A man has been acquitted of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for a fatal shooting in Harlingen, according to the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office.
HARLINGEN — After years of planning, city and state leaders are ready to break ground Wednesday on a $20 million project aimed at building Valley International Airport’s tallest control tower.
The life of Sebastian Armistead shines as a candle of hope for any abused child, and proof of the grand possibilities when people come together to support a youngster in his journey toward goodness.
It is April 17, 1836, and Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna once again cannot go to sleep. He has split the Mexican Army of Operations for the Tejas Campaign into three fronts. All have the same mission: Suppress and end the Texas Revolution movement. The army retook the Alamo in Bejar (San Antonio) on March 6. The campaign will not be complete until Gen. Sam Houston and the remaining Texas militia is captured or forced east across the Louisiana border into the United States. Houston...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A third man has been sentenced in the fatal stabbing of a star running back at Harlingen High School. Eduardo Aceves was found guilty by a jury on April 8 for the murder of Lesley Maurice Hunter. On Thursday, Aceves went before Judge Janet L. Leal and was sentenced to 25 []
MERCEDES, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Harlingen woman told authorities she had nine beers before a crash that left a woman dead, a criminal complaint stated. Imelda Velez was arrested on one count of intoxication manslaughter, according to Hidalgo County Jail records. At 6:36 p.m. on Dec. 15, 2023, a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper []
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Harlingen physician's medical license was reinstated after he was found not guilty of a manslaughter charge. The Texas Medical Board reinstated Dr. Ameer Hassan's medical license last month, according to state records. On April 18, the executive director of the Texas Medical Board entered an order that rescinded the temporary []
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Officers responded to a barricade situation Wednesday night after a man shot a homeowner in Harlingen with a BB gun, police said. According to Harlingen police, a man shot the homeowner on Marchita Avenue. The homeowner walked to a neighbor's house to call for help. While he was being treated, it []
A 69-year-old Harlingen woman was arrested Friday for the death of her passenger after she crashed her vehicle while intoxicated in December of last year.
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — One teen was arrested after displaying a knife during a high school prom, authorities say. According to the Harlingen Police Department, the 17-year-old was arrested for aggravated assault after displaying a knife. The incident occurred on Saturday evening at the Harlingen South High School Prom held at Casa De Amistad. Authorities []
HARLINGEN — A $20 million project to build a new air traffic control tower marks Valley International Airport’s opening of a “pivotal” era, area and state leaders said Wednesday.
HARLINGEN — There’s a power in her movements and a confidence in her speech and a physical dexterity in her performances which capture the attentions of her audiences.