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Wednesday, May 08, 2013  The remains of Army Specialist Kevin Cardoza are back on American soil.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  November is National Awareness Month and we want to inform you about the process of giving a child a new home.  To explain more about adoption was Jennifer Mayers with Benchmark Family Services in McAllen.

Friday, August 24, 2012  Two American government employees have been shot and wounded in an attack on their vehicle on a highway south of Mexico City.

Friday, September 23, 2011  Family lined the front yard of a small home in Pharr Friday evening. They gathered to watch an American flag raised, a symbol of their loved one lost in battle.

Friday, September 16, 2011  A U.S. Army carry team transferred his remains from an airplane at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware early Friday morning to an awaiting car, according to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations.

Thursday, September 15, 2011  Army Sergeant Rudy Rodriguez leaves behind a wife and two children. The 26-year-old was killed in Afghanistan Wednesday during his fourth tour in the Middle East.

Thursday, September 09, 2010  The minister of a Florida church says he has canceled plans to burn copies of the Quran.

Wednesday, September 08, 2010  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says plans by a small church in Florida to burn the Muslim holy book are "outrageous," and "aberational" and do not represent America.

Wednesday, September 01, 2010  White-winged doves are exceptionally beautiful birds. Their soft gray feathering is accented by a distinctive swath of white in the wing, but it is the shimmering iridescence just behind the neck and the brilliant blue around the eye that really sets them off. And of course, they are very tasty table fare.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010  If you like to hunt and fish or just enjoy the outdoors then the 20th annual Texas Hunters/Sportsman's Expo is the place to be. This year's Expo is being held at the new McAllen Civic Center Friday, July 23 thru Sunday July 25th.

Sunday, June 13, 2010  The body of Lance Corporal Derek Hernandez arrived in the Valley on Sunday afternoon. It was the moment, his family had been waiting for anxiously, at last Hernandez was home.

Tuesday, June 08, 2010  Marine Lance Corporal Derek Hernandez training schedule still hangs on the wall. A map of Afghanistan, “X” marked the spot where he would be deployed, his first ever.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010  Sooner or later everybody comes to water.

Monday, April 12, 2010  Tucked in the crook of an old mesquite limb is a barely discernible sign of life.  A pair of newly hatched ground doves squirms down in the woody depression, trying to keep as low a profile as possible to avoid detection by any sharp-eyed predator.

Wednesday, July 08, 2009  The world’s largest white-winged dove nesting colony in the world is located just 150 miles south of the Rio Grande Valley.