, sheriff's deputies said.
Weslaco police arrest robbery suspects
Police arrested two men suspected of beating a victim and taking his cell phone last week.
Body identified in Hidalgo County
Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies discovered the body of Marcos H. Lopez, 47, just before 5 p.m. in a pickup truck at La Guerita Bar, near the intersection of State Highway 107 and 86th Street in San Carlos.
Victim in Shooting Death Identified
Hidalgo County sheriffa s deputies identified a man shot to death in a pickup truck.
Police: Capital Murder Suspect Upset For Being Kicked Out Of Home
A Mercedes man is in jail for a setting a deadly house fire that killed a Weslaco woman and her 12-year-old son.
In-law dispute in El Gato leaves victim on life support
A domestic dispute that ended in gunshots left a man's brother-in-law on the brink of death Monday evening.
TX officials say 11 students arrested for riot
Originally published November 9, 2009 at 11:20 p.m., updated November 9, 2009 at 11:21 p.m. PHARR, Texas a ' Eleven students including six juveniles are accused of participating in a gang-related riot at a Pharr alternative high school.
At least "from a technical perspective," as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in September, some economists believe the recession is very likely over.
Eight-liner operations raided in McAllen area
Authorities raided eight-liner operations Friday in eight separate bars, restaurants and American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars halls throughout Hidalgo County.
Man Shot During Drive-By Shooting
Hidalgo County dispatchers are telling CHANNEL 5 that a man was shot during a drive-by. Witnesses saw four people speed off in a black Jetta.
Drug dog sniffs out pot at house near Weslaco
Sheriff's deputies made two arrests after receiving a tip about marijuana at a house between Weslaco and Mercedes on Wednesday.
Mistrial declared in theft case of former Hidalgo County foreman
Jurors failed to reach a verdict Wednesday afternoon in the theft trial of a former Hidalgo County employee.
Constitutional election turnout light, but veterans hospital likely for Valley
Cameron County voter turnout was light in Tuesday's Constitutional Amendment Election, but registered voters who cast ballots appeared to support the idea of bringing a veterans hospital to the Rio Grande Valley.
Armed robbers threaten store owner, daughter
Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies are searching for two armed robbers who threatened a convenience store owner and her teenage daughter Thursday evening.
South Texas Health System settles fraud lawsuit
Hidalgo County-based South Texas Health System agreed to pay $27.5 million to the federal government to settle allegations that the hospital system paid doctors illegal kickbacks to refer patients to its facilities, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday.
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