Rio Grande City News

It's hard to pass up a freebie. But when choosing a final site for their Starr County Upper Level Center, University of Texas-Pan American officials passed over 75 acres a developer donated in favor of a piece ...

A suspected drug smuggler driving a stolen ambulance evaded police Wednesday in one of three separate chases across the Upper Valley.

A Valley man accused of conducting nursing classes in his living room is now being investigated by a second county.

A sign in front of Mauro Morales' Rio Gande City home announces his business for everyone to see.

South Texas College's dual enrollment medical science academy was so successful in Starr County that Hidalgo County high school students are now set to take advantage of the opportunity as well.

A former car salesman and four alleged accomplices were arrested for stealing several vehicles in a complex fraud scheme, police said Thursday.

Events include: Friday, Oct. 31, 7 p.m., Bearkats vs. Tarpons football game, and Saturday, Nov.

Rio Grande City police are searching for a man accused of killing his wife. Officers are looking for Juan Armando Segura.

The traffic is slower inside the Country Store convenience station in Rio Grande City now that gas prices are almost $4 a gallon.

The area's two largest public higher education institutions are working on a real estate deal that officials say would expand learning opportunities in Starr County.

Fresh off the heels of a six-week European tour and 14th tour overall, Patricia Vonne isn't ready for a break just yet.

Roy Bazan, the face behind Crazy Restless, has never been good at sitting still.

Roel Gonzalez has been named Region One Education Service Center's 2008 superintendent of the year.

Wide-open spaces have long been a Starr County trademark, but landfill area has suddenly become a jealously guarded commodity.

Starr County Sheriff's deputies continue to investigate an alleged kidnapping Monday in the Las Lomas colonia.

What difference can a community college make to a region? In a word, plenty. Back in my early days as a reporter, I was given a nighttime tour of Rio Grande City by a longtime Drug Enforcement Administration ...

A two-year-old boy was struck and killed by a car as he ran toward an ice cream truck here.

Motorists traveling the congested Morrison Road, old Hwy 77 and McAllen Road intersections amid booming businesses in West Brownsville should see traffic relief soon.

Dana de la Garza lost her graduation cap as she struggled to grasp two diplomas and hug a McAllen school district representative Saturday during her high school commencement ceremony.

On May 19, about 75 people, including family members, attended a presentation about pioneer lawman Casimiro Perez-Alvarez at the Museum of South Texas History.