Events

- Texas and Big 12 Capsules: Longhorns starting to talk about ‘national’ goals
- By JIM VERTUNO, The Associated Press
- AUSTIN — Two months ago, Texas would have avoided any direct talk of playing for a national title.
Back when the No. 2 Longhorns (8-0) were initially scheduled to play Central Florida (5-3), anything so bold would have been waved off as too... Full story
- Scorpions shut down Texas College to reach RRAC men's final
- UTB-TSC SERVICES
- No. 14 University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College registered its eighth shutout of the season, shutting down Texas College 2-0 in a Red River Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal Friday in Fort Worth
The Scorpions have... Full story
- RGV Capsules: Four 20-win teams to compete at SPI Invitational
- By BILL SCHNIER, Special to The Herald
- The Missouri Tigers and Mississippi State Bulldogs headline the 7th annual South Padre Island Invitational Basketball Tournament, scheduled for Nov. 27 and 28 at the SPI Convention Centre. Both Missouri (31-7 last year) and Mississippi State (23-13... Full story

- NASCAR Capsules: Same frustrations for Newman after Talladega
- By STEPHEN HAWKINS, The Associated Press
- FORT WORTH — Ryan Newman is still sore and frustrated from Talladega.
What frustrates Newman more than anything after his harrowing crash with five laps remaining last weekend is that it’s the same kind of situation he was concerned... Full story

- Fort Hood massacre stuns Valley veterans
- By LAURA B. MARTINEZ, The Brownsville Herald
- Salvador Salinas had just returned home from a medical appointment Thursday afternoon when his son Daniel asked if he knew what happened at Fort Hood.
When Salinas said no, his son told him there had been a shooting that left 12 soldiers dead and... Full story
- Alamo soldier returns home today
- Funeral service set for Monday
- By NICK PIPITONE, The Monitor
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SAN JUAN — The body of the Alamo soldier killed in Afghanistan last week is set to return to the Rio Grande Valley today, with visitation and funeral services set for Sunday and Monday, respectively.
U.S. Army Sgt. Fernando "Ferna" De La... Full story
- Authorities: Gang violence culminates in fatal shooting
- By ANA LEY, The Monitor
- Anyone with information about this case is urged to call the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office at (956) 668-8477.
EDINBURG — A gang skirmish that began with graffiti culminated in a street battle in the southeast Edinburg area Thursday... Full story
- Brownsville CBP officers present colors at NBA game
- BROWNSVILLE HERALD
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Amid a packed Houston arena filled with screaming fans, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection color guard from the Brownsville office presented the national colors at he Houston Rockets versus Los Angeles Lakers basketball game Wednesday... Full story
- U.S. federal judge may unseal documents in Gulf Cartel leader's case
- By EMMA PEREZ-TREVINO, The Brownsville Herald
- Details into the world of former Gulf Cartel leader Oziel Cardenas-Guillen could be available in the not-too-distant future, if his attorneys aren’t able to show a federal judge why court proceedings and documents in the record should continue... Full story
- College Basketball Capsules: Carter and Dunn trying to fill in for Baylor
- By STEPHEN HAWKINS, The Associated Press
- WACO — Hanging on the wall in the Baylor basketball office are framed brackets from last spring’s NIT and Big 12 tournaments.
The brackets are almost filled out, listing every victory that got the Bears to the championship games of each... Full story