Citation by publication: David Lambert and Lori Lambert
THE STATE OF TEXAS NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT: “You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do (does) not file a written answer with the clerk who issued to this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next after the expiration of forty-two (42) days after the date of…
Read MoreHidalgo County honors domestic abuse victims
Lisa Zuniga was just four years old when she awoke to find her mother’s body in their living room-dead at the hand of her mother’s boyfriend. “I sat down next to her on the living room floor, touched her face and I asked her to wake up. I was only four years old and I…
Read MoreOn the Mission tax rate increase
Last month our ex-mayor placed a large and assumingly very expensive ad in Progress Times criticizing the current administration for raising the property tax a very small amount. Thinking back, hindsight is always better, I realized my voting for him and his agendas was the cause of this current increase. I should have realized that…
Read MoreA legacy honored: Mission High School unveils Coach Iris G. Iglesias Softball Complex
It was a home run for former MHS Softball Coach Iris Iglesias and her family last week. The Mission Consolidated Independent School District unveiled the new name of the Mission High School softball complex last Thurs. Oct. 3. The facility was named the Coach Iris G. Iglesias Softball Complex in honor of her impact on…
Read MorePatriots, Redskins return to action
The 2019 Texas high school football regular season reached the halfway point last week and while most districts are still just getting their league games started; others, like UIL District 16-5A Div. 1, are well into it. That doesn’t mean the battle for the district championship is very clear though. After five weeks of district…
Read MoreTop five Big 7 teams continue to dominate
It was another very good week for four of the seven football teams from the Mission, Sharyland and La Joya school districts, the Big 7. Not only did these four teams win, but three of them, the Pioneer Diamondbacks, the Palmview Lobos and the Sharyland Rattlers, won by point margins of 2:1 or greater. The…
Read MoreDeath Notices – Oct. 10, 2019
Linn ClevelandMISSION – Linn Roselle Cleveland, 76, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019, at her home in Mission. Octavio GamboaMISSION – Octavio Guerrero Gamboa, 55, passed away on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, at McAllen Medical Center. Rita GarzaLA JOYA – Rita Garza, 99, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, at her home in…
Read MoreDocument reveal that Agua SUD considered terminating Palmview sewer project contractor
This article originally appeared in the Friday Oct. 4, 2019 issue of the Progress Times. When the Agua Special Utility District board met on Sept. 16, members had a major decision to make. Construction on the Palmview sewer project had started in 2017. Two years later, the work still wasn’t finished — and Palmview residents…
Read MoreTexas, Tamaulipas officials announce new targets for ‘Se Busca’ program
This article originally appeared in the Friday Oct. 4, 2019 issue of the Progress Times. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the governor of Tamaulipas announced 10 new targets on Tuesday for the Se Busca Informacion program. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and Tamaulipas Gov. Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca joined law enforcement officers…
Read MoreFBI arrests businessman accused of paying bribes for Weslaco EDC contract
The FBI on Wednesday arrested a McAllen businessman accused of paying “thousands of dollars in bribes” in exchange for a $300,000 payment from the Weslaco Economic Development Corp. Sunil B. Wadhwani, 56, of McAllen — who owns the Motel 6 in Weslaco and La Quinta hotels in Pharr and McAllen — surrendered to FBI agents…
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