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Almost a dozen supporters of Mission’s 65-year old tavern known as the Ice House attended a council meeting on Tuesday and convinced city leaders to reverse its ban on outdoor music at the bar, which is zoned as a commercial property.     Wearing matching shirts emblazoned with, “Friendly Times For Over 60 Years,” the…

Newly appointed Edinburg CISD School Board President Xavier Salinas said Monday that he intends to use the leadership position to strive for more accountability and more efficiency at the district.   Trustees voted to name Salinas president while reorganizing their officers at a board meeting Monday.   A career educator, Salinas retired as superintendent at…

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…

The La Joya school district will spend the next nine months developing a more efficient transportation system to better support student academic outcomes. LJISD hasn’t updated its bus routing system in about 20 years. But Chief of Operations & Infrastructure S.B. Pierson said these system upgrades should occur every two to three years to accommodate…

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 Mission City Council on Tuesday declined to reconsider a conditional use permit (CUP) for a local bar known as the Ice House, sticking with its current ban on outdoor music at the tavern. Unless overturned at the next council meeting, the outdoor music ban could remain in effect during the upcoming cooler months, when…

The federal government has been shut down since Oct. 1, and food assistance is about to expire, but Sharyland ISD is doing what it can to support its students and families. SISD reminded families to update their annual income surveys if they’re experiencing temporary employment or income changes because of the shutdown. The income survey…

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…

Sharyland ISD has had a slow but steady increase in membership since the 2025-2026 school year began, but the superintendent admitted that year-to-date enrollment is still lower than the district expected. Administration presented its regular enrollment and attendance report to the board of trustees at the Oct. 20 school board meeting. Although SISD began the…