This April Hidalgo County agreed to pay its former Head Start Program executive director $110,000 to settle a lawsuit she filed in 2023 alleging she had been wrongfully terminated from her job with the program.   In 2022 the program’s policy council voted to fire Teresa Flores, its longtime executive director, during a period of…

Allegations of fraud surrounding the purported organizer of a nonprofit resulted in the McAllen City Commission rescinding last month a proclamation it had previously made recognizing her.   On April 28 the McAllen City Commission voted to officially recognize Lizbeth Muriel and her organization, AUsomely AUthentic, for efforts aimed at raising money and awareness for…

The Edinburg school board voted Wednesday against parting ways with an assistant principal whose job was in jeopardy after a gun scare at Edinburg North High School last month.   In May school district police arrested a student who allegedly brought a pistol and a loaded magazine to that campus.   The district didn’t call…

Sullivan City voters elected a new mayor and a new councilman in the municipality’s June 7 runoff.   Challenger Sylvia Castillo beat incumbent Alma Salinas in the race for mayor, raking in 53.13% of the vote to Salinas’ 46.87%.     Isaac Sulemana, meanwhile, outran Elias Morales Jr. in the race for undefended Place 3,…

La Joya City Council took no action Wednesday on subscribing to a service that would transition citations issued by the La Joya Police Department to a new digital platform, a move that may save the city money and allow its officers to issue significantly more citations.     Council heard a pitch from Trusted Driver,…

A Russian-speaking group of cybercriminals may be connected to a ransomware attack that crippled the city of Mission in February.   An engagement letter with a law firm the city hired to deal with the attack described it as the “Qilin Ransomware Incident.”   Qilin doesn’t appear to be a word.   Qilin, on the…

McAllen Independent School District Superintendent René Gutiérrez directed staff to bring back planning periods for teachers at a school board meeting Wednesday in a reversal of one of the district’s most controversial cost savings measures from last year.   Prior to cutting planning periods last year, hundreds of McAllen teachers had two blocks of non-instructional…

The city of McAllen may sue its election vendor over equipment failure during the May city commission election.   In a statement McAllen released the day before the election it reported receiving a complaint about “potential irregularity in the voting process for the District 3 election.”       The city said it notified its…