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

Today at 8:04 PM  A Brownsville man was arrested after he burned his wife with a hot iron.

Today at 8:19 AM  The Coastal Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife has a big job, monitoring four million acres of saltwater, including the states bays and estuaries and out to ten nautical miles in the Gulf of Mexico.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Amigas Lions Club of Harlingen is sponsoring a blood drive this coming Saturday and they need you to step up and donate!

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Authorities have reported that the 'Mariachi Pants Bandit' was arrested in McAllen and will now face aggravated robbery charges in Weslaco.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Authorities are looking for an aggravated robbery suspect who allegedly held a knife to a store clerk's throat in Weslaco.

Monday, April 29, 2013  A judge has certified a Brownsville teenage to stand trial as an adult for a robbery where they held a homeowner at knifepoint.

Saturday, April 27, 2013  A Raymondville man spoke to Action 4 News on how his common law wife allegedly sliced his tires and came at him with a kitchen knife, that resulted in her stabbing herself.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Texas and Louisiana have sued to block federal fishery officials from regulating the length of the red snapper recreational fishing season in federal waters off their coasts.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Dr. Bart Ballard, research scientist with Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M Kingsville, enters the University's state of the art avian radar detection system.

Monday, April 22, 2013  It's the peak of spring migration thru America's most critical migratory corridor here in Deep South Texas, and colorful songbirds such as painted buntings and rose-breasted grosbeaks' are briefly stopping over to rest and refuel on their flight to breeding grounds throughout North America.

Monday, April 15, 2013  A Brownsville woman is facing criminal charges after she allegedly used a high heel shoe to beat her husband in a domestic violence incident.

Monday, April 15, 2013  The yellow gold eyes of a bobcat reflect the late afternoon light as the thirsty cat laps up the tepid water.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  A Harlingen man was taken into custody after he allegedly hit a 7-month-old and a 2-year-old.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  "It was hard for me to walk, it was hard for me to sit down, hard to sleep."

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A phantom cat secretively stalks the remnants of thick thorny brush in southernmost Texas.