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Thursday, April 25, 2013  A 17-year-old was charged with Terroristic Threat after he was linked to a suspicious package found on a Brownsville campus.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Authorities have evacuated a rehabilitation clinic on South Padre Island following reports of a gas leak.

Friday, April 19, 2013  A suspicious package found in the cafeteria prompted authorities to move students at a local high school to the gym.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Shoppers witnessing something they don't see every day a parked car on fire.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Authorities believe a heart attack is responsible for a fatal accident where a man slammed his pickup truck into a telephone pole.

Friday, March 29, 2013  A McAllen family is spending Good Friday making funeral arrangements for their son who authorities believed drowned in a canal.

Friday, March 22, 2013  Authorities are investigating an accident where a car ended up being crushed by an 18-wheeler in San Benito.

Friday, January 25, 2013  Lyford police search the streets for missing 41-year-old Maria Guadalupe Hernandez.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  Harlingen city leaders are debating how much providing fire department services outside city limits is costing them and if they can afford to continue.

Saturday, January 05, 2013  Charred remains are the only reminder that a home once stood on the corner lot of Gill Street and F.M. 490 in Hargill.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012  An abandoned home in Mercedes was destroyed early Tuesday morning after catching fire.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012  Firefighters from several cities have been called to help put out a fire in Rio Hondo where some neighbors reportedly fled their homes.

Friday, December 07, 2012  It is all laid out in black and white, Domingo Hinojosa told Action 4 News. As he flips through the pages of numbers line up in columns—Hinojosa says the Hidalgo County audit conducted on the department is not factual.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  Authorities temporarily evacuated and sealed off the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) building in Harlingen after finding a suspicious package.

Monday, September 24, 2012  One Rio Grande Valley fire department is fighting for its existence amid a criminal investigation and an audit of its finances.