Federal court records reflect that ICE has conducted several raids in recent weeks, including raids at construction sites in South Padre Island and Brownsville, and at least one restaurant in San Benito. myrgv.com/local-news/2...

Gustavo Mireles, 58, was sentenced to life without parole for the brutal murder of 41-year-old Mary Jane Rebollar on Aug. 14, 2002. A murder he said and has continued to say he didn’t commit. A murder that experts have said was severely mishandled. myrgv.com/local-news/2...

SpaceX employees and residents who live at what was formerly known as Boca Chica Village, or Kopernik Shores, voted Saturday to incorporate as a municipality.

They are also suing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, Acting Director Todd Lyons. | #RGV

California native Elvia M. Gibbs, who has lived in the Rio Grande Valley for 18 years, has rung the bell indicating her victory over cancer, but is now deeply concerned with the recent budget proposals that may cut into what she said is life-saving treatment. | #RGV

The pastor and his wife got back in their Jeep and slowly drove down the street, with the road disappearing under floodwater. As they carefully drove, they observed entire neighborhoods completely underwater with street signs sprouting out. This was nearly a week after the flood. | #RGV

Through his 37-year career, he produced hundreds of stories, including pieces on the 2003 blackout of the Northeast, Dale Earnhardt’s death, and the murder of Michael Jordan’s dad. In the six years he led athletic coverage locally, he became a champion for Rio Grande Valley athletes. | #RGV

This comes after DHS confirmed Wednesday that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services “will begin considering aliens’ antisemitic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests.”

The Texas Civil Rights Project said the family has lived in the Valley for more than a decade, pays taxes and says their children were involved in activities. | #RGV

Libby Saenz, CEO of the Food Bank #RGV, said that there are at least 23 loads of food that the food bank will not receive as a result of those cuts. As summer approaches, a time when many children don’t have access to meals with school being out, the food bank is calling for help.

The last year and a half of his addiction, he couldn’t get his hands on enough pills to satisfy his compulsions, so he turned to alcohol. One morning, he woke up with a single thought in his mind: he was going to take his life that day. | #RGV

“The Valley has a disproportionate share of beneficiaries due to the relatively high poverty rate (about 24% vs 14% for the state) and this would experience greater effects from any cuts,” renowned economist M. Ray Perryman explained.

The owners of a Los Fresnos bakery have waived their arraignment Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to charges of harboring people in the country illegally. | #RGV

The explosion of Starship S34 fewer than nine minutes after launching from Boca Chica on Thursday marks the second time in seven weeks that an uncrewed SpaceX rocket has disintegrated over the Caribbean.

A Cameron County jury found Gustavo Tijerina-Sandoval guilty following a weeks-long trial in May 2018 for killing the off-duty agent from Kingsville who was fishing with his family on Aug. 3, 2014.

His book, which was released in April of last year, tells the story of Mexican-American children who worked the fields from the early 1900s to the 1960s. The stories are told through his own experiences and those of his parents and grandparents.

During the city’s third annual Edinburg Police Department Awards Banquet held at the Edinburg ACE Center, Officer Sandra Elena Tapia was recognized for becoming the first female lieutenant in the history of her department.

The eighth suborbital test flight of Starship has been delayed until Monday, according to SpaceX, which did not explain the reason for the delay.

It’s not immediately clear whether anyone was detained or arrested. ICE only issued a statement that did not include information about whether anyone was taken into custody.

Since the start of her journey in 2018, she documented more than 100 species of bees here, including some species that had never been documented before.

Texas state law requires that school children be immunized against measles and other diseases. However, the state does allow parents to acquire exemptions from those requirements under three conditions. One of those conditions is a religious or personal belief against immunization.

The launch window opens Feb. 26 at 5:30 a.m. and closes at 7:09 p.m. Feb. 26 is designated as the “primary launch date,” though backup launch dates of Feb. 27-28, and March 1-6, also are listed with the same hours.

The married couple, who own Abby’s Bakery and Dulce’s Cafe, is charged with harboring eight people illegally present in the country.

Close on the heels of a similar statement earlier this week from a Brownsville city commissioner, and in response to a large volume of public feedback over the upcoming SpaceX Starbase vote, Cameron County on Friday released its own statement attempting to clarify what’s happening. | #RGV

Boasting nearly 100 free-range chickens, the small operation has been selling eggs to clients for $5 per dozen for just about three years. For Jose Mendez, who owns and operates Chicken Park out of his home, the process of raising hens and harvesting their eggs began as a hobby. | #RGV

Work headed by a team of students and medical researchers at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley believe they may have discovered a key factor in cancer cells’ survival and spread. | #RGV

For South Texas farmers, the threat of tariffs is just one more stressor to account for in an industry that’s already plagued by numerous other woes, including water scarcity and the falling value in the commodities they grow. | #RGV

According to the report, some of the key factors include former President Joe Biden’s unpopularity as well as “dampened voter enthusiasm” over former VP Kamala Harris’ nomination, Trump’s cultural influence, ineffective messaging, and what they described as outdated campaign tactics. | #RGV

In a packed gymnasium at Harvest Christian Academy in Edinburg on Thursday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott touted his school voucher plan that would give families $10,000 a year per student to fund their tuition at the private school. | #RGV

Waving the eagle-crested Mexican flag, donned in sombreros and ponchos and blaring canciones, protesters took McAllen streets in solidarity with the Rio Grande Valley’s cultural identity, which has long promoted a sibling relationship with its Tamaulipas border communities. | #RGV

City leaders have been making plans to expand city hall for about two years. Early drafts of those plans called for constructing a standalone five-story building immediately behind and to the north of the current city hall building, which was constructed in 1997. | #RGV

One associate professor from Texas A&M said, "It is alarming that we are finding arsenic in every single sample." The levels are such that there is a significant percentage more arsenic found in residents of these colonias than anywhere else in the country. | #RGV

Brownsville’s Ramblas Hospitality Group is in the James Beard Foundation spotlight once again, with Executive Chef Eugenio Uribe being named a semifinalist for the JBF Best Chef Texas award. | #RGV

Children At Risk sought to reassure people about the orders, particularly the one that rescinded a Biden-era policy that protected certain areas, such as churches, schools and hospitals. | #RGV

Somewhat along party lines: U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Brownsville, said that he was disappointed that the president did not use his inauguration speech as an opportunity to try to unite the country, whereas Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-McAllen, felt that Trump delivered a unifying message. | #RGV

The added flights by Delta Air Lines, Aeromexico and Volaris in 2024, contributing to the increase in passenger volume. | #RGV

The FAA said there were no reports of public injury, but that it is “working with SpaceX and appropriate authorities to confirm reports of public property damage on Turks and Caicos.” | #RGV

Recent economic woes that have fluctuated since the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 did little to stymie the giving spirit of the Rio Grande Valley this holiday season.

"In the final days of his public life, when he has nothing more to lose politically, Biden can prove his support and his commitment to justice — and take one more act that likely will be the final and crowning element of his political legacy, and issue a blanket pardon for our Dreamers." | #RGV

The bundled protesters stood on the sidewalk and carried signs as they awaited a delegation of representatives who’d ventured inside the building to deliver a letter to Gonzalez. | #RGV

The company said a live webcast will start approximately 35 minutes before liftoff, which is scheduled to take place at 4 p.m. | #RGV

Rene A. Flores, who once served as the mayor pro tem for the city of Edcouch, pleaded guilty to public corruption charges in federal court Friday morning. | #RGV

The San Antonio Express-News reported that these threats have been aimed at the Starbase facility at Boca Chica Beach. | #RGV

Brownsville-Harlingen is ranked first, reflecting the “growing economic significance of the Southwest, particularly thanks to the SpaceX effect.” | #RGV

Rather, the union said, the agent was enacting training to be the “alpha” over the K-9 to correct a myriad of issues, including disobedience. | #RGV

Sunday’s return will feature two matadors, Cayetano Delgado of Monterrey, Mexico and Luigi Mercury of Mexico City. Each of the matadors will be fighting two bulls. | #RGV

The United States will pay for 56.2% of the cost to construct the wall, while Mexico will pay 43.8%; however, it remains unclear how much the project will cost. | #RGV

The agency in November announced the availability of a Revised Draft Tiered Environmental Assessment, also available on the project page, for SpaceX’s proposal to dramatically increase the number of Starship/Super Heavy launches and landing per year at Boca Chica. | #RGV

The U.S. Border Patrol is investigating an alleged incident of animal abuse by an agent working at the Falfurrias checkpoint following a 24-second video posted to Facebook on Wednesday by a commuter that shows a female agent kneeing a K-9 several times. | #RGV

The South Texas Environmental Justice Network argued that the permit allows the release of discharges that risk degrading the water quality in a fragile ecosystem “that serves as critical habitat for numerous species and is one of the last remaining pristine coastal green spaces in Texas.” | #RGV