The Monitor

11/15/2025

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11/14/2025

Tourism dollars may be making permanent reservations in the Valley's largest city thanks to a spike in tourism that Brownsville officials say has never been seen before in the hospitality sector. Here's all that's known about what's driving it.

BROWNSVILLE — The Valley’s largest city is not slowing down and neither is the interest from tourists flocking to see SpaceX launch rockets into space.

11/14/2025

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11/14/2025

Within are the details of the indictment against Rigoberto Garza, who's accused of killing his common-law wife, Jessica Mendez, this past summer at a Weslaco residence in the 600 block of West 11th Street.

A 39-year-old Alamo man accused of shooting and killing his common-law has been indicted.

11/14/2025

The city of Mission says this is a big deal. In fact, there are about 50 million reasons this is significant for the city, just for starters. Here's more on what's coming to Mission and how it affects you.

MISSION — Recycling in Mission is about to get big.

11/14/2025

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11/14/2025

Roberto Victor Sotullo is scheduled to be in court soon to face a charge in the deadly crash that claimed the life of 22-year-old Roberto Carlos Rios Rodriguez

A 44-year-old Donna man was indicted over a year after he was found to be involved in a fatal crash that killed one person on March 26, 2024.

11/14/2025

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11/14/2025

Here's more on the charges the owner is now facing in this 2016 arson case.

The owner of Exotic Tropical Pet World in McAllen has been arrested on two counts of arson related to a blaze that burned her store to the ground nearly a decade ago.

11/14/2025

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11/14/2025

We partnered with Public Health Watch to help illustrate an ongoing healthcare concern in the Rio Grande Valley: dementia. And while more help has been afforded, this is why it's just not enough.

A state amendment addressing rising rates of dementia in Texas passed with overwhelming approval from voters last week, a key victory for Alzheimer's advocates and the millions of Texans suffering from the disease.

11/14/2025

For over 25 years, from a rehab center to a hurricane, Carol Lutsinger continues to find something to teach readers each week for the Stargazer column.

BROWNSVILLE — In 1998, science enrichment teacher Carol Lutsinger wrote her first Stargazer column from a classroom at Martin Elementary.