Extremely little water in the duck pond at Bannworth Park on Shary Road doesn’t mean the city of Mission is waddling away from the popular feature.     “That park’s claim to fame is the ducks,” Mayor Norie Gonzalez Garza said with a laugh. “I know it looks like it’s being abandoned, but getting rid…

With a water crisis hovering over South Texas, a group of environmental stewards created a Native Plant Ad Hoc Committee in conjunction with the city of Mission, to promote native plant landscaping, the first committee of its kind in the area.     The committee received city council approval in late October and will hold…

Almost a dozen supporters of Mission’s 65-year old tavern known as the Ice House attended a council meeting on Tuesday and convinced city leaders to reverse its ban on outdoor music at the bar, which is zoned as a commercial property.     Wearing matching shirts emblazoned with, “Friendly Times For Over 60 Years,” the…

The Mission City Council on Tuesday declined to reconsider a conditional use permit (CUP) for a local bar known as the Ice House, sticking with its current ban on outdoor music at the tavern. Unless overturned at the next council meeting, the outdoor music ban could remain in effect during the upcoming cooler months, when…

After Mission City Council removed Mike Perez as city manager without explanation last week, it hoped to keep him on as a consultant, to help complete the sale of the Club at Cimarron and work on a few other projects.     This week, Perez declined to sign the proposed consultant agreement, and the council…

The Mission Audit Committee retraced its steps at its August 27 meeting to clarify how and when city departments will be reviewed and agreed that more in-depth inspections of the fire department, police department, utility billing and information technology (IT) still hold top priority and should begin immediately.   The committee members originally planned to…

A fire truck and EMS unit were parked prominently in front of city hall, while at least a dozen fire fighters met with city leadership inside the building on Wednesday evening to propose raises for their most experienced personnel.   The Mission Fire Fighters Association (MFFA) Local 3609 successfully negotiated various pay increases for its…

As students prepare to return to school, area school districts are preparing to enforce a new state law which prohibits student cell phone use on school property.     House Bill 1481 authored by State Representative Caroline Fairly (R-Amarillo) and signed by Governor Greg Abbott, required all Texas school districts this summer to create a…

Planned improvements inside Speer Memorial Library (SML) are on hold until external foundation repairs can be completed, and a persistent leaking roof can be repaired.     Mission City Manager Mike Perez told the Progress Times this week that the shifting foundation is causing roof leaks.   “We had it fixed over a year ago,…