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

Friday, May 10, 2013  Sweet melodies will fill the air this weekend at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Power outages in San Benito forces school officials to release students from one campus.

Friday, March 29, 2013  Friday’s Weather Sketcher was drawn by Catherine Martinez a student at Vanguard Academy.

Monday, March 18, 2013  A mother claims her 5-year-old was sexually assaulted by an administrator at her school, but nothing was done.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  A Rio Grande Valley mother turned to Action 4 News after her daughter was allegedly molested at a charter school in Mission.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  High school students in Brownsville will soon be able to learn skills in a high-paying job before they graduate.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  Rajadhar Reddy, a 16-year-old high school junior from Science Academy in Mercedes, had been preparing rigorously for another college entrance exam, the SAT, but decided to take the ACT for the first time on a whim.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  The Harlingen Fire Department responded to a fire late Monday night that broke out near the new Ninth Grade Academy.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  A former at risk teen thanks an educator for helping shape him into the man he is today.

Monday, January 07, 2013  Monday’s Weather Sketcher was drawn by 6-year-old Matthew Martinez, a student at Vanguard Academy.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012  Angela Gonzalez is an 8th grader at Coakley Middle School. The next step in her education finds she and her classmates on a construction site instead of a high school campus.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  Academy paid a visit to a Brownsville elementary school to make a special delivery to some very lucky boys and girls.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  Joanna Kaiser from the Academy in Weslaco stopped by our Action 4 studios to display the hottest sports and outdoors items to check off your list this year.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  A woman, who will not identify for the safety of her child, was called to the La Feria Police Department just half an hour after dropping her son off at the La Feria Academy.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  Officials temporarily placed the Science Academy in Mercedes under lockdown after receiving reports of gunfire from a nearby levee.