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Monday, March 25, 2013  The sole winning ticket sold for Saturday's $338.3 million Powerball drawing was purchased at a liquor store in northern New Jersey.

Saturday, March 23, 2013  A Harlingen man was arrested for sexually assaulting a little girl.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Catholics in the Rio Grande Valley are welcoming Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as their new Pope.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Prosecutors are calling final witnesses to rebut testimony from an Austin lawyer facing racketeering charges in a South Texas judicial corruption case.

Monday, February 04, 2013  Witness tampering, false statements and lies were all featured in first day of testimony in the trial of attorney Marc Rosenthal.

Monday, February 04, 2013  Opening arguments have started in the "cash for court favors" trial for attorney Marc Rosenthal.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  Elisa Chairez thinks she's driven from McAllen to give her friend a ride home from work at D'Oro Home Health Services in Weslaco.  She has no idea Action 4 News is there to help her friend Pay it 4Ward.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  More than 2,600 pounds of marijuana are off the streets following two seizures south of the border in Miguel Aleman.

Monday, June 25, 2012  Cassandra Sierra and Rodolfo Ibañez lost their lives over the weekend after their car got rammed by an SUV and caught on fire.

Sunday, June 24, 2012  Brownsville police are searching for the man allegedly responsible for the Saturday morning car accident that killed two people.

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  If you drive through McAllen you'll notice many homes have yet to be repaired since the March 29th hail storm blew through town.

Thursday, May 17, 2012  Many McAllen residents are still struggling to repair their homes more than a month after a massive hail storm caused millions of dollars in damage.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011  Barley able to walk and visually impaired, Anna Maria told Action 4 news she never noticed the slight haze that took over her home in the early morning hours on Tuesday.  She said it was not until her daughter arrived that she knew something was wrong.

Friday, December 09, 2011  Mission police are doing what they can to track down the people responsible for stealing credit cards and making numerous charges in someone else’s name. Viola Longoria was in the holiday spirit.

Thursday, December 01, 2011  Authorities are investigating how a special needs teen with family in Tennessee ended up alone in the Rio Grande Valley.