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Friday, March 01, 2013  Juan Espinoza's family wants the suspect to receive the maximum punishment possible with no plea deal. They're asking for the public's help in the name of all victims of drunk driving.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Hundreds paid their final respects to Juan Luis Espinoza, who was killed Feb. 22 in an early morning crash. Felipe Sanchez, Jr. remains behind bars on intoxication manslaughter charges for Espinoza’s death.

Saturday, February 23, 2013  A judge has denied bond for a man accused of killing a San Benito school district employee in an accident where alcohol and speed allegedly played a factors.

Friday, February 22, 2013  A San Benito school district bus driver was in a motorcycle crash and didn't survive his injuries.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  A 2-year-old was wondering down a street in a Mercedes subdivision on Wednesday.

Saturday, September 01, 2012  A Brownsville mother is arrested after her 1-year-old daughter is found 50 feet away from her home, wandering by a sidewalk.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  The new multi-modal bus terminal, La Plaza, in downtown Brownsville kept busy Thursday, as passengers got on and off city buses to get to their destinations.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  Authorities are investigating the Wednesday evening death of a Brownsville bus driver who was killed by his own bus.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  Protesters gathered outside the Brownsville ISD Administration Building Tuesday. Employees of the district are upset over their hours getting slashed.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  Brownsville Independent School District responded to the protest held by the district’s bus drivers.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  Bus drivers in the Valley's largest school district walk off the job.

Friday, October 21, 2011  As day breaks at the bus barn, drivers at PSJA ISD get a lesson from law enforcement.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011  A mother picking up her child from school, a man helping his mother move, and a bus driver about to start his route all have something in common outside Moises V. Vela Middle School in Harlingen—they get zapped for speeding.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011  Looks can be deceiving on Tanglewood Drive in Brownsville.

Wednesday, September 07, 2011  More than 100 bus drivers peacefully marched to the Brownsville Independent School District where they made impassioned cases against not receiving raises over the past three years.