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

Monday, June 17, 2013  A man is behind bars and awaiting extradition in the Rio Grande Valley after being arrested for a rape in Michigan.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  Live and dead roaches turn up during an inspection at Mega Kids Daycare on 1200 East Fern Avenue in McAllen.

Monday, June 10, 2013  An act of a so called "mean girl" has turned into an obsessive texting rampage that landed the teen from San Benito in handcuffs. She is accused of threatening to cut out another student's organs and eat them.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  A South Padre Island man is behind bars after he allegedly held a woman against her will a gunpoint, beat her and raped her in a two-day period.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  A Harlingen man is behind bars after deputies investigating a domestic violence incident learned he allegedly raped the woman he's also accused of beating.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Everyone is welcome to attend a circus at South Motion Gymnastics Gym in Harlingen to see the Osorio troop perform their circus act on Saturday, May 11.

Friday, May 03, 2013  A Harlingen police officer has been fired less than a month after being indicted for a Spring Break rape on South Padre Island.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  Police a smuggler grabbed a young Salvadorian girl, took her to a wooded area and raped her near the Rio Grande River.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  Brownsville man accused of raping and stealing from a 64-year-old woman is arrested 6 months after the alleged crime.

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

Monday, March 25, 2013  Two men have received tougher sentences for smuggling illegal immigrants because they raped some of the women they were holding at stash houses in the Rio Grande Valley.

Sunday, March 17, 2013  Billie Garcia is a freshman at Texas State Technical College (TSTC).

Friday, March 15, 2013  A Spring Breaker from the Fort Worth area is facing criminal charges after he allegedly had sex with underage girl on South Padre Island.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  Authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding a Valle Hermoso man who they say failed to appear in court in a child rape case.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  A Valley truck driver, accused of raping a young girl, was arrested on Wednesday.