Mercedes News

The Mid-Valley Airport is going international. The general and private aviation facility in Weslaco began work on a customs facility that will allow international flights to land, airport director George Garrett said.

The Hidalgo County sheriff is promising a full investigation into what he calls an "unnatural death." Authorities say they found Samuel Fernandez Jr.

Police say they have a suspected gunman in custody. As a result, the lockdown order for two Mercedes schools has been lifted.

A man died after he apparently jumped out and was run over by a moving car driven by his common law wife Saturday evening, sheriff's deputies said.

Police found an Iraq war veteran who allegedly shot another man early Tuesday morning.

A five-hour standoff ends after a SWAT team stormed a Mercedes home. But they didn't find the suspected gunman.

Weslaco police are trying to track down a suspect who ran from the scene of a major accident on Expressway 83.

The ground Ana Nava stood on was a vacant lot just 60 days ago. Overgrown grass and weeds ran wild on the huge plot of land.

A Mercedes man is in jail for a setting a deadly house fire that killed a Weslaco woman and her 12-year-old son.

Weslaco police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal house fire. The blaze killed 46-year-old Melva Martinez and her 12-year-old son AJ on October 10.

Hidalgo County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating after a stolen car was found on fire.

Sheriff's deputies made two arrests after receiving a tip about marijuana at a house between Weslaco and Mercedes on Wednesday.

State troopers arrested a Weslaco man in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident last month.

The Hidalgo County Historical Commission hopes the historical marker for the Rev.

The Fort Bend County Narcotics Task Force, which is a Houston HIDTA Initiative , conducted a narcotic investigation targeting organized drug traffickers transporting illegal narcotics into Fort Bend County.

Authorities are looking for the driver of a black Dodge Neon that struck and killed a 12-year-old Mercedes girl over the weekend.

A 44-year-old Pharr man died after a morning accident. Police say the man lost control of his vehicle on east Expressway 83 and crashed into the guardrail near the floodway in Mercedes.

Two men are facing charges after they stole a pack of beer and led police on chase through Mercedes.

A man wanted in an April 2007 fatal shooting turned himself in to authorities last week.

Though rain kept visitors from weaving though the McCutchen family's corn maze Sunday, plenty of people came out to be spooked during its opening weekend.