Lions Park will be transforming into an inclusive community staple that gives every resident the opportunity to roar. Mission Parks and Recreation Director Brad Bentsen presented an item that authorized the department to engage an architect’s services for a preliminary park design for Lions Park during this week’s regular council meeting. The restructuring of the…

A pair of graduates from Sharyland High School are continuing their fight to get a response from the district to ongoing sexual misconduct allegations with a protest set for next month. Zitlalit Melgarejo (class of 2018) and Dante Flores-Demarchi (class of 2017) are organizing a march in protest of the Sharyland Independent School District administration’s…

Leroy Alaniz was named the new municipal judge for the city of La Joya this week. During a regular meeting held Tues. Jan. 14, Alaniz was appointed and sworn in surrounded by his family. La Joya Mayor Isidro Casanova spoke highly of Alaniz’s character. “After the resignation, it took me a while to decide who…

The status on the Mission/Madero-Reynosa International Bridge is still pending. The presidential permit to build the rail bridge is on the verge of expiring, environmental and feasibility studies conducted in the area are out of date and interlocal agreements with other municipalities have been tabled multiple times. Last week and this week council met to…

Most high school seniors find themselves busier than ever as they reach the cusp of adulthood and prepare to make the leap into their futures. Gisselle Costa and Denisse Damken are experiencing all that in the 2019-2020 school year, but have also decided to add additional feathers to their caps in the form of activism.…

The South Texas Literacy Coalition has moved into a new space five times the size of where they started, making way for even more students to develop a taste for recreational reading. The 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, started about 11 years ago, used to operate out of a 400 sq. ft. space off of Highway 107…

The Mission Planning and Zoning Commission met briefly Wednesday evening to discuss a few public hearings that will be presented at the next city council meeting. One of the items – in which no action was taken by the commission as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Director Jaime Acevedo and city staff – had…

Space Odyssey Adventure Presented by TCF Jan. 2020 This month will see the continuation of an 83-year-old tradition in the midst of adapting to the new, as organizers set phasers to stun. The Texas Citrus Fiesta, held annually in the city of Mission, has three more events happening in January 2020: the Royal Reception, the…

Senior Christian Martinez had his college plans set before the end of the fall semester. Martinez, a senior at Juarez-Lincoln High School in the La Joya Independent School District, received word in December that he received a full-ride to Yale University, a private Ivy League school in Connecticut. The scholarship will cover all he needs…

Stellar costumes embody Space Odyssey Adventure theme for Texas Citrus Fiesta Three separate competitions kicked off the Texas Citrus Fiesta early, getting youth and adults excited to participate in the annual festivities in January. The 83rd annual Texas Citrus Fiesta, themed “Space Odyssey Adventure,” inspired several film-themed costumes for this year’s Product Costume Show. The…