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Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Authorities are asking the public to avoid using Highway 281 in Edinburg while a medical helicopter lands to pick up a person injured in a major auto accident.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  A Los Fresnos high school student has passed away in a hospital almost two weeks after being injured in a DWI wreck on South Padre Island.

Saturday, March 16, 2013  An evening out at the beach ended with several people being airlifted following a DWI wreck on South Padre Island.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  The fate of attorney Marc Rosenthal is in the hands of 12 men and women.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  Two people have been hospitalized following a Wednesday morning accident between two pickup trucks on the highway to Port Mansfield.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012  A medical helicopter landed at Lyford High School to pick up a student who had a health-related emergency after smoking a marijuana cigarette.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011  A helicopter ambulance company will begin service from McAllen this Fall.