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The number of dead immigrants found in South Texas has already surpassed last year's total heading into the two hottest months of 2008.

There were no new drilling permit applications for Aransas, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak or San Patricio counties.

Truckers caught smuggling drugs and immigrants could lose their licenses and their livelihood under a statewide initiative announced Thursday.

A judge has certified a Falfurrias teen to stand trial as an adult in a stabbing death from last month.

Hazmat crews are working to get drugs out of the belly of a tanker truck. The bust happened last night.

Contributed photo 'The Boys Next Door' continues at the Harbor Playhouse. Performances begin at 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays with a 2 p.m. matinee June 22 and 29.

Several emergency responders from across the Rio Grande Valley are heading north to combat a massive wild fire.

Federal officials put the brakes on a novel smuggling scheme in which people were allegedly paid to pose as bus passengers in a vehicle carrying undocumented immigrants.

It was a routine detention hearing, but tensions between the families of the suspect and the victim nearly boiled over outside the courtroom.

State senators on Tuesday ordered transportation officials to assess Texas' highway system and prioritize which regions are most in need of new roads.

“This has always been our policy.”

Federal plans to check immigration status in the event of a mandatory hurricane evacuation drew criticism Friday from local emergency planners. via Themonitor.com

May 13, 2008 1908-2008 On Wednesday, May 7, 2008, Velma Gladys Warner, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully in Nesbit's Living and Recovery Center in Seguin, Texas. via The Wilson County News

The Texas high school meet track began today in Austin -- under oppressively hot conditions. via KXAM-TV Austin

“She was going to get up she heard the noise and the fighting and she opened the door and she goes 'are you leaving with him?' and she said 'no'. She opened the door and said 'she is not going with you'”

A manhunt continues in Duval County, where authorities are looking for a man accused of killing his mother-in-law. Authorities told KRIS 6 News the suspect, 30-year-old David Alfonso Salas, shot the victim ... via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

“This was some of the stiffest competition I have seen in years and I think that the staffers of both The Monitor and La Frontera acquitted themselves extremely well.”

Members of The Monitor news staff were honored at last weekend's Texas Associated Press Managing Editors meeting with six awards in the paper's circulation size category, including four first-place plaques. via Themonitor.com

“If someone finds it, we'd ask them not to tamper with it”

A box containing radioactive material stolen from a truck more than a week ago is still missing, an official from a Houston-based company said Monday. via Themonitor.com

“We know we make mistakes and when we do we want to learn from our mistakes and fix them.”

If a recent report by federal inspectors is any indication, the Bush administration's eagerness to privatize prisons is endangering everyone from inmates to the public. via The Texas Observer

Close to 3 Tons of Marijuana Concealed Within Load of Pineapples in Texas Thursday, February 14, 2008 Falfurrias, Texas - Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents seized over four million dollars in ... via News From the Border

“It helps if we know who we can call”

Mark M. Hancock/The Enterprise Dario Pluma-Morales wipes his eye as he talks about the death of his brother, who was killed in a hit and run Feb. via The Beaumont Enterprise