A man walked up to a woman in her car. He pressed something against her side. He said he had a gun. She gave him her purse. He took the cash and ran. Police caught him the same night. The robbery happened Wednesday at about 6:31 p.m. A

ICE agents stopped a Catholic nun on Sunday in McAllen. Sister Letty was on her way to Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Agents detained her on the way. ICE gave no reason. She was let go later that same day. The news spread fast in the Valley. South

A San Antonio man is on trial for murder. He is accused of killing a 26-year-old new mom. The case started Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in Bexar County. Yulissa Cristal Valero was a passenger on Interstate 35. A wrong-way driver hit her car head-on in the

The U.S. government charged 455 people this week for stealing from Medicare and Medicaid. Twelve of them are from South Florida. The Justice Department called it the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. It is one of the largest in DOJ history. Agents say the crooks billed the government

A former San Antonio police officer beat 39 child porn charges in court. The case had nothing to do with being innocent. It fell apart because his ex-fiance stole his phone. All charges against Matthew D. Martin were dropped on June 22, 2026. A Bexar County court tossed the

A Brownsville man is going to state prison for 28 years. He killed a young man and hurt two others in a stabbing last summer. Juan Ivan Jimenez, 32, stood before a judge on June 22, 2026. He said he was guilty of murder. The judge sentenced him to 28

A Corpus Christi man wanted for murder fled to Mexico and has been a fugitive for nearly 18 years. He shot and killed a man over a $20 bet on a boxing match. He posted bail and ran. Now, federal court records show new activity in his case, filed today

The Supreme Court sided with Trump on Thursday. The vote was 6 to 3. The court said the government can turn migrants away right at the border before they ask for asylum. The policy has a name: metering. Under metering, border agents set a daily cap on how many people

A fly that can kill cattle, pets, and people turned up in South Texas this month. It had not been seen here in 60 years. The New World screwworm fly was found in La Pryor, a small town in Zavala County. La Pryor sits about 30 miles from the Mexican

A 12-year-old girl woke up and found her mother dead. Then she went to another room and found her stepfather dead too. She was alone. She called 911. It happened around 11 p.m. Thursday at a home on the 12500 block of Baldwin Springs in northwest Harris

Two people died from measles in West Texas in 2025. More than 760 others got sick. Ninety-nine went to the hospital. This did not happen 100 years ago. It happened last year, in our own state. The outbreak started January 29, 2025, in Gaines County. That is the far

Seven people attacked a federal ICE jail in Texas on the Fourth of July. A jury found them guilty. Together, they got 450 years in prison. The jail is the Prairieland Detention Center. It is in Alvarado, Texas. ICE keeps people there before deportation. South Texas knows this system well.