News from 4/23/2025
- Starr County hospital to hire consultant to address overtime policy concerns
- City of Mercedes discusses major road improvement project
- Department of Homeland Security points to another agency when asked about court-barred deportations
- Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools' equity efforts
- A dozen states sue the Trump administration to stop tariff policy
- South Texas Health System announces new interactive gaming wall
- Valley residents impacted by recent floods hopeful for federal assistance
- FEMA losing roughly 20% of permanent staff, including longtime leaders, ahead of hurricane season
- Tornado victims blocked from federal recovery aid after Trump denied request
- TxDOT to begin negotiations to buy land along proposed State Highway 68 route
- Special mass held in San Juan for Pope Francis
- Heart of Valley: Local group walking with a cause
- $4.8 million, vehicles, jewelry and firearms seized in smoke shops raid
- Justice Department brings first terrorism case against alleged high-ranking TdA gang member
- Head of NAACP disinvited from speaking to Texas state bar over suit against Trump administration
- A little-known federal agency is at the center of Trump's executive order to overhaul US elections
- Consumer Report's favorite spring cleaning products
- Pump Patrol: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Suspect at large after assault leads to multi-vehicle crash, San Juan police chief says
- Abbott signs first bill of session into law, creating a Texas DOGE
- Uvalde leaders approve $2M for Robb Elementary families in first settlement over 2022 attack
- International students stripped of legal status in the US are piling up wins in court
- Orders to leave the country — some for US citizens — sow confusion among immigrants
- UTRGV holding Bark in the Park event during baseball game
- San Juan Basilica holding special mass for Pope Francis
- Disney On Ice dancing its way over to Hidalgo
- Missing man in Mission has been found
- Smart Living: Tips on avoiding sneaky sugar
- Catholic faithful pay their final respects to Pope Francis as public viewing begins
- Texas inmate executed for murder of ex-classmate
- School districts stay quiet as lawmakers push to limit when they can sue the state
- Financial hardships shutter East Texas hospital 14 months after reopening
- Wednesday, April 23, 2025: Stray shower, breezy, temps in the 80s
- Valley priest explains the process to elect new pope
- Ballot proposition would increase tax rate in the Delta area for more ambulance services
- Disney on ICE characters visit South Texas Health System Children’s Hospital
- ‘They’re vital to the operation:’ Inside look at Border Patrol’s K-9 unit
- In act of forgiveness, woman hugs the El Paso Walmart mass shooter who killed her brother
- Special mass held in Brownsville in honor of Pope Francis
- Edinburg police to hold auto theft and burglary prevention event
- FDA advising against CBD use during pregnancies
- Pump Patrol: Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- Amended bill clarifying Texas abortion laws receives Senate panel approval
- Texas may study the impact of immigration again, but focus only on costs
- Early Texas hospital data shows millions spent in care for non-U.S. citizens
- Tesla profits plunge as Trump’s trade war and Musk alliance cloud its future
- Trump administration appears open to negotiation with Harvard after university’s lawsuit sets up a monumental clash
- US health officials move to phase out artificial dyes from the food supply
- Community clean up event set for Saturday in Edinburg
- South Texas Comic Con set for this weekend