OBIT – Roberto Bourbois Sr.
MISSION – Roberto “Beto” Agustin Bourbois, Sr., 72, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, at his home in Mission. Survivors include his wife, Diana Bourbois; children, Belinda Garza of Ft. Worth, Roberto Bourbois Jr. of Mission and Ricardo Bourbois of Ft. Worth; sister, Elisa Bourbois of Mission; and 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. He…
Read MoreMission: south side development moving forward
Mission’s city council has awarded a $3.4 million contract to a Mission-based civil engineering firm to continue work on phase 2 of the Anzalduas Highway wastewater and potable water trunk lines. Mission Purchasing Director Eduardo Belmarez told the council at its Nov. 27 regular meeting his office recommended Mor-Will, LLC for the project from…
Read MoreTEA passes Mission CISD, Auditor gives clean bill
Good news on two fronts for the Mission Consolidated Independent School District. On Nov. 14 the Texas Education Agency released its updated accountability reports for 2017. The report shows MCISD “met standard” in all four areas it rates: student achievement, student progress, closing performance gaps and preparing students for post-secondary education. The ratings…
Read MoreTom Landry Hall of Fame Stadium comes alive
For most of their adult lives attending Friday night football games at Mission High School was a family tradition for Joe and Maria Montemayor. Herself a Mission High graduate, Maria said the couple’s four children are also MHS graduates and all three daughters, Marizol, Lauri and Melinda were cheerleaders. But about three years ago…
Read MoreMission Vets and Sharyland move on in state playoffs
The first round of the Texas football state playoffs is in the rear view and only two Big 7 teams are left standing–the Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots and the Sharyland Rattlers. Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots (10-1) punched their ticket into the second-round for the fourth consecutive year with a home-win in a defensive slugfest…
Read MoreGarza drops lawsuit against L.J. Housing Authority, vows to re-file later
Nearly a year after filing a lawsuit against them, the former director of the La Joya Housing Authority dropped his suit Monday – but said he has plans to refile it in a few months. Juan “J.J.” Garza, who served as the housing authority’s executive director for 17 years, filed the lawsuit in Hidalgo…
Read MorePlayoff Patriots punch ticket to second round
The Veterans Memorial Patriots (10-1) punched their ticket to the second round of the state playoffs with a 25-17 victory over the Brownsville Lopez Lobos, and they got to do it at Tom Landry Stadium for the first time this year. Once the stadium started to fill with Patriot fans earlier than usual during…
Read MoreSewer “calamity” averted on city’s southside and other Mission City Council matters
On Monday, Mission’s city council authorized the expenditure of $90,000 for emergency repairs to the city’s Madero Sanitary Sewer Lift Station where Public Works Director Robert Salinas said a routine inspection last week revealed a portion of the more than 30-year-old facility was ready to collapse, posing a potential threat of a major sewer backup…
Read MoreNovember 17, 2017 – City of Mission Ordinance No. 4571
Ordinance No. 4571 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSION, TEXAS GRANTING A REZONING OF A TRACT OF LAND CONSISTING OF 21.59 GROSS ACRES, MORE OR LESS, OUT OF AND FORMING A PART OF LOTS 7 & 8, AND THE EAST 2.0 ACRES OF LOT 6, REES SUBDIVISION, FROM AO-I (AGRICULTURAL…
Read MoreNovember 17, 2017 – City of Mission Ordinance No. 4572
Ordinance No. 4572 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSION, TEXAS GRANTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE & ON-SITE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES – EL TIZONCITO LOS CREADORES DEL TACO AL PASTOR, 201 S. SHARY ROAD, STE. 100, LOT 6, BLOCK A, SHARY-TAYLOR EXPRESSWAY COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION READ, CONSIDERED AND…
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