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Monday, February 18, 2013  A San Benito dad accused of giving his 9-month-old son a potentially lethal over-the-counter medicine has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a gun-buying scheme.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  A father accused of giving his 9-month-old son a potentially lethal over-the-counter medicine is also facing federal charges in a gun-buying scheme.

Monday, January 14, 2013  A San Benito father is behind bars after choking his mother and giving his 9-month-old son an herbal extract that could have killed him.

Monday, September 24, 2012  Former Weslaco mayor Joe V. Sanchez is in critical condition after his wife accidentally ran over him.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  A Harlingen man is trading a hospital bed for a jail cell after being formally charged in a DWI hit-and-run that left a baby hospitalized.

Monday, September 10, 2012  Those who know little Mason Villegas say he is a fighter.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  Piles of dirt have started to accumulate down a small dirt road in North Edinburg as police and city workers continued their search for more human remains.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  Edinburg city crews have discovered human remains.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012  A Port Isabel area father is behind bars after his 4-month-old daughter was hospitalized for a fractured skull and fractured ribs.

Thursday, April 12, 2012  Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office deputies still have very few clues into an early Thursday morning home invasion that left father, son and one suspect all hospitalized.

Friday, September 09, 2011  Invesigators with the Mercedes police department are back at a drainage ditch searching for more evidence.

Thursday, September 08, 2011  Authorities are investigating a gruesome discovery in a neighborhood in northwest Mercedes late Thursday morning.

Monday, July 25, 2011  As Miriam Aguilar packed up to travel to a San Antonio hospital where her critically injured military husband will be flown to on Tuesday, one thought kept racing through her mind.

Thursday, May 26, 2011  Half a year has gone by since Tina Anguiano's son was nearly killed in a vicious baseball bat attack at the BETA campus in Edinburg.

Friday, December 31, 2010  On Thursday, Cameron County Sheriff Deputies arrested two teens, Gabriel Garcia and Annette Rodriguez, for allegedly hurting their 2 month old baby boy.