Pharr News

Originally published November 9, 2009 at 11:20 p.m., updated November 9, 2009 at 11:21 p.m. PHARR, Texas a ' Eleven students including six juveniles are accused of participating in a gang-related riot at a Pharr alternative high school.

A 21-year-old Weslaco, Texas woman is facing federal drug charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers say they discovered nearly one-point-eight-million-dollars worth of heroin in her vehicle.

Police are searching for a driver who fatally hit a man and fled the scene. It happened on the 8000 block of South Cage early Sunday morning.

Hidalgo County jail cell. His fate is now in the hands of a jury. Court adjourned Friday evening.

TxDOT has announced the following construction and maintenance work starting today: FM 3362 TxDOT is performing maintenance work on the northbound FM 3362 lanes near the Nolana Intersection in McAllen/Pharr from October 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Motorists should expect lane reductions and delays.

Several men are facing charges after leading authorities on a high speed chase through multiple cities.

A Mission teenager who was struck by a vehicle while changing a tire on Expressway 83 has died.

I have met some interesting crafters and artisans. When their home overflows with pottery, doilies, afghans, rag dolls or any number of handmade wares, they may try to sell a few items to make room for new treasures or to make a little money to buy supplies to keep creating and making.

Police caught a couple of would-be robbers using the duo's own getaway car Friday morning, officials said.

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.

Police are asking the public to help them find the drivers of two cars that were drag racing Sunday and caused and accident that hospitalized Edinburg North High School Principal Ramiro Guerra and his wife.

Income at the top 5 percent of households a ' those making $180,000 or more a ' was 3.58 times the median income, the highest since 2006.

A pothole-ridden stretch of Sugar Road may be a beneficiary of a bit of good fortune in highway funding.

A car rear-ended a station wagon stopped with a flat tire Tuesday afternoon, sending one man to the hospital.

A broken taillight separated Jose Delgadillo from his family. Police pulled over Delgadillo earlier this year when they saw the broken light on his vehicle, his sister said.

CHANNEL 5 NEWS PHARR a ' Drivers on westbound Expressway 83, under the 281 interchange, are being diverted.

When we opened registration for the Holiday Crafts and Small Business Expo, artisans of all types came out of the woodwork.

Julissa Chavez has questions about protecting her children from sexual predators on the Internet.

Two weekend busts took $1.5 million worth of drugs off the streets. Officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge found 19 packages of cocaine in the dashboard of a 2008 Toyota Tundra truck.

Customs officers arrested a Houston man after they found 38 marijuana packages hidden inside his car's gas tank.