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

Yesterday at 12:47 PM  A proposed ban on sales of sugary sodas in public elementary and junior high schools is on its way to the governor.

Sunday, May 05, 2013  A bill to help protect rural school campuses has been tentatively approved by the House of Representatives.

Friday, April 26, 2013  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- An $875 million spending bill that includes $500 million extra for public schools heads for a major vote in the Texas Legislature.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Beginning on August 8th, 2013, the Texas Education Agency will implement new ratings under the 2013 state accountability system.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Texas has unveiled a new school accountability rating system that emphasizes closing achievement gaps between low-income and minority students and higher-performing cohorts of young people.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Authorities have arrested a Brownsville teenager accused of shooting a man in the head.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  A man remains fighting for his life while three people are behind bars in connection to a shooting near two schools in Brownsville.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Authorities placed two Brownsville schools under lockdown following reports of gunfire on the city's northeast side.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  A high-profile push for school vouchers statewide is headed to the full Texas Senate.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Edinburg CISD Superintendent Rene Gutierrez told Action 4 News, in his 26 years as an educator shootings, like the one that happened at Harwell Middle School in December of 2011, is something they never thought would happen.

Friday, March 22, 2013  Raymondville police officers, Willacy County Sheriff deputies and constables and Lyford Consolidated Independent School District Police took their turns shooting at targets inside a classroom, at the old Travis Elementary School building in Lyford.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  At a time when schools are scraping for more money, at the end of the week, Texas public schools will lose $67 million in federal funds.

Monday, February 18, 2013  The teenager who admitted to touching their 5 year old girl's genitals for his own sexual gratification last September after luring her away from a BBQ gets to call Pegasus home for the next 6 months.

Monday, January 14, 2013  Officials temporarily evacuated a charter school in Pharr after a student threw a white power at office workers.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  Schools across the Rio Grande Valley are cancelling extra-curricular activities and postponing basketball games in anticipation of tonight's severe weather.