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Cameron County District Attorney Armando R. Villalobos was indicted May 7, 2012 by a federal grand jury on racketeering charges in connection to the Abel C. Limas corruption case. Here's a look at some of the high-profile cases the DA's office has prosecuted since Villalobos took office in 2005.

Armando Sanchez is living out his biggest dream. Early Friday morning, before the sun had risen, the 17-year-old was picked up by several members of the Brownsville Fire Department and taken via fire truck to Valley International Airport in Harlingen. His destination? Rome, where he is guaranteed an audience with Pope Benedict XVI.

Four sea turtle nests were found on South Texas beaches last week, which means this could see a record-breaking year for local sea turtle hatchlings. Jeff George, Sea Turtle, Inc. curator, said April is when female sea turtles begin swimming ashore to lay their eggs, usually around 100, before they turn around and head back to the water.

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For more information:Veterans in the Rio Grande Valley interested in sharing their stories can contact Sue Chaney Saenz at 544-0874 or Lupita Salazar at 266-0622. One by one, they filed into rooms, sat down, took a deep breath and told their stories. They talked about boot camp, deployments, hardships endured, friends lost, and life lessons learned.

A more efficient way to cross the Gateway International Bridge was introduced Wednesday as a Ready Lane opened for passengers coming from Mexico into the U.S. The Ready Lane uses radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology embedded in certain entry documents to speed up the process.

Jamie Schanbaum used to be a dancer. Now she's a Paralympics gold medallist raising awareness for why college students should be vaccinated after a battle with meningitis resulted in the amputation of her legs and fingers. Schanbaum was a sophomore at the University of Texas at Austin when she contracted meningitis in November 2008.

As word of the devastating earthquakes in Japan and subsequent tsunamis began to make its way to the U.S. early Friday morning, communication to and from Brownsville started as people tried to get in contact with loved ones. Patty Castañon-Sanchez and her husband, Ruben, are from Brownsville, but Ruben is currently stationed at the Yokosuka Naval Base about 35 minutes outside Tokyo.

As a nation stops to think back on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, we asked our readers to share their personal 9/11 stories. Many of you shared on our Facebook� or emailed us, talking about what your 9/11 experience was, how you felt and what your emotions are today a decade later.

As the song "What a Wonderful World" played in the background, students from UTB-TSC wrote on a "Dream Wall" with their hopes for the future at Dean Porter Park Monday. "I have a dream... to one day END world hunger," read one. "I have a dream... to one day inspire all youth."

Lee Woodruff, wife of ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff, served as the keynote speaker at the second annual brain injury symposium hosted by the South Texas Rehabilitation Hospital on Wednesday in Brownsville. The event brought together about 30 healthcare sponsors from across the Rio Grande Valley, and allowed brain injury survivors and family members the opportunity to talk with others who understand what they've been through.

Say the phrase "Pop quiz," and usually images of a half sheet of paper and pencil come to mind, plus some feelings of anxiety or even embarrassment. But in Bert Treviño's eighth-grade physics class at Oliveira Middle School, "pop quiz" has a whole other meaning.

Several dozen people, many with questions at the ready, appeared Tuesday evening at Burns Elementary School to meet with U.S. Congressman Blake Farenthold for his scheduled gathering with the public. Farenthold, R-Corpus Christi, spoke for 20 minutes - mainly about the hotly-debated budget crisis -before taking questions from the audience.

Cellphones and cameras captured the moment as chants filled the hallways of Porter High School Thursday morning. The Porter boys' soccer team was sent off to the state semifinals by an enthusiastic crowd after taking a "Walk of Champions" through the school.

Ask those who knew Valley Christian High School's principal Paul Hanson best, and phrases like "remarkable example," "passionate" and "incredible" are used to describe his life and work. Hanson, 63, died Saturday after collapsing while running a race with about 20 to 30 students from the school, according to his wife, Gail Hanson.