Mark Reagan
Mark Reagan is a reporter for The Monitor. He can be reached at [email protected] or at (956) 683-4437.
McAllen man fires shotgun at his cousin, struggle over samurai sword ensues
A dramatic scene unfolded early Thursday morning at a McAllen apartment complex parking lot which involved a shotgun blast and two cousins struggling over...
HCSO traffic stop for failing to signal results in federal meth case
When a motorist failed to signal a lane change Tuesday, the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office pulled the vehicle over and authorities discovered a little...
Petition filed in McAllen police shooting remanded to county court
A petition to investigate claims filed by a 39-year-old man shot by McAllen police nearly a year ago has been transferred from federal court...
State offers San Juan murder suspect 60 years
The Hidalgo County District Attorney's Office extended a plea offering six decades in prison for a 39-year-old San Juan man accused of shooting and...
Donna man charged with kidnapping woman from Edinburg hotel
Edinburg police arrested an 18-year-old Donna man on Dec. 30, 2020, who they accuse of kidnapping a woman and holding her against her will...
More details emerge in New Year’s Eve double homicide
When María de la Luz Reyes Martinez heard gunshots on New Year's Eve, she went to check on her daughter. That's when she was...
2020 saw marked increase in border wall lawsuits
The federal government drastically increased its efforts to seize private land from residents of Hidalgo and Starr counties for the border wall in 2020...
In year marked by more homicides, Hidalgo County saw police deaths and domestic violence...
While the COVID-19 pandemic grounded life in Hidalgo County to a halt in 2020, crime here continued.
The city of McAllen faced tragedy when two...
Late-night phone call on Christmas leads to stabbing in Edinburg
Edinburg police accuse a 30-year-old McAllen man of stabbing his girlfriend's ex in the face with a kitchen knife during a confrontation between the...
Hidalgo County man held without bond on charges of enticing young girls
A man accused of enticing young girls to send him sexually explicit photos throughout 2020 will remain jailed pending trial.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter E....