A man whose name has not yet been released was arrested in Edinburg because he is allegedly an undocumented individual who had previously been convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child, said Gloria I. Chávez, head of the Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley.

The district says safety is a priority. An employee was arrested and placed on administrative leave while the investigation continues.

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Congressman Henry Cuellar presented federal funds to local law enforcement agencies across U.S. House District 28 on Tuesday as part of an ongoing effort to support the mission of Operation Stonegarden. Operation Stonegarden is a federally funded grant that supports state and local law enforcement agencies to strengthen border security. Cuellar [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The city of Alamo was presented with $2.45 million in federal funds on Tuesday for its new public safety building. Alamo city leaders broke ground on the building in February, marking the start of the first new public safety building since 1950. The new $20 million public safety building is one [...]

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.

The sentencing phase for Rogelio Martinez, convicted of capital murder for killing San Benito police lieutenant Milton Resendez during a high‑speed chase in Cameron County on Oct. 17, 2023, continued Tuesday as the defense called a court‑appointed neuropsychologist to detail Martinez’s troubled childhood, extensive CPS involvement and multiple psychiatric diagnoses. The defense is urging jurors to consider a life‑without‑parole sentence.

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The punishment phase continues Tuesday for Rogelio Martinez, the man convicted of killing San Benito police Lt. Milton Resendez during a 2023 police chase. The goal of defense attorneys is to show that Martinez had a rough upbringing and that “the single worst act he committed in his life” should not [...]

Police in Escobares and Starr County are asking dove hunters near city limits to notify local authorities to avoid false security alarms amid increased border military presence.

Juan Samuel Olguin of Alamo and Michael Anthony Lopez of Pharr, both 19, were indicted on Oct. 8 for the capital murder of 40‑year‑old Hervey Marin De Leon in a July 16 shooting outside an H‑E‑B parking lot in San Juan. Police said the victim’s brother drove him for a drug transaction, Lopez shot him in the backseat, and he was taken to South Texas Health System McAllen while the suspects were detained.

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The state has rested its case in the capital murder trial of Rogelio Martinez, the man convicted in the 2023 deadly shooting of San Benito police Lieutenant Milton Resendez. The punishment phase for Martinez began on Monday, just days after a Cameron County jury found Martinez guilty of capital murder. The [...]

Authorities are responding to an auto pedestrian crash on Northbound Frontage north of Freedom Rd. The exit to Northbound Frontage is closed.

Cameron County, TX (KRGV) — The sentencing phase is underway for Rogelio Martinez after a jury convicted him in the killing of a San Benito police lieutenant.

Authorities are responding to an auto pedestrian crash on Northbound Frontage north of Freedom Rd. The exit to Northbound Frontage is closed.

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A male subject was taken to a local hospital Monday morning after a vehicle rolled over on him, according to Willacy County Sheriff Jose Salazar. Salazar did not specify the age of the individual, but said the male subject was working underneath a car when it rolled over on him on [...]

Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District and the Texas Department of Public Safety are collaborating to enforce bus‑stop safety rules for drivers in Edinburg, Texas. Channel 5 News reporter Lucy Lopez rode aboard an Edinburg CISD school bus with DPS trooper Eddie Garza to explain the penalties drivers face for violations. Residents will learn the specific consequences drivers may incur.

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The punishment phase began Monday for Rogelio Martinez, the man recently found guilty in the 2023 shooting death of San Benito Police Lt. Milton Resendez. A Cameron County jury found Martinez guilty of capital murder following a days-long trial earlier this month. RELATED: ‘It has been a long three years’: First [...]

During the sentencing phase in Brownsville, opening arguments were presented in the trial of 21‑year‑old Rogelio Martinez, accused of shooting San Benito police Lt. Milton Resendez during a high‑speed chase that began on South Padre Island on Oct. 17, 2023. Prosecutors in Cameron County are seeking the death penalty, and a recent ceremony honored the fallen officer.

The Cameron County Sheriff’s Office arrested the father of a 4‑year‑old boy on an Oct. 14 warrant for criminally negligent homicide after the child shot himself with an unsecured handgun left in the vehicle. Investigators said the boy was alone in the car while his parents shopped on Oct. 1 in Harlingen, took the gun from the center console and fired it into his face, prompting a response at Harlingen Medical Center.

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The father of a 4-year-old boy who allegedly shot himself while unattended has been arrested by the Cameron County Sheriff's Office. On Oct. 1, a child was brought to the Harlingen Medical Center by his parents for an apparent gunshot wound to the face. Cameron County Sheriff's Investigators say security footage, [...]