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• Harlingen considers changing rules for street vendors following deadly hit-and-run Play Video

  February 5, 2020 10:03 PM

  HARLINGEN – The city of Harlingen is looking to change the rules for street vendors. It comes after a hit-and-run incident which claimed the life of a 5-year-old girl. The child was with her 20-year-old sister, who was also hit. They were selling newspapers at the intersection Stuart Place... more »

• 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 »

• Residents Questioning Permit Granted for Respite Center Play Video

  April 24, 2019 10:32 PM

  MCALLEN – The city of McAllen is moving forward to relocate the respite center . The move will be temporary and officials will continue to look for a permanent home. Some nearby residents are upset with the city’s decision; they’re now wondering if the city would be responsible... more »

• McAllen Votes in Favor to Grant Permit for Respite Center Play Video

  April 22, 2019 10:19 PM

  MCALLEN – The city of McAllen voted in favor to grant the respite center a conditional use permit. The permit is for their new location on South 15 th Street in downtown McAllen. It will allow the center to hold and process immigrants. There is no set... more »

• McAllen Working to Get Fake Website Issuing City Permits Taken Down Play Video

  April 19, 2019 4:23 PM

  MCALLEN – A website posing as the city of McAllen is selling garage sale permits that are required by a city ordinance. It offers unlimited permits and for $10 less than the real city website. McAllen’s public information officer, Xochitl Mora, explains residents are only allowed to have... 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 »

• McAllen Catholic Charities Respite Center Denied Permit Play Video

  February 11, 2019 6:33 PM

  UPDATE (2/11 8 p.m.): McAllen City Commissioners denied a respite center's one year permit to remain in the same location. The deadline for Catholic Charities leaders to find a new respite center is in 90 days. Catholic Charities has served as a place for migrants processed by Border... more »