News from 5/14/2025

• Sailors from the Rio Grande Valley aboard the Norfolk Naval Station
• A mom is accused of buying ammunition and tactical gear for her son, who authorities say was planning ‘mass targeted violence’ at a school in San Antonio
• Alamo man sentenced to 5 years in federal prison on smuggling charges
• Mission real estate agent pleads not guilty to federal fraud charges
• Medical director at STHS Children's hospital discusses impact of KRGV Cares Closet campaign
• Veterans receive designated parking spots in Hidalgo County universities and colleges
• Land being cleared for new Amazon delivery station in Brownsville
• Hidalgo County Precinct 3 commissioner discusses need for upcoming emergency service district
• Trump administration plans to deploy hundreds more federal agents to ramp up immigration enforcement across the country
• Texas is feeling an early heat wave. It’s a sign of a long, hot summer to come
• Relatives of El Chapo enter US as part of ‘negotiation,’ Mexico’s security secretary says
• Consumer Reports: How to detox your kitchen
• KRGV Cares Closet campaign helping hospitalized children feel more comfortable
• Pump Patrol: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
• Clock is ticking for Texas lawmakers to settle differences on $8 billion public school funding package
• Business tax breaks closer to reality after Texas Senate approves compromise
• Bill that would make vaccine exemptions easier to obtain clears Texas House
• An agency tasked with protecting immigrant children is becoming an enforcement arm, current and former staffers say
• Texas bill seeking to keep toxic “forever chemicals” off farmland misses key deadline
• Texas lawmakers debating DEI ban in K-12 schools ask: Do students benefit from teachers who look like them?
• Funds from migrants sent back home help fuel some towns' economies. A GOP plan targets that
• US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen
• Ford recalls nearly 274,000 Navigator and Expedition SUVs due to risk of loss of brake function
• House works into the night as Republicans push ahead on Trump's big bill
• U.S. Coast Guard and Border Patrol rescue two individuals attempting to swim across Rio Grande near Mission
• Vehicle crash causes road closure on I69-C near Pharr
• Former Harlingen CISD coach arrested after allegedly sending porn to a minor
• Texas Robotics Alliance to hold STEM, robotics summer camps in the Valley
• Amazon announces new delivery station in Brownsville
• New Brownsville survey seeks input on public transportation
• Brownsville ISD students graduate from vaping intervention program
• Man arrested on human smuggling charge following law enforcement pursuit in McAllen
• New Brownsville District 3 commissioner sworn in
• Mexican fishermen indicted for illegally harvesting red snapper near South Padre Island
• Buckner Rio Grande Valley stepping up to collect shoes for children
• Progreso police seeking suspect wanted on aggravated sexual assault of a minor charge
• Edinburg North student accused of bringing firearm to campus out on bond
• Wednesday, May 14, 2025: Hot and breezy, temps in the 100s
• City of Mission approves relocation plan for sanitation department
• McAllen residents discuss drainage concerns with city’s engineering department
• Hidalgo County citrus grower reacts to end of pandemic-era program that helped schools serve food from local farmers
• KRGV Cares Closet continues bringing smiles to children in need
• New Hidalgo County program providing housing assistance to those who've aged out of the foster care system
• ICE says it deported more than 500 people in the Houston area in one week
• Bill requiring Texas hospitals to report the citizenship status of patients killed in House
• What's in Trump's big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and more
• Federal judge OKs use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans who are labeled gang members
• Texas prosecutor sues to compel Border Patrol testimony in trial of Uvalde police officer
• Judge reduces Menendez brothers' murder sentences, putting them a step closer to freedom
• La Joya ISD: Student damages laptop as part of viral TikTok challenge