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Tuesday, December 11, 2012  A Brownsville man has been taken off death row but now lawyers with the ACLU are working to set him free.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  A power failure has postponed Border Patrol agents from testifying a teen smuggler accused of killing nine illegal immigrants during a chase.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  A teen smuggler involved in an accident that killed nine illegal immigrants back in April remains behind bars. But there's a twist in the case.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012  Providers with Operation Lone Star have set up a statewide initiative to help people receive free healthcare is now underway.

Monday, July 23, 2012  In an emotional court hearing new details emerged in the case of a mission man accused of shooting his wife, daughter and daughter's boyfriend.

Monday, June 18, 2012  A Texas horse trainer who the FBI says could be targeted by a ruthless drug cartel if released from custody is asking to be released on bond.

Tuesday, May 08, 2012  The U.S. Border Patrol is unveiling its first national strategy in eight years, a period in which the number of agents more than doubled and apprehensions of people entering illegally from Mexico dropped to a 40-year low.

Monday, April 02, 2012  The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has upheld the firing of former Edcouch-Elsa ISD Superintendent Dr. Delfino Aleman.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012  Tuesday was the deadline to submit briefs and proposed findings in the termination hearing for the former Edcouch-Elsa ISD Superintendent Dr. Delfino Aleman.

Monday, March 05, 2012  The Texas Education Agency will determine whether the termination of the Edcouch Elsa CISD superintendent is justifiable.

Thursday, February 23, 2012  A 54-year-old man from Mexico who had a warrant for his arrest dating back to September 1989 was caught.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012  An Elsa family with hearing disabilities turned to Action 4 News for help with the medical expenses of their one-year-old daughter who suffers from a brain tumor.

Thursday, December 01, 2011  The Board of Trustees for the Edcouch-Elsa Superintendent School Disctrict voted 4-2 to terminate the superintendent’s contract. It took the board members over an hour in executive session to make a decision.

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

Thursday, December 01, 2011  Weslaco police are asking for the public’s help in finding the family of a special needs teen who was found wandering near the Hidalgo International Bridge.