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• Valley Native Seeks Answers after Paying $2K for Parents' Missing Burial Monument Play Video

  November 11, 2019 6:00 PM

  WESLACO – An Army veteran says he paid a Rio Grande Valley business more than $2,000 on a burial monument for his parents’ gravesite. Ten months later, he wants to know why his mother's grave is still without a headstone. Hernan Cantu's mother passed away last November. He... more »

• Fallen Korean War Hero Commemorated in Hometown after His Remains Return to Texas Play Video

  May 24, 2019 12:18 PM

  RIO GRANDE CITY – A very significant service ahead of Memorial Day. In Rio Grande City, the day will be dedicated to all the fallen service members from Starr County. Eighteen-year-old Army Pfc. Herschel M. Riggs, originally from Rio Grande City, is included in the dedication. Riggs... more »

• Veteran Impacted after Being Declared 'Financially Incompetent' by VA Play Video

  March 4, 2019 5:41 PM

  WESLACO – A local Army veteran was told he is "financially incompetent" by the Veterans Affairs office after years of receiving a disability check with no issue. Robert Arredondo was diagnosed with PTSD and 100 percent disabled after six years of active service. He says he has received... more »

• Salvation Army to Help Respite Center in McAllen Play Video

  February 15, 2019 10:13 PM

  MCALLEN – The McAllen respite center will be relocating in three months, but another agency is reportedly stepping up to help. McAllen City Commissioners denied Catholic Charities' one year permit to remain in the same location on Monday evening. Hundreds of migrant families pass through Catholic Charities every... more »

• Number of Veterans Charged for Free Services Increasing Play Video

  February 1, 2019 6:14 PM

  WESLACO – The Cameron County Veterans Services Director says there’s an increase of veterans paying for services when they should be free. Army and World War II veteran Edgar Hummert says he received his first claims check from Veteran’s Affairs this year. Hummert says he was denied benefits,... more »