News from 5/8/2026
- Brownsville Police Department promotes its first female lieutenant
- Valley high school seniors surprised with full-ride scholarships
- Texas A&M AgriLife event to offer free well water screening in Weslaco
- McAllen flower shop cuts back on stock for Mother’s Day
- On the cruise ship hit by hantavirus, some fear what awaits them at home
- Man found dead inside vehicle in Edinburg
- Palmview secures funding for new hike and bike trail
- Valley TxDOT crews prepare for hurricane season
- La Villa installing new street lights across the city
- By threatening public safety grants, Greg Abbott exerts control over Texas cities
- In parched Texas, a state fund to boost water projects falls almost $3 billion short of demand
- US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting
- Edinburg set to get first full-service hotel in multi-million dollar development deal
- Hidalgo County drainage project causes temporary closure on North Bentsen Road
- Consumer Reports: Ready to try digital minimalism?
- Pump Patrol: Friday, May 8, 2026
- City of Pharr to host free water safety event for families at aquatic center
- Zoo Guest: Rose the Hedgehog
- DPS: Hit-and-run driver arrested after crash critically injures two juveniles in Cameron County
- National safety group urges school districts to address Senior Assassin game
- Cameron County jails found to be non-compliant due to overcrowding issues
- McAllen Vietnam War veteran searches for his missing dog
- Friday, May 8, 2026: Spotty thunderstorms, temps in the 90s
- Deported Edinburg DACA recipient returned to U.S. freed after detainment
- ‘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
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