Valley news — archive

Reporting from KRGV, Telemundo 40, ValleyCentral (CBS 4), Border Report, The Monitor, and Progress Times, updated hourly. Their content — linked and attributed. When an outlet provides no description, AI writes one from the article's text and it's labeled as such. Spanish-language stories are AI-translated and labeled — the link always opens the original.

KRGV Channel 5

Alamo man sentenced to 40 years after pleading guilty to fatally stabbing female roommate

Christopher Lee Soto was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty in the 2023 murder of his roommate Britney Kay Ireland in Alamo.

Oct 26, 2026

KRGV Channel 5

Alamo man sentenced to 50 years in prison after sexually abusing three children

Florentino Garcia Lerma, 67, was sentenced to 50 years in prison after being convicted in Hidalgo County on multiple counts of child sexual abuse involving three victims under age 14.

Oct 22, 2026

KRGV Channel 5

Alamo receives funding for $20M public safety center

The city of Alamo is constructing a $20 million state-of-the-art public safety facility, boosted by $2.4 million in federal funding, marking its first new public safety building since 1950.

Oct 20, 2026

KRGV Channel 5

Water line break triggers boil water notice in San Juan, Alamo area

Military Highway Water Supply Corporation customers in the San Juan and Alamo area are under a boil water notice after a 12-inch water line break on October 19.

Oct 20, 2026

KRGV Channel 5

Alamo museum asks for community s help identifying wildcats baseball players

The Maria del Pilar Garza Museum in Alamo seeks help identifying players in a historic photo of the Wildcats semi-pro baseball team for an upcoming exhibit.

Oct 13, 2026