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

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Authorities identified a body pulled from a river in Alabama as that of a U.S. Army sergeant from the Rio Grande Valley.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  A man wanted for taking part in a Georgia cocaine distribution scheme was arrested in Brownsville.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012  An abandoned home in Mercedes was destroyed early Tuesday morning after catching fire.

Monday, July 23, 2012  Melinda Ann Guerra was a homemaker, mother of three and a grandmother.

Thursday, March 22, 2012  When a hefty check was delivered to her door, Delia Rubio got suspicious.

Friday, February 17, 2012  A man who skipped out on his drug trafficking trial in Georgia has been arrested after being found with drugs and guns at a home in Mission.

Friday, February 17, 2012  Authorities are looking for a drug trafficking suspect who skipped out on his trial in Georgia and may be headed to Port Isabel or Edinburg.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011  Mexican authorities have filed formal charges against a Laredo-born drug trafficking suspect who goes by the nickname 'La Barbie.'

Friday, February 25, 2011  Three women from Georgia are behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley after they allegedly tried to smuggle more than $1.4 million dollars in cash.

Monday, August 30, 2010  Four men are behind bars following an undercover sting where authorities took more than 165 pounds of cocaine bound for Atlanta off the streets.

Friday, June 11, 2010  A Mexican drug lord from Laredo is now charged with distributing thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Mexico to the Atlanta and the East Coast from 2004 to 2006.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010  U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Brownsville caught a man wanted for a child molestation case in Georgia.

Thursday, July 30, 2009  An Austin soldier who went AWOL and was later found in Alamo has been charged in his mother's murder.

Thursday, June 25, 2009  A San Juan woman is behind bars and facing extradition to Georgia where she faces illegal immigrant smuggling charges.

Friday, February 27, 2009  A McAllen man has been sentenced in a Lake Charles, La., federal court to 51 months in prison for his role in distributing at least 15 kilograms of cocaine.