News from 6/18/2026
- Beloved KTEX DJ waits for second kidney transplant
- Harlingen upgrading traffic signals across busy intersections
- Weslaco waiting on approval of FEMA funds for upcoming drainage project
- Landmark $211M tax-break deal could trump SpaceX’s deal in South Texas
- Monte Alto ISD awarded $200,000 grant to expand STEM programs
- Harlingen entrepreneurs can win up to $30,000 in annual pitch contest
- Democrats say more than $350M from Trump's tax cuts bill are paying for White House ballroom project
- McAllen police seeking Pharr woman in connection with assault investigation
- Pharr man receives 30-year sentence in death of 2-month-old son
- Cooling centers opening across the Valley amid extreme heat warning
- Pump Patrol: Thursday, June 18, 2026
- Pet of the Week: Lola the terrier puppy
- “Survival of the fittest”: Insiders say screwworm could improve the Texas cattle industry, beef
- U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sides with Texas man, rules it’s not a crime for marijuana users to have guns
- Ted Cruz bill to regulate college sports in NIL era advances
- US gas prices fall below $4 for 1st time since March, but still 25% higher than last year
- Israel seized more land from neighbors since 2023 than it has in decades
- 19-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his parents and grandmother in their Alton home
- Thursday, June 18, 2026: Dangerously hot conditions
- Security guard says a tourniquet saved his life after being shot at Harlingen gentleman’s club
- Harlingen woman warns of $32 million sweepstakes scam targeting residents
- Estero Llano Grande State Park marks 20 years serving the Rio Grande Valley
- ‘She's going to be alive with other people’: Organ donation from 25-year-old Brownsville woman gives life to others
- Pharr residents struggle to reach homes amid sewer upgrade on unpaved road
- Alamo moving forward with groundwater project to boost city drinking water supply
- Stray animals at higher risk as screwworm spreads to Hill Country ranches
- Hidalgo County residents urged to fill out damage survey after rain
- Progreso leaders push for drainage upgrade following recent rain
- Hidalgo County emergency coordinator shares what to do in extreme heat
- Harlingen sports complex getting $110K upgrade with new trail and courts
- Brownsville Girl Scout member working to certify therapy dog for local veteran
- Weslaco homeowners say expanded ditch made backyard flooding worse
- Cameron County tax break for Saronic Technologies linked to job creation
- Consumer Reports: Give your pet a flea-free summer
- Pump Patrol: Wednesday, June 17, 2026
- A Texas man waited over two years for a kidney. He wants others to sign up as organ donors.
- As data centers seek to tap Texas’ energy, grid regulators are close to approving a new way of vetting requests
- Dangerous flooding from Tropical Storm Arthur, first of the Atlantic season, threatens Gulf Coast
- Trump ramps up Education Department's dismantling with changes on special education and civil rights
- Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and can sell oil freely under deal with the US, officials say
- Wednesday, June 17, 2026: Heat advisory to go into effect this afternoon
- Suspect accused of murdering 3 people in Alton identified
- Investigators seek clues in small jet crash that killed 1 in Laredo, where bystanders rushed to help
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