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

Monday, May 20, 2013  A man identified as  a fugitive in the “Big Momma” cocaine trafficking case has been arrested in the Rio Grande Valley.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  FBI and ICE agents spent Tuesday criss-crossing the Rio Grande Valley, Texas and Arkansas to arrest more than a dozen suspects in a high-dollar and cross-border cocaine trafficking scheme.

Friday, May 10, 2013  It's been a frightening few weeks for a family living in Harlingen who tried to keep their distance from Brent Lee Wilson.

Friday, March 29, 2013  The Harlingen Police Department recognizes the growing number of people with autism and is putting together a new database that will pinpoint the homes throughout the area, where a child or adult with autism resides.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Wednesday’s Weather Sketcher was drawn by Emma Porzycki, a student at St. Anthony’s Catholic School.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  A mobile home fire on Fourth Street in La Feria was a total loss and a big scare for residents.

Friday, December 21, 2012  A former U.S. Marine was released from a prison in Matamoros on Friday afternoon.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012  Monique Jeffery, the owner of Shop 112, stopped by our Action 4 Studios on Wednesday morning to showcase gifts and hot clothing items to our Sunrise viewers.

Sunday, December 09, 2012  The defense attorney for a former U.S. Marine jailed south of the border in Matamoros says he will not rest until his client is a free man.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012  The Marine Military Academy will host its 47th Anniversary Parade this upcoming Friday, Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. and they are encouraging the public to attend.  Public Relations & Marketing Director for MMA, Andi Atkinson and Cadet William Bood stopped by Action Sunrise on Wednesday to talk more about this event.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  A problem she's been struggling with for five years brings Emma Vega to tears.

Friday, September 21, 2012  Three teen suspects arrested for a home invasion and standoff at the Cimarron Country Club faced a judge on Friday afternoon.

Friday, September 21, 2012  Family members of a Lyford teen say they are encouraged after she was taken off life support and is breathing on her own.

Friday, September 21, 2012  Authorities have deployed the SWAT team to a home inside the Cimarron Country Club where armed men allegedly returned to the scene of a home invasion.

Thursday, September 20, 2012  As soon as Maria Garcia got notice that her little sister, 15-year-old Mireya Ortega, was in critical condition following a roll over ATV accident Monday night in Lyford, she rushed to be by her side.