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Representatives in Starr County and a local task force made up of over 170 RGV physicians have signed letters urging state Gov. Greg Abbott to either return emergency management authority to local jurisdictions, or issue a statewide stay-at-home order. On Friday, Starr County Judge Eloy Vera published a letter he and the mayors of Rio…
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Citing an “alarming” rise in the amount of local COVID-19 cases, the Mission school district is turning to the county judge to advocate for them to keep the district closed in the next school year. During a Friday emergency school board meeting, trustees with the Mission school district unanimously approved a resolution to request Hidalgo…
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Hidalgo County reported its second deadliest day of new COVID-19 related fatalities Friday as the death toll climbed to 142 after 19 people died from complications of the disease. The county announced the new total in a Friday news release where they reported the total number of known COVID-19 cases in the county rose to…
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You may have never heard of John Neeley, but you have heard him. You have, that is, if you’ve attended a Sharyland High or Sharyland Pioneer football game at Richard Thompson Stadium in the past 20 years or listened to Q94.5 for much of that same time period. If you are having trouble remembering then…
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A Sharyland High School athlete has signed on to wrestle at Dixie State University, breaking off from family tradition. Jerilyn “Abby” Peralez signed a letter of intent to attend the Utah-based NCAA Division II school Tuesday. The Lady Trailblazers have just recently added women’s wrestling to their athletic program and Dixie State is in the…
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UIL announces guidelines for return to athletics The road to getting prep sports back into gear was given a map to follow last Friday by the UIL in the area of what schools will be allowed to do over the summer. The current coronavirus pandemic that has shut down Texas prep sports since mid-March had…
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