After half a year’s worth of discussion on a potential bond at McAllen ISD talks finally began to coalesce into a concrete list of needs to put in front of the voters at a school board workshop Wednesday.   Those needs are the result of a series of committee meetings, surveys, facilities needs assessments, and…

In a federal court filing last Friday, La Joya Mayor Isidro Casanova alleged that he had been improperly fired from his job as an attendance and truancy supervisor at La Joya ISD in 2024.     The district, Casanova alleged, violated his constitutional rights by enforcing a policy that required him to either resign as…

The Hidalgo County Commissioners Court voted to hire former Mission City Manager Mike Perez as a consultant last week.     Perez will focus on special projects for the county, among them planning, economic development, animal control, emergency services, budget development, sanitation and human resources.   According to the county’s contract with Perez it will…

Mercedes ISD paid former Superintendent Benjamin Clinton $50,475 to resign following his DWI arrest in May according to a separation agreement the district released through an open records request last Friday.     A Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper arrested Clinton — who allegedly smelled of alcohol, was slurring his speech and had empty…

Gumaro “Maro” Flores, Sullivan City’s founding mayor who died Monday at the age of 90, knew how to get things done — especially if they were things that would help a resident of the far southwestern corner of Hidalgo County that he called home.     A family member in jail? Flores would know someone…

The Mission school district may partner with the Hidalgo County Head Start Program to convert one of its elementary schools into a Head Start or early childhood academy campus.   A prospective academy would have 16 classrooms, about 36 staff members and a little over 500 students, 140 of whom may come from a neighboring…

The new South Texas School Board Association picked a board last month and added two more members.     In August, the incipient nonprofit group — organized by former State Board of Education Member and current Region One Education Service Center Board Member Ruben Cortez — started asking school boards in deep South Texas to…

Anyone wanting to receive dash camera or body-worn camera footage from the Rio Grande City Police Department will be paying significantly more for it after commissioners voted to levy steep new fees for copies at a meeting last month.   Anyone can request body camera video and dashcam footage from police departments under the Texas…

The city of Mission’s new co-interim city managers disagree with their spokesperson about whether or not they’ll be speaking with the press.   The Progress Times reached out to both of the city’s co-interim city managers Tuesday evening for comment on their appointment.   Neither initially responded.      Instead, Media Relations Director Sydney Hernandez…