News from 4/24/2025
- Starr County Memorial Hospital hiring consultant to address overtime concerns
- Sen. Cornyn advocates for extension of Trump tax cuts in Mission
- Sharyland Pioneer students build walkway for custodians
- What travelers should know as REAL ID deadline approaches
- Venezuelans subject to removal under wartime act have 12 hours to decide on contesting, docs show
- US may have millions more measles cases over next 25 years if childhood vaccination rates continue to decline, study says
- Historic Citrus Theater reopening as event venue
- Mexican tomatoes facing increase of 21% in tariffs over plans to end suspension agreement
- Texas school districts got their first A-F grades in five years. See how your school did here.
- Texas may officially recognize Gulf of America change after Senate gives first OK
- Pump Patrol: Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Heart of the Valley: Bariatric surgeon discusses complications of untreated diabetes
- Wanted Weslaco sex offender apprehended in Hawaii
- Judge blocks Trump push to cut funding to public schools over diversity programs
- Judge blocks parts of Trump's overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement
- Texas lawmakers approve $1B private school voucher plan
- Pet of the Week: Toby, the 8-month-old cat
- Senator Cornyn meets with small business owners in Mission to discuss possible tax cuts
- Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to 'sanctuary' cities that limit immigration cooperation
- Judge rules the Trump administration violated a 2019 settlement in deporting a man to El Salvador
- Sister Norma Pimentel headed to Rome to attend Pope's funeral
- Starbase, the SpaceX site, is likely Texas’ next city. What happens next?
- UTRGV researchers study how being bilingual impacts an autistic child's language development
- Sensory gym opens in McAllen for children with autism, special needs
- Teen partners with McAllen business to raise funds for children with autism in Matamoros
- McAllen felon convicted of weapons charge, evading arrest
- Trump asks Supreme Court to allow ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now
- Four Texas school districts at risk for state takeover after 2023 ratings released
- Texas House and Senate lawmakers have laid out their property tax cut proposals. How do they compare?
- House panel passes bill requiring air conditioning in Texas prisons by 2032
- Bill to create dementia research institute approved in House, but could face $3 billion funding hurdle
- Thursday, April 24, 2025: Stray shower, breezy, temps in the 80s
- Starr County hospital to hire consultant to address overtime policy concerns
- City of Mercedes discusses major road improvement project
- Department of Homeland Security points to another agency when asked about court-barred deportations
- Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools' equity efforts
- A dozen states sue the Trump administration to stop tariff policy
- South Texas Health System announces new interactive gaming wall
- Valley residents impacted by recent floods hopeful for federal assistance
- FEMA losing roughly 20% of permanent staff, including longtime leaders, ahead of hurricane season
- Tornado victims blocked from federal recovery aid after Trump denied request
- TxDOT to begin negotiations to buy land along proposed State Highway 68 route
- Special mass held in San Juan for Pope Francis
- Heart of Valley: Local group walking with a cause
- $4.8 million, vehicles, jewelry and firearms seized in smoke shops raid
- Justice Department brings first terrorism case against alleged high-ranking TdA gang member
- Head of NAACP disinvited from speaking to Texas state bar over suit against Trump administration
- A little-known federal agency is at the center of Trump's executive order to overhaul US elections
- Consumer Report's favorite spring cleaning products
- Pump Patrol: Wednesday, April 23, 2025