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

Monday, April 29, 2013  Authorities are investigating how 21 illegal immigrants ended up inside a hotel room in McAllen.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A New Jersey mother is behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley after she allegedly smuggled a Guatemalan child in order to help pay her daughter’s quinceanera.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Authorities are looking for a man who escaped from San Juan police on Sunday morning.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  The American Consulate in Matamoros is moving to a new location in a spot familiar to many residents of the Rio Grande Valley.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  A Harlingen man was arrested after he left a 5-year-old and 23-month-old alone on a second floor hotel room.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Action 4 News and Cricket Wireless teamed up to give one person a chance to win a pair of tickets to Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, La.  Jeanette Rodriguez was our big winner and she appeared on Action 4 Sunrise to tell you who she will be rooting for and taking with her on the trip of a lifetime.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  Action 4 News is teaming up with the Shah Eye Center to give away a trip for two to the see 55th annual Grammys award show in Los Angeles, California.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  An investigation by the San Benito code enforcement uncovers numerous health and safety violations, forcing a shutdown of the Historical Stonewall Jackson Hotel.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  Harlingen Police are searching for answers after a man was found dead at the Hudson House Motel off of Ed Carey Drive.

Thursday, August 09, 2012  An Alton man is behind bars after he allegedly molested a child at a South Padre Island hotel.

Monday, July 23, 2012  A convicted sex offender who claims he committed four murders in Oregon had been living at a nursing home and a hotel in downtown Brownsville.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  With run-off elections just around the corner, candidates like Dale Brueggemann are traveling around the state to get the vote out.

Thursday, June 21, 2012  A family member says a 6-year-old boy has died after authorities say he was shot by his mother's boyfriend at a South Texas hotel.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012  Emergency crews were called to the  scene of an explosion at a hotel hosting a sheriff's convention in Nashville, Tennessee.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012  Police have confirmed that a body found in a Laredo hotel room is that of a mother whose two young children were allegedly shot by her boyfriend.