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La Joya, Mission to clash in district opener tonight It was easy to both see and hear how excited the fans of La Joya High were for the return of their Coyotes to the gridiron two weeks ago when the team welcomed La Joya Palmview to the La Joya ISD Stadium for their first game…
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Big 7 teams have rough Week 2 Six of the seven football teams from the Mission, Sharyland and La Joya ISDs, the Big 7, found themselves on the losing end of their games last week. That’s the bad news. All but one of those games were non-district matchups. That’s the good news. Coming off a…
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Rattlers football preparing for Hanna, district Non-district high school football games are always a bit tricky to judge. They are usually played at the start of the season and teams may be a bit rusty. Teams may approach them with different mindsets as well, juggling players around at different positions to see how they do…
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Amid concern about a letter Mayor Armando “Doc” O’caña sent to his counterpart in Mazatlan, Mexico, the Mission City Council voted Monday to create a formal system for official communication. The City Council asked City Attorney Gus Martinez to create a system for reviewing and approving official communication. “Essentially, what that means is: That if…
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The Mission Police Department received a strange call last month: Someone driving a city dump truck appeared to be drunk. A police officer found the white Peterbilt dump truck in an alley near the intersection of Helen Avenue and Brock Street at 2 p.m. on Aug. 23. “I approached the dump truck via driver’s side…
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The La Joya City Council abruptly fired City Manager Jacqueline Bazan on Tuesday. Former Mayor Jose A. “Fito” Salinas and the City Council hired Bazan in 2019. Her two-year employment contract expired in July. “Two years have come and gone,” said Mayor Isidro Casanova, who replaced Fito Salinas in December 2019. “Opportunities were given. And…
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