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Friday, April 12, 2013  Attention motorcycle enthusiasts!  If you were planning on heading out on the highway this weekend, why not do so to help the needy animals of the Rio Grande Valley?

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Authorities are investigating a rollover accident off Expressway 83 in Mercedes where several Good Samaritans stopped to rescue the driver.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  Border Patrol agents have found the remains of three suspected immigrants on South Texas ranches in recent days, adding to a total that is outpacing last year's.

Friday, March 22, 2013  Raymondville police officers, Willacy County Sheriff deputies and constables and Lyford Consolidated Independent School District Police took their turns shooting at targets inside a classroom, at the old Travis Elementary School building in Lyford.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  A security guard, a coach and an assistant prinicpal are being credited with saving a man whose car plunged into a canal during a Wednesday morning accident.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  Alfredo plans to use his Pay it 4Ward prize to buy hay, feed and a new stable for the 7th member of his family.

Friday, December 28, 2012  An elderly man is safe and back on dry land after reportedly suffering a heart attack while fishing in the Laguna Madre near Arroyo City.

Friday, December 21, 2012  The Border Patrol began tracking immigrants deaths in 2000 and the data shows an ever increasing number of deaths,  but thankfully rescues are up as well.

Monday, November 26, 2012  They crossed into the United States illegally six weeks ago to get one step closer to family members in Canada and Indiana.

Monday, November 19, 2012  Claudia Bedon is a bona fide animal lover. She's spent the last 4 years serving as a foster family to more than 30 abused or neglected dogs.

Thursday, October 04, 2012  Authorities have confirmed that one gunman has been wounded and that five kidnapping victims have been rescued following a Wednesday afternoon shootout in a busy downtown Reynosa shopping district.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  The search for a man who escaped from a Harlingen mental health facility ended with a dramatic rescue in the waters of the Arroyo Colorado.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012  Authorities have confirmed five gunmen are dead following reports of a gun battle near Reynosa’s aiport.

Monday, September 03, 2012  Authorities said "quick thinking" helped save four people stranded in a sinking boat just east of South Padre Island.

Saturday, August 25, 2012  A Coast Guard rescue crew saved six people after their boat ran hard aground on the Port Aransas Jetties.