Penitas News

Back in August, border patrol agents seized more drugs after a smuggler on an ATV ran over a border patrol agent on foot near Penitas.

Three-year-old Hector Cabada patiently waits for the dribble of water to reach him in the familya s shower, enclosed by hastily built walls of plywood, corrugated tin, and the camper trailer they call home in Salida Del Sol colonia near Penitas, Texas in Hidalgo County.

Governor Rick Perry has announced a plan to send special teams of Texas Rangers to the Border.

It first started as a chase in La Joya. Police say the driver refused to stop and they chased him all the way to Fresno and Pal Street in Penitas.

Webb County receives 690-thousand dollars in combined federal funding for infrastructure projects.

Webb County receives 690-thousand dollars in combined federal funding for infrastructure projects.

A district court jury in Hidalgo County has awarded $1,702,709 to a nurse who blamed her employer for the injuries she sustained in a hit-and-run collision.

Authorities are targeting the dozens of pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles and other cars submerged under the Rio Grande.

The 11th Annual Operation Lone Star is coming to the Valley. Officials say free medical and dental service will be able for residents.

Investigators recovered a stolen Chevy Tahoe, after an overnight high-speed chase.

One suspected drug smuggler is in custody and another on the run, after a high-speed chase through several cities in Hidalgo County.

Police are searching for a man they say led them on a high speed chase before crashing.

A man who shot an immigration agent in the foot during drug smuggling and carjacking attempts was sentenced Friday to more than 22 years in prison.

A witness of a deadly hit-and-run says the driver didn't even brake. Esmeralda Hernandez says Martina Moreno Soria was walking across the street early this morning, when a car sped down the road and struck her.

A suspected drug smuggler is on the run. But police confiscated the drug load. They found over 200 pounds of marijuana hidden in a washer dryer in the bed of a pickup truck.