Latest local news, weather, high school sports in the Rio Grande Valley

3 minutes ago  Summer is quickly approaching which means the heat is about to get cranked up as kids stay home from school.

8 minutes ago  New research shows parents of high school seniors are planning to make it extra special this year.

53 minutes ago  The National Audubon Society began its conservation work in Texas in 1899, making it the oldest citizen conservation group in the lone star state, and this year marks the 90th year of the organizations coastal conservation program.

Yesterday at 11:53 PM  Within the past six months, the smoke shop on F Street was burglarized six times.

Yesterday at 11:16 PM  Starr County officials held a mock drill today to talk about how they would respond if Falcon Dam were to be dangerously full or completely break.

Yesterday at 7:29 PM  A Rio Grande City mother is relieved after city officials installed a sign alerting drivers a deaf child lives nearby.

Yesterday at 7:20 PM  After an abandoned Willacy County home is turned into a stash house, the property owner is opting to tear it down.

Yesterday at 7:20 PM  An FBI agent spent most of the day on the stand during the Armando Villalobos trial.

Yesterday at 5:17 PM  Some people in the Rio Grande Valley will be gathering donations for survivors of the Oklahoma tornado devastation.

Yesterday at 4:28 PM  Big storms stay well north of the valley but rain will be a close call.

Yesterday at 9:40 AM  Chances are, you know someone who has cancer.