News from 6/5/2025
- FEMA hoping to increase turnout in Valley disaster recovery centers
- Valley farmers waiting on $280 million in USDA aid due to water shortages
- Pump Patrol: Thursday, June 5, 2025
- Former government-contracted employee sentenced after smuggling 39 migrants on charter bus
- 'There was no escaping responsibility:' Willacy County mom sentenced to 20 years in death of teen son
- Hidalgo County judge announces bid for reelection
- 3 suspects accused of stealing car from Palmview Whataburger arrested
- Police consider whether 'King of the Hill' actor's sexual orientation played a role in his killing
- Trump says it may be better to let Ukraine, Russia 'fight for a while' as Merz blames Putin for war
- Trump banned citizens of 12 countries from entering the US. Here's what to know
- US hits International Criminal Court judges with sanctions over investigation into Israel
- Supreme Court makes it easier to claim 'reverse discrimination' in employment, in a case from Ohio
- Trump suggests Biden aides acted without then-president's knowledge -- but says he has no evidence
- ICE operations lead to 25 arrests in Cameron County construction sites
- Pet of the Week: Rex, the Blue Heeler
- Texas secretary of state refers 33 potential noncitizen voters for criminal investigation
- First trial of immigrant accused of trespassing on Texas border military zone ends in acquittal
- Texas won’t force private companies to use E-Verify to check workers’ immigration status, despite leaders’ tough talk
- A look at the wins rural Texas scored in this year’s legislative session
- Data centers are building their own gas power plants in Texas
- Trump and Musk's relationship flames out just as intensely and publicly as it started
- Jury deliberations begin in Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes retrial
- Valley officials have mixed reactions to potential law requiring Texas sheriffs work with ICE
- Valley Border Patrol unit to assist in manhunt for escaped convicted murderer in Arkansas
- Edcouch-Elsa ISD valedictorian graduation speech cut off while speaking on immigration
- Mother pleads guilty in connection with 13-year-old son's death in Willacy County
- Supreme Court tosses Mexico's $10B lawsuit claiming US gunmakers have fueled cartel violence
- Thursday, June 5, 2025: Breezy and sunny, temps in the 90s
- TxDOT project in Zapata County no longer going through historic ranch
- City of Combes announces new schedule for brush and bulky items collection
- Raymondville ISD first-grader credited with helping save choking classmate
- State park in Weslaco now offering motorized track wheelchair
- Valley educator reacts to bill providing $8.5 billion to Texas public schools
- FEMA warning Valley residents of aid-related scams
- Police: Missing man found dead in his vehicle at parking lot of Weslaco Dollar General
- Edinburg Police Department holding women’s self-defense classes
- Consumer Reports: What to buy in June 2025
- Pump Patrol: Wednesday, June 4, 2025
- Judge says migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get a chance to challenge their removals
- A US judge halts the deportation of the Egyptian family of the Boulder firebombing suspect
- Pergola unveiled in honor of music legend Freddy Fender in San Benito
- Boys and Girls Club of Edinburg preparing for 5K run, summer camps
- Potential trial date set for man charged in 2023 Alamo murder
- Months after detaining 47 people accused of being Tren de Aragua in Austin, authorities offer no evidence of gang ties
- Gov. Greg Abbott signs $8.5 billion public education funding plan into law. Here’s how it works.
- Voters will have final say on billions of tax cuts for Texas homeowners, businesses
- Texas hospital that discharged woman with doomed pregnancy violated the law, a federal inquiry finds
- Measles vaccination rates drop after COVID-19 pandemic in counties across the US
- Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to the deficit and leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO says
- Trump's promised steel and aluminum tariffs go into effect