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Tres Barrera, a 2013 Sharyland High School graduate turned professional baseball player, hit his first major league home run against the Miami Marlins Monday night. With the Washington Nationals up by four, Barrera led off the bottom of the second inning by launching the ball into the left-center field stands on a first-pitch hit, earning…
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Mission Vets wrestling coach retires When Bensavio “Ben” Yzaguirre began coaching at Mission Veterans High School, not a single one of the wrestlers on this year’s Patriots and Lady Patriots wrestling teams had been born yet. That’s because he just completed his 19th and final year of coaching at Mission Vets. And while hanging up…
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Long time Sharyland High baseball coach Bart Bickerton recently announced his retirement after a highly successful career. He will not, however, be leaving baseball completely. Born in Los Angeles, California, Bickerton arrived in the Valley in the late 1980’s to play baseball for UT -Pan American. He started his coaching career at Sharyland High as…
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A federal judge sentenced a former Starr County gangster to 10 years in prison Monday. U.S. District Judge John D. Rainey sentenced Hector “Pelon” Guerra of La Rosita — a former “ranking member” of the Texas Chicano Brotherhood in Starr County — during a hearing Monday afternoon in Victoria. Guerra pleaded guilty to conspiracy to…
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Former Mayor Norberto “Beto” Salinas sued the city of Mission on Tuesday, attempting to stop a nearly $17 million “energy savings” project. Beto Salinas — who plans to run against Mission Mayor Armando “Doc” O’caña in 2022 — filed the lawsuit on Tuesday afternoon. The lawsuit claims Mission didn’t follow procurement and competitive bidding procedures,…
Read MoreNOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE CITY OF ALTON, TEXAS CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2021 TAKE NOTICE that the City Commission (the City Commission) of the City of Alton, Texas (the City), shall tentatively convene at 7:30 p.m. on the 14th day of September 2021, at its regular meeting place in the City Commission Chambers at…
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