News from 4/24/2026
- Brownsville veteran breaks 40-year silence on being sexually assaulted while serving
- ‘Unmasking the silence:’ Rio Grande Valley VA hosting healing event for survivors of military sexual violence
- $1 billion desalination plant coming to South Padre Island
- DPS recovers stolen jeeps attempting to cross Donna international bridge
- Pump Patrol: Friday, April 24, 2026
- Texas agency finds Camp Mystic emergency plan insufficient
- Texas police can arrest people suspected of entering country illegally, federal court rules
- How Texans can purchase tax free emergency supplies
- What to know if your flight is canceled amid rising jet fuel costs
- Appeals court rules that Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal
- Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment
- Prosecutors used rap lyrics to help send a man to death row in Texas. It's not an uncommon tactic
- US soldier charged with using classified intel to win $400K Polymarket bet on Maduro raid
- Mission city leaders break ground on Astroland drainage project
- Donna police investigating after puppies found abandoned in a Walmart parking lot
- Zoo Guest: Giant cave cockroach
- Cameron County asking CBP to help cut down wait times at international bridges
- City of Brownsville approves funding for new trail connection projects
- Mercedes mayoral candidates outline goals for the city
- Heart of the Valley: Man shares experience with GLP-1 medications
- Heart of the Valley: Free exercise classes in McAllen help patients manage diabetes
- Brownsville woman accused of posing as Border Patrol agent in visa, job scams
- Man accused of exposing himself to women surrenders to McAllen police
- Two years after a judge recommended her murder conviction be tossed, Melissa Lucio still waits for freedom
- Friday, April 24, 2026: Very warm, muggy, temps in the 90s
- Teen driver and a juvenile among the arrests made following a Brownsville police chase
- Progreso launches free scrap metal drop-off program at city hall
- Brownsville launches community survey to guide upcoming city projects
- Donna park remains closed after vandals destroy basketball hoops
- Texas Education Agency appoints conservator at Monte Alto ISD
- ICE deported man who says he’s a U.S. citizen after traffic stop in Central Texas
- Westbound lanes reopen on Expressway 83 in Pharr after major crash
- New trial date set for man charged in Harlingen crash that killed tow truck driver
- DHR Health and University of Houston break ground on McAllen medical research center
- UTRGV football program generated $144 million total economic impact on local economy, report says
- Incumbent faces former TSC student in board trustee race
- San Benito's Freddy Fender Museum set to reopen in June with new exhibits
- Palmview drainage improvement project moving forward
- San Juan city leaders approve first water and sewer rate increase in 17 years
- Pump Patrol: Thursday, April 23, 2026
- Pet of the Week: Miles & Mel the Pitbull mix puppies
- Texas’ foster care system is more likely to move children away from their communities
- Senate passes budget plan for ICE and Border Patrol in bid to reopen Homeland Security Department
- Warner Bros shareholders approve Paramount's $81 billion takeover of the Hollywood giant
- Trump orders US military to 'shoot and kill' Iranian small boats choking Strait of Hormuz
- Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift
- Thursday, April 23, 2026: Foggy morning, breezy day with highs in the 80s