News from 5/1/2025
- Harlingen businesses continue to recover from March storms thanks to new grant program
- Bill that would make vaccine exemptions easier advances in the Texas House
- Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to lead Trump’s commission on religious liberty
- 5 is #1 Day celebration held in Weslaco
- Hidalgo County leaders hold grand opening ceremony for new courthouse
- Police: Juveniles arrested after vehicle theft leads to officer-involved shooting at Donna International Bridge
- Former Edcouch city manager pleads guilty in federal bribery investigation
- May Day demonstrations in US and around the globe protest Trump agenda
- Prescription Health: Cancer scare in the womb
- Pump Patrol: Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Edinburg CISD relocating all remaining students at Canterbury elementary following discovery of E. coli
- Sandbag distribution events announced throughout the Valley
- Cha-ching! Millions of dimes spill onto Texas highway after truck rolls
- Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants
- Measles jumps borders in North America with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and US
- ICE joins DeSantis in touting one-week record of arresting 1,120 people in the US illegally
- Trump's health agency urges therapy for transgender youth, not broader gender-affirming health care
- Immigrants who came to the Texas Panhandle to work legally have been told they must leave
- Funding cuts threaten to deepen hunger crisis as rising costs send more families to food banks
- US imposes sanctions on a Mexican cartel linked to a drug trafficking and fuel-theft network
- Sex assault reports in the US military fell last year, fueled by a big drop in the Army
- Pet of the Week: Ranger the mixed Terrier
- Grand opening ceremony held for new Hidalgo County Courthouse
- Woman arrested after allegedly assaulting juvenile at sporting event in Brownsville
- Suspect charged in connection with deadly 4-vehicle crash in Edinburg
- Brownsville police seek more information on assault caught on video
- Judge bars deportations of Venezuelans from South Texas under the Alien Enemies Act
- Trump national security adviser Waltz is out following Signal chat blunder in major staff shakeup
- Can Texas clean up fracking water enough to use for farming? One company thinks so.
- Texas will share equipment database with local fire departments to help beat wildfires
- John Bash, first candidate to enter Texas attorney general’s race, exits
- Wide-ranging crackdown on abortion pills passes Texas Senate
- How Hispanic Texans embraced vaccines and flipped the script on COVID deaths
- Two juveniles arrested following officer-involved shooting at Donna International Bridge
- Thursday, May 1, 2025: Late storms nearby, temps in the 90s
- 'It's not just us that are grieving:' Pharr family mourning during first anniversary of son's death
- Celebrate our team during 5/1 Day!
- Meteorologist discusses how warmer temperatures in the Gulf contributed to historic storm in the Valley
- Rio Grande City mayor delivers his first state of the city address
- Alamo mayor reacts to water deal with Mexico
- 'It keeps happening:' Conviction in deadly Cameron Park shooting highlights string of young adult arrests
- Alamo celebrates remodeled fire station
- Fired state employees breached the personal data of 33,529 more Texans
- With AI on the rise, Texas House passes bill requiring more transparency in political ads
- Texas lawmakers advancing bill to ban kids from social media
- A 20-hour wait to speak: A pre-dawn House panel takes up Ten Commandments bill
- Roberts might hold key Supreme Court vote over first publicly funded religious charter school
- US government expands grounds for canceling international students' legal status
- Consumer Reports: Pet product scams to be aware of
- South Texas Health System encouraging women to get their mammograms in new campaign