The Monitor (McAllen, TX)

1 week ago | myrgv.com | Mark Reagan

Only have a minute? Listen instead A 28-year-old Mercedes man has been indicted on charges of collision involving death and tampering with evidence for a fatal hit-and-run crash in Harlingen last November. Francisco Moreno Jr. was scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment Tuesday morning, court records show. He’s accused of hitting and killing Richard Andrew Parmer on Nov. 29. Moreno, however, wouldn’t be arrested until late December.

1 week ago | myrgv.com | Steve Clark

Only have a minute? Listen instead Food manufacturer Westa Inc., the first tenant of the Port of Brownsville’s new 118-acre business park, said it is finalizing the layout for a state-of-the-art wheat flour mill and storage silos at the site. Westa, with corporate offices in Miami and Toronto, said it will invest $20 million in the facilities, to be located on more than 10 acres within the park at the turning basin of the Brownsville Ship Channel.

1 week ago | myrgv.com | Xavier Alvarez

Only have a minute? Listen instead The alleged getaway driver involved in a fatal shooting that occurred outside a McDonald’s in Alamo is scheduled to be arraigned next week, according to court documents. Christina Louise Montemayor, 45, has been charged with murder for the death of Raul Cantu Jr., who died on Aug. 20, 2024. The shooting happened around 11:47 p.m. that day at a restaurant located at 1018 W. Frontage Road in Alamo.

1 week ago | myrgv.com | Xavier Alvarez

Only have a minute? Listen instead Two teenagers accused of shooting and killing a 15-year-old in the head are set to be arraigned next week, according to court documents. Hiram Zuniga, 17, and Angel Manuel Gonzalez, 19, are both charged with manslaughter for the death of 15-year-old Kevin Martinez of McAllen.

1 week ago | myrgv.com | Xavier Alvarez

Only have a minute? Listen instead A 20-year-old Palmhurst man was arrested Thursday outside a Tru-Fit Gym in Mission after admitting to smashing a cat with a rock before “curb stomping” it, according to a probable cause affidavit. Alec Omar Espericueta was charged with animal cruelty for allegedly killing a stray cat by slamming the cat on the ground multiple times, striking the cat on the head with a rock and stomping on the cat’s head with his foot.