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A Texas sheriff arrested and a charged Reynosa, Tamaulipas, city councilwoman on state drug possession charges after feds dismiss case.

The city of Grand Junction has named three finalists for chief of the Grand Junction Police Department, including the department’s current interim chief and two out of state candidates.

IDEA Public Schools’ 2019 luxury jet deal came shortly after critical state audit

A Texas border city mayor faces fraud charges for allegedly influencing a local school district to purchase goods from one of his companies.

A developer said the project involving a brownfield with limited other uses due to contamination would attract national recognition.

The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office in Texas recently seized more than 42 kilograms of cocaine from a city maintenance worker.

Texas lawyer pleads guilty to passing public PACER documents to Mexican drug traffickers   Image from Shutterstock. A lawyer with an office in McAllen, Texas, has pleaded guilty to violating the Travel Act by accessing the PACER court database and using his cellphone to pass the publicly available information to drug traffickers. Lawyer Eric S. Jarvis, 48, admitted providing information to traffickers about drug seizures contained in criminal complaints, according to a Department of Justice pr...

Police Arrest Sheriffs Deputy After Bizarre Chase   DONNA, TX – A deputy with the Hidalgo County Sheriffs Office was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and driving while intoxicated Monday night. According to the Donna Police Department, on Mar. 15, officers with the DPD were dispatched to Lissner Avenue for the report of a reckless driver. The caller told dispatch that a truck was driving on rims and that the airbags looked as if it was deployed. Officers found the 2020 Chev...

President Trump tours a section of the southern border wall in 2019, in Otay Mesa, Calif. President Donald Trump will visit the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday, only days before the end of his presidency. South Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar explained to TPR on Saturday that he confirmed the visit with the Federal Aviation Administration and people on ground from the Department of Homeland Security. The Hidalgo County Democrat said Trump was expected to arrive at Harlingen’s airport and travel ...