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Friday, May 10, 2013  A Border Patrol agent has been arrested on a sexual assault charge after an incident with a woman he was guarding at a Corpus Christi hospital.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Former Hidalgo County Commissioner Sylvia Handy pleaded no contest to several state charges in connection to the Phantom Employee scandal.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Authorities temporarily placed an Edinburg elementary school under lockdown after several illegal immigrants fled from Border Patrol agents in the area.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Senator John Cornyn visited Brooks County today to hear issues ranchers and authorities in the area are facing with the influx of immigrants making their way 60 miles north of the border.

Friday, May 03, 2013  One local law enforcement agency says the influx of immigrants crossing our border is only going to increase the number of cases they investigate dealing with sexual assault.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Carefully removing a Lincoln sparrow that has just flown into his mist net, Mark Conway of Harlingen will next band the bird and record a series of measurements before releasing it.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Many supporters of immigration reform attended a forum at the University of Texas at Brownsville Tuesday, to hear from guest speaker U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Illinois. He delivered a promise of reform to come in the following months.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Authorities are investigating a human smuggling ring responsible for stashing 97 illegal immigrants at an Edinburg apartment complex.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Border Patrol agents spent Monday criss-crossing the Rio Grande Valley raiding five stash houses with 230 immigrants in just 12 hours time.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Immigration will be the topic of discussion of a Tuesday morning forum with three congressmen at the University of Texas at Brownsville.

Monday, April 29, 2013  Colorful birds are everywhere as the spring migration thru South Padre Island hosts thousands of exhausted songbirds stopping over to rest and feed after winging it some 500 miles across the Gulf of Mexico.

Saturday, April 27, 2013  Action 4 News is teaming up with Congressmen Filemon Vela, Ruben Hinojosa and Chicago Congressman Luis Guiterrez to host forum to discuss

Friday, April 26, 2013  Authorities are investigating a human smuggling ring after finding 51 illegal immigrants inside a stash house in Edinburg.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Some 13 illegal immigrants are in custody and being processed for deportation after being detained in northern Hidalgo County.

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.