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

2 hours, 15 minutes ago  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.

2 hours, 29 minutes ago  After an abandoned Willacy County home is turned into a stash house, the property owner is opting to tear it down.

2 hours, 29 minutes ago  An FBI agent spent most of the day on the stand during the Armando Villalobos trial.

Today at 6:44 PM  A couple is facing criminal charges after an alleged night of drinking ended with them leaving two boys alone on a rural road.

Today at 1:45 PM  Authorities are looking for two men who lead Rio Grande City police on a chase and left 21 illegal immigrants inside their SUV.

Today at 10:56 AM  A San Benito woman is facing new criminal charges after police learned she lied during a domestic disturbance and faked her injuries to get her boyfriend in trouble.

Today at 10:25 AM  Authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding a man accused of raping a child in Hidalgo County.

Yesterday at 8:04 PM  A Brownsville man was arrested after he burned his wife with a hot iron.

Yesterday at 7:49 PM  Authorities seized 4,869 pounds of marijuana from an underground bunker in La Feria.

Yesterday at 6:22 PM  A teen's life was turned upside down by synthetic marijuana.

Yesterday at 6:06 PM  A man identified as  a fugitive in the “Big Momma” cocaine trafficking case has been arrested in the Rio Grande Valley.