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

Yesterday at 10:16 PM  A newspaper which published a story about a man who plead guilty to a federal case is being pursued in court.

Yesterday at 7:34 PM  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.

Yesterday at 7:20 PM  After an abandoned Willacy County home is turned into a stash house, the property owner is opting to tear it down.

Yesterday at 7:20 PM  An FBI agent spent most of the day on the stand during the Armando Villalobos trial.

Yesterday 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.

Yesterday 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.

Yesterday 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.

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

Monday, May 20, 2013  A Brownsville man was arrested after he burned his wife with a hot iron.

Monday, May 20, 2013  Authorities seized 4,869 pounds of marijuana from an underground bunker in La Feria.

Monday, May 20, 2013  A teen's life was turned upside down by synthetic marijuana.