Deputies with the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office and the McAllen Police Department arrested a 34-year-old man who barricaded himself in his Peñitas home for an hour. Jose Daniel Berrones was arrested after both agencies arrived to his home Wednesday afternoon located west of Tom Gill Road on FM 2221 to Washington Street in rural Penitas. Berrones…

Hidalgo County has surpassed the 3,000 mark in testing, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez announced in a Tuesday news release. A total of 3,196 tests have been administered and 275 results have been positive for the COVID-19 virus. Of the total number of tests given, 3,009 have been administered by private laboratories; 187 have been administered…

While hospitals across the country report a decline in patients admitted for strokes, heart attacks, emergency appendectomies and other urgent health concerns, physicians at DHR Health  caution that the decline may be attributed to people’s fears about being admitted to the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. With policies and protocols in place to prevent disease…

Hidalgo County reported seven new cases of COVID-19 Monday, bringing the total to 268. Meanwhile, an additional 14 people were released from isolation Monday, meaning they’ve shown no symptoms for 10 days. There are now 59 total cases of people released from isolation, the county said in a news release. 25 people remain in area…

The total cases of COVID-19 in Hidalgo County inched past 260 Sunday as the county reported six new cases. There are now a total of 261 COVID-19 cases in Hidalgo County. The county has administered a total of 2,285 COVID-19 tests and 1,909 came back negative and 115 results remain pending. The county also reported…

13 more people in Hidalgo County have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to 255 according to the county. According to a news release from the county, 28 people are in area hospitals and six of them in intensive care units. No one was released from isolation on Saturday, the release stated, adding that all 13 people who…

Seven more people in Hidalgo County tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, bringing the total number of positive cases to 242 people according to a news release from the county. Meanwhile, three more people were released from isolation meaning they have shown no symptoms for ten days or had a fever in the last three days.…

Mission CISD families have received the first shipments of food from the national Meals-To-You program where families enrolled in the program receive shipments containing 10 meals a week for each child in the household. These families are the first in the state to start receiving their meals for students, according to a news release from…