Mission News

Sherry Morales got the call all mothers with children in the military dread. On Oct.

The body of the Alamo soldier killed in Afghanistan last week is set to return to the Rio Grande Valley Saturday, with visitation and funeral services set for Sunday and Monday, respectively.

The feeling of community hasn't changed much over the years at First United Methodist Church.

A 23-year-old man is behind bars after leading authorities on a chase through Mission.

Bob Gross will always have something by which to remember his former neighbors, whom he considered his second parents: a baby blue 1966 Ford Mustang with pony interior, still in mint condition.

Viewing for Staff Sgt. Bradley Espinoza will be 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Rivera Funeral Home on Conway Avenue and 19th Street.

Campgrounds and RV parks nationally have seen a mild drop in visitors because of the recession, but campgrounds in the Tri-parishes are largely doing well, say local park owners.

Two home invasions Monday afternoon appear to have been committed by the same group of men, sheriff's deputies said.

The family of a fallen soldier waits for his return. Family members tell us Bradley Espinoza's mother went to Delaware to bring his body back to the Valley.

The city has netted an $8 million loan from the Texas Water Development Board to finance water system improvements that will stave off an increase in the city water rates.

A fugitive who was indicted last year on three counts of wire fraud for operating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme has been arrested near Toronto, Canada, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today.

The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,474 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

Mission Mayor Beto Salinas doubts all his city's residents could have afforded the mandatory and expensive flood insurance premiums that were planned for low-lying parts of Hidalgo County two years ago.

As of Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at least 4,351 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action.

A portion of Expressway 83 remained closed during Wednesday morning rush hour as crews repaired a damaged utility pole and downed power line resulting from a crash the night before.

Don't visit the Marks house at night if you're easily spooked. Skeletons robed in white sheets dangle from trees, rotting corpses crawl from their graves and cobwebs covered in foul creatures line walkways while the sound of screaming children drifts through the home's small front yard at the 1900 block of West Hackberry Avenue in McAllen.

Claire Kowalick/Times Record News Plans are being completed for remodeling of the Texas National Guard Armory in Wichita Falls.

Isabel Garza and her four daughters suffer from allergies and asthma year-round. But it's the fall and winter months in the Rio Grande Valley they dread the most.

Expressway 83 from Bryan to Inspiration Road will remain closed until noon Wednesday.

TX Dot crew have shut down Expressway 83 in Mission until noon today. The East and West bound lanes, plus the frontage roads will be closed from Inspiration Road to Bryant Road.