Edinburg News

The board started with sidewalks. By the time the Edinburg Environment Advisory Board reached its conclusions, the group had determined it may take more than sidewalks to make the city more walkable.

Local Fourth of July celebrants were out filling baskets and shopping bags with fireworks for the holiday weekend on Friday despite an uncertain economy and continuing job cuts across the country.

One year ago this week, Gov. Rick Perry and local politicians proudly announced a Brazilian denim company's plans to build a factory locally, calling it one of the most important projects in the city's 100-year history.

A maintenance worker discovered a woman's body early Wednesday afternoon by the side of a dusty, barren road near this city.

Crews are putting out a large grass fire that nearly reached two homes Wednesday night, officials said.

Sheriff's deputies continue to look for four men who allegedly robbed a night club armed with a machine gun.

It was just before 11 a.m. at the Wal-Mart in Edinburg on University Drive, when a woman was attacked while trying to get into her car.

Esmeralda Adame works in a field that is something of a boy's club. The 29-year-old instructor in South Texas College's precision manufacturing club has long worked in a predominantly male career.

You can learn a lot from Lincoln Logs. As a little boy, I would cover the family room with wooden forts built just for G.I. Joe.

Originally published June 24, 2009 at 7:10 a.m., updated June 24, 2009 at 8:11 a.m. EDINBURG, Texas a ' A 61-year-old South Texas minister is jailed on $2 million bail on charges that he sexually abused two girls.

Federal agents say they busted a human smuggling operation in Edinburg. An anonymous tip led federal officers to the Edinburg duplex, where 30 illegal immigrants were hiding out.

Authorities detained 30 undocumented immigrants late this morning, officials said.

Rene Gutierrez caught the eye of the Edinburg school board president because of his work in school finances.

By day, residents fill the streets surrounding San Juan's Mayfield Park. Cyclists weave idly through empty parking lots.

The organizer of a holdup last year that resulted in the death of an 83-year-old woman was convicted Thursday on a capital murder charge.

The Diaz family thought for a moment that they had escaped from the hail of bullets unscathed.

A 22-year-old man charged in the slaying of his teenage sister-in-law last year has pleaded guilty to murder, prosecutors said Monday.

It was something Juan Sauceda had never experienced in six years as a firefighter - a controlled training environment.

Construction has started on a segment of an irrigation canal under Nolana in McAllen.

The National Weather Service reported that several funnel clouds were spotted north of Edinburg, in Mission and in Pharr Wednesday night as severe thunderstorms swept south through Hidalgo County.