Mission says it will no longer use Zoom for city council meetings after a participant unaffiliated with the city hijacked Tuesday’s publicly accessible meeting livestream and played clips of pornography.   The pornography was only visible on Zoom, though audio from those videos could be heard on the city’s YouTube livestream, which the city restricted…

Two new emergency services districts boards created by voters earlier this year selected officers and began laying the groundwork for the new entities at two initial meetings this month and in August.   Voters created the districts — Number 5 and Number 6 — to provide emergency services to parts of western Hidalgo County.   Number…

The Mission City Council named Andy Garcia and Juan Pablo “JP” Terrazas co-interim city managers Wednesday night following the departure of former City Manager Mike Perez earlier this month.     Leadership of the city fell to Garcia and Terrazas last month after Perez asked to be placed on administrative leave.   Both Garcia and…

Edinburg CISD this week joined a new association of school boards that hopes to unite school board trustees in deep South Texas regionally.   The South Texas School Board Association is aiming to channel the legislative concerns of deep South Texas’ school boards into a central organ that will win ears in Austin while simultaneously…

Sullivan City terminated an emergency services agreement with the city of La Joya in favor of one with the city of Palmview earlier this month.   City Manager Richard Ozuna told Sullivan City Council at its August 19 meeting that switching to Palmview would reflect a savings for the city.   “The benefit is they…

The La Joya City Council Tuesday voted to appoint a new alternate municipal judge who says he’ll work for free and focus on the city’s night court.     Edinburg native Andrew Perez, 36, forged a career in law enforcement before becoming an assistant city manager in Edcouch.   He started a new job as…

The Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District says it’s implemented changes after a gun scare at Edinburg North High School in May that prompted a slew of disciplinary actions and a review by an outside firm.   In May police arrested a student who allegedly brought a pistol and a loaded magazine to Edinburg North.  …

A new nonprofit organization is asking South Texas school districts to pitch in money to form a confederation of school boards in the area focused on advocating for regionally specific needs and better equipping trustees to serve their communities.   School boards in the Rio Grande Valley began voting on whether or not to join…

In a split vote Wednesday Mission CISD trustees chose to name a fresh slate of board officers, selecting Dolores “Loli” Reyna as president.     Reyna, who was elected to the board last year, replaces Iris “Coach” Iglesias as the board’s president.   Trustees also voted to name Natividad “Nati” Sosa vice president and Petra…

The La Joya City Council authorized its city manager to coordinate the demolition of the old City Hall building on Tuesday.     That building, at 101 N. Leo Avenue, has been vacant since La Joya moved to its current City Hall in 2019.   The city made an effort to sell the property in…