News from 5/7/2026
- ‘She left me her four treasures:’ Edinburg father of four reacts after wife killed by suspected DUI driver
- 2 Texas residents were on hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, state says
- Alton rolls out new signs to protect children with autism from speeding drivers
- TEA records show Monte Alto ISD falsified grades to inflate graduation rates
- South Texas College waiving student parking fines for food pantry donations
- Mercedes library building outdoor learning space for families
- Alamo and Hidalgo County team up to fix 1.5-mile stretch of Moore Road
- Work set to begin on $76 million Ware Road expansion project
- Man killed in Edinburg officer-involved shooting identified
- Brownsville and McAllen school districts under investigation over display of Ten Commandments
- Pump Patrol: Thursday, May 7, 2026
- Pet of the Week: Ojitos the mini pomeranian and Vengeance the kitten
- Tim Smith takes us inside a hurricane recon plane
- Valley group working with schools to fill construction worker shortage caused by ICE arrests
- Free career training program opens for farmworkers
- Updated Alamo ordinance sets new speed limit hours near two schools
- Brownsville targets illegal tire dumping with new city ordinance
- Texas Republicans have a data center problem
- Smokeable hemp pulled from Texas shelves again as state appeals case
- World Cup hotel bookings short of expectations in Texas amid anti-U.S. sentiment abroad
- Gas power leapfrogs wind for first time in 10 years in Texas’ grid connection queue
- Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after 1st fatality
- A note a former cellmate says he found after Epstein's suspected suicide attempt is released
- Justice Department targets slow immigration judges as Trump pushes faster deportations
- Man dies after being electrocuted while digging holes in rural Edinburg
- Thursday, May 7, 2026: Possible thunderstorms with highs in the 80s
- Drug trafficker’s $1.7 million Brownsville mansion seized by the federal government
- $300 million modernization project underway at Brownsville's Gateway International Bridge
- Valley organization creating summer camp for students interested in construction
- Chief Meteorologist Tim Smith in Louisiana for hurricane awareness tour
- Valley state representative calls for DACA recipient's release at detention center
- Pause lifted on immigration applications for qualifying doctors
- Motion filed to dismiss federal charges against indicted McAllen city commissioner
- Schoolyard forests being built on seven McAllen ISD campuses
- La Villa receives $919K grant to purchase new fire truck
- Elderly Edinburg man killed in officer-involved shooting
- Firefighters charged in road rage incident near Edinburg, sheriff's office says
- Juvenile in custody following 'concerning comment’ involving McAllen ISD middle school
- Consumer Reports: Lawn care on a budget
- Pump Patrol: Wednesday, May 6, 2026
- South Texas Health System offers low-cost mammograms this month
- More green, less steel: Laredo proposes alternative border fencing for Rio Grande waterfront
- Man charged in US with stealing $450 million from Mexican billionaire in loan scheme
- US fires on Iranian oil tanker as Trump pressures Tehran for deal to end war
- Wednesday, May 6, 2026: Hot, hazy and breezy with highs in the 90s
- Former Brownsville police sergeant recalls triple murder of John Allen Rubio’s children