Pharr News

Three men have been arraigned for allegedly beating a woman and holding her child at gunpoint during a robbery Thursday morning.

Associated Press - June 20, 2009 5:45 PM ET PHARR, Texas - A former school bus driver in South Texas says his life is in shambles after being wrongly suspected in the high-profile disappearance of a 4-year-old girl.

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

Drivers are advised to avoid Military Highway near I Road in Pharr. A section of the road has been blocked off.

The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College's Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy hosted 27 undergraduate and graduate students from throughout the world for its two-week summer school.

The city's new economic director says, 'Bring it on'. Fabio E. Angell, who joined the city June 1, says he is proud to call Del Rio home and looks forward to working with the community to enhance our quality of life.

Law enforcement and city officials plan to implement a curfew law to curb juvenile crime in San Juan after a recent spike in criminal activity.

CRASH An afternoon wreck left a motorcyclist in the hospital Tuesday afternoon, Pharr police said.

Crash investigators say the driver of a Grand Marquis tried to turn into a convenience store on Jackson Road and Nolana.

Dr. Joseph Suderman, D.O., 91, known to many through the years simply as Dr. Joe, died April 25, 2009, in Medicalodge Nursing Home, Dewey, Okla.

Police released the name of the victim in a deadly rollover in Donna. DPS officials say 38-year-old Pedro Martinez of Rio Bravo, Mexico was killed in the accident.

City leaders say they're in negotiations with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to keep the new Anzalduas International Bridge open 18 hours a day.

An $80 million settlement has been reached for families of passengers killed and others who were injured on a bus that caught fire while evacuating from Hurricane Rita in 2005.

A Mexican man who had been drinking alcohol and was not wearing his seat belt died in a single-vehicle rollover accident Tuesday night, authorities said.

A malfunction at a Shell natural gas drilling site has prompted safety concerns from nearby residents who have long complained of the company's presence in their neighborhood.

Police busted more than one ton of marijuana at a truck stop here last weekend. The bust happened Saturday afternoon at the Silver Spur Truck Stop, 2705 N. Cage Boulevard, after a police canine unit was patrolling the parking area, Pharr police said in a statement.

A local man made a threat Thursday to bomb a federal building, court records state .

Eastbound Nolana Avenue headed to the Expressway is closed at the Jackson Rd intersection because of an overnight crash in Pharr.

A purported gang member accused of a burglary spree in this city was formally charged Tuesday afternoon.

A pickup truck smashed into a tractor trailer early Monday morning at a major intersection on the border of Pharr and McAllen.