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Rubio sentenced to Death

A jury has sentenced john Allen Rubio to death after convicting him of beheading his common law wife’s three children in 2003. Prosecutors had sought a death sentence for Rubio, who killed three children under the age of four in a windowless Brownsville apartment in 2003.

Immigrant raids + Arizona Law creating chaos

The Arizona law has been called by governor Jan brewer a necessary measure to deal with what the federal government won’t…. The current environment in Arizona, paired with increase border patrol activity in the area is creating pandemonium….Antonio Rodriguez has more.

Texas beaches are cleaner than they have been in years

Texas waters are cleaner than they have been in years, this according to an environmental group looking at beaches across america. The group released a national beach water quality report, listing the cleanest and dirtiest beaches in the country. The group gave texas beaches two thumbs up, escaping the worst of the oil that has [...]

Southern Indoor Football League returns to the Rio Grande Valley

State farm arena, the city of Hidalgo and the southern indoor football league (sfil) announced today that football will return to the Rio Grande valley in 2011. League president Thom Hager states Texans know football and they love the indoor game. Teams have played throughout the state in several leagues and everyone is excited to [...]

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Rubio sentenced to Death

July 29, 2010 News No Comments
Rubio sentenced to Death

A jury has sentenced john Allen Rubio to death after convicting him of beheading his common law wife’s three children in 2003. Prosecutors had sought a death sentence for Rubio, who killed three children under the age of four in a windowless Brownsville apartment in 2003.

Immigrant raids + Arizona Law creating chaos

July 29, 2010 News No Comments
Immigrant raids + Arizona Law creating chaos

The Arizona law has been called by governor Jan brewer a necessary measure to deal with what the federal government won’t…. The current environment in Arizona, paired with increase border patrol activity in the area is creating pandemonium….Antonio Rodriguez has more.

Texas beaches are cleaner than they have been in years

July 29, 2010 News No Comments
Texas beaches are cleaner than they have been in years

Texas waters are cleaner than they have been in years, this according to an environmental group looking at beaches across america. The group released a national beach water quality report, listing the cleanest and dirtiest beaches in the country. The group gave texas beaches two thumbs up, escaping the worst of the oil that has [...]

Southern Indoor Football League returns to the Rio Grande Valley

July 29, 2010 News, Sports No Comments
Southern Indoor Football League returns to the Rio Grande Valley

State farm arena, the city of Hidalgo and the southern indoor football league (sfil) announced today that football will return to the Rio Grande valley in 2011. League president Thom Hager states Texans know football and they love the indoor game. Teams have played throughout the state in several leagues and everyone is excited to [...]

Protesters of Arizona’s controversial immigration law make themselves heard

July 28, 2010 News No Comments
Protesters of Arizona’s controversial immigration law make themselves heard

Protesters of Arizona’s controversial immigration law gathered outside of the US embassy in Mexico. The crowd of about one-hundred had their eyes glued to a laptop on the stage.. They were watching the news of a US federal judge ruling against parts of the law… The crowd cheered and chanted “Arizona hang in there, the [...]

Border Patrol and ICE rumors

July 27, 2010 News 1 Comment
Border Patrol and ICE rumors

The news desk of fox 2 news and our sister station Univision has been flooded with calls during the past few days in regards to high activity from border patrol and ICE… Our very own Antonio Rodriguez set out to investigate what was going on in the streets of the Rio Grande valley.

Arsen suspect set free due to lack of evidence

July 27, 2010 News No Comments
Arsen suspect set free due to lack of evidence

The only suspect in a deadly deliberately-set house fire in Weslaco last fall has been let out of jail because of a lack of evidence. Thirty-year-old Mario Salinas junior of Mercedes had been arrested a month after the fire, and charged with arson and 2 counts of capital murder. The blaze trapped and killed 46-year-old [...]

Sentencing phase continues in Rubio trial

July 27, 2010 News No Comments
Sentencing phase continues in Rubio trial

The sentencing phase continued this morning in the John Allen Rubio capital murder trial. The 12 jurors who convicted 29 year old Rubio yesterday afternoon, continued hearing testimony today from witnesses including a police officer, that spoke about Rubios previous encounters with the law. Brownsville police officer john Jones, testified about Rubios amiable behavior while [...]

ACLU sues Hidalgo County

July 27, 2010 News No Comments
ACLU sues Hidalgo County

The American civil liberties union of Texas has filed a class action law suit against Hidalgo county, specifically pointing out the sheriff and all 9 justices of peace. It challenges officials in Hidalgo county on how teenagers are being jailed in an adult detention center for skipping school and not paying truancy fines. According to [...]

Rubio found guilty of capital murder

July 26, 2010 News No Comments
Rubio found guilty of capital murder

This afternoon, an Hidalgo county jury found John Allen Rubio guilty of capital murder for the beheading of his three children. The jury started their deliberations shortly after 11 am and returned with their decision at 3:30 p.M. Fox 2 cameras rolled as state district judge Noe Gonzalez read Rubios sentence of guilty on all [...]

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