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Wednesday, June 12, 2013  A Rio Grande Valley man is behind bars after he allegedly turned to drug smuggling to pay for treatment of a sexually-transmitted disease.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  Police were able to confiscate a truck and 600 pounds of marijuana on Tuesday, but were unable to catch the suspected drug smugglers.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013  Video that allegedly shows La Joya Independent School District board members and Palmview city employees discussing illegal cash contributions was revealed to the media today.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Authorities are looking for an auto theft suspect who lead police on a chase and escaped prompting an elementary school in La Joya to gun under lockdown.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  Sullivan City police recovered 1,074 pounds of marijuana from a car on Thursday.

Saturday, March 30, 2013  Over two dozen illegal immigrants were detained by Border Patrol on Saturday following two separate chases in La Joya.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  A 16-year-old was killed in a car accident on Thursday afternoon.

Monday, March 11, 2013  As Washington struggles to find a solution to the federal budget cuts in the recent sequester, the U.S. Border Patrol has begun to cut back, and the numbers are already beginning show immigrants are taking advantage of it.

Sunday, March 10, 2013  Residents living close to the border are wondering who will protect them as groups of illegal immigrants make their way to the United States.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  A Winter Texan from Canada chooses to use his brief time each year in the Rio Grande Valley to help hundreds of students and staff with his knack for building things.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  At a time when schools are scraping for more money, at the end of the week, Texas public schools will lose $67 million in federal funds.

Monday, February 25, 2013  Authorities are investigating the cause of a brush fire that spread to an orchard damaging part of the crop.

Saturday, February 23, 2013  Rio Grande City wrestler Lisa Gonzalez is the Valley's newest state champion, taking home the gold medal at 148 pounds from the UIL tournament in Austin. Minutes after winning the title, Lisa joined Action 4 Sports reporter Joe Bowling live during Action 4 News at 6pm. Lisa was one of 5 local wrestlers who came home with medals, the Valley's best ever showing in that sport.

Sunday, February 17, 2013  La Joya, Alton and Palmview Fire Departments all responded to a fire Saturday evening.

Friday, February 15, 2013  A teen Action 4 News will call ‘Debbie’ said that getting high off of Potpourri took over her life.