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Monday, April 29, 2013  A Harlingen teen remains behind bars after being accused of rape.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Mexican authorities say at least seven bodies have been found in clandestine graves in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, where two drug cartels have been fighting a turf war for more than three years.

Monday, April 15, 2013 

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A man is behind bars after he allegedly tried to smuggle six illegal immigrants in the parking lot of a busy movie theater in Rio Grande City.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  An attorney appointed to serve as the 357th State District Court judge in Brownsville has vowed to restore public trust in a county tarnished by scandals.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  Three men are behind bars in Starr County after being accused of trying to kill three people by burning their mobile home down.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  A South Padre Island official was sentenced on Wednesday, two years after killing a Winter Texan on his motorcycle.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Research conducted by the Texas Workforce Solutions states that Hidalgo, Starr County and Willacy County remain the highest in unemployment, a rate of 12.1%.  Despite the alarming numbers, Workforce Solutions says the jobs are here.

Monday, February 25, 2013  They are the newest defenders of Brownsville. Eight cadets have turned into cops. All of them are now sworn to uphold the law.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  Authorities have charged a third person in connection with a Valentine Day's shootout in the middle of a peaceful Harlingen neighborhood.

Sunday, February 03, 2013  A newspaper vendor was killed in Donna on Sunday morning

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  A Mexican official says police have pulled 14 bodies from a well and that 12 of them have been identified as members of a musical band kidnapped by gunmen in northern Mexico last week.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  A state forensic official says at least eight bodies have been pulled from a well in northern Mexico near the site where 20 people went missing late last week, including 16 members of a Colombian-style band.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  Two Mexican men are behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley after they used cloned debit Banamex cards to clean out ATM across the Rio Grande Valley.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  A man accused of making death threats against Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño has turned himself in.