Pharr man gets 42 years in fatal stabbing
EDINBURG — Jurors sentenced a Pharr man convicted of fatally stabbing another man in an apartment building hallway to 42 years in prison.
The jury handed down the sentence after deliberating Thursday evening and Friday in the 332nd state District…
Jurors convict man in fatal Pharr stabbing
EDINBURG — Jurors convicted a Pharr man who fatally stabbed a rival in the heart outside a downtown Pharr apartment last year.
Alberto Reyna was convicted of murder and criminal negligent homicide Thursday in the 332nd state District Court.
Jurors…
Former federal corrections officer charged with bribery
McALLEN — Authorities arrested a former federal corrections officer accused of smuggling a cellphone to an inmate at the East Hidalgo Corrections Center.
Pharr resident Jorge Luis Sandoval, 21, faces one count of bribery in U.S. District Court in…
Former East Hidalgo jailer accused of bribery
McALLEN — Authorities arrested a former federal corrections officer accused of smuggling a cell phone to an inmate at the East Hidalgo Corrections Center.
Pharr resident Jorge Luis Sandoval, 21, faces one count of bribery in U.S. District Court…
McALLEN: Procesan a 2 por albergar ilegales
Un gran jurado procesó formalmente el martes a dos ciudadanos mexicanos acusados de operar varias casas secretas en Edinburg, donde las autoridades descubrieron este mes a 115 inmigrantes, algunos que dicen se les retuvo allí sin alimentos ni agua…
Cyclists unite to raise awareness, mourn those lost
McALLEN — More than 100 cyclists lined up at one of the city’s busiest intersections Wednesday evening and pedaled together in silence.
Together, the 119 cyclists rode 12 miles through McAllen and Edinburg to show their unity and mourn those who…
2 indicted in Edinburg ‘Hell’ stash-house case
McALLEN — A grand jury Tuesday indicted two Mexican nationals accused of operating several stash houses in Edinburg, where authorities this month uncovered 115 illegal immigrants, some who claimed to have been held without food or water for days….
Murder trial in fatal Pharr stabbing opens
EDINBURG — The murder trial of a man accused in a fatal stabbing following an argument in Pharr last year began Tuesday afternoon.
Jurors in the 332nd state District Court began hearing testimony in the trial of Alberto Reyna, 30, who is accused in…
For years, fallen deputies excluded from ceremony
EDINBURG — Hidalgo County sheriff’s deputy Sam Tidwell was riding his motorcycle about half a mile east of Donna when he tried to pass a truck.
Before he could finish the maneuver, Tidwell crashed his bike into an oncoming sedan that unexpectedly…
PHARR: Otro hombre es arrestado en caso de sexo por Facebook con menor de edad
Las autoridades arrestaron a un ciudadano mexicano acusado de intentar tener sexo con quien él pensó era una chica de 15 años.En su lugar, cuando Felipe de Jesús Ponce Torres salió de un cuarto de hotel en Pharr que había rentado, los agentes…