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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott brought former President Donald Trump back to the Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday to visit the border wall. After they attended a briefing on border security, Abbott and Trump addressed a small crowd of supporters near the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge on Wednesday afternoon. Abbott blasted President Joe Biden, touted his plan…

Beloved Mission coach Larry Howell was properly inducted into the RGV Sports Hall of Fame this weekend. The Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame had their 33rd annual induction ceremony and dinner this Saturday at the Mission Event Center. Howell was officially part of the 2020 class, but the pandemic postponed his recognition by…

Hidalgo, TX – The Valley View ISD Board of Trustees is proud to announce Dr. Silvia Ibarra as its Lone Finalist for Superintendent of Schools. Dr. Ibarra has been serving as the Interim Superintendent for Valley View ISD since February 2021.  Prior to this position, she served as the Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services at…

The La Joya school board on Wednesday approved a $399 million budget that kept the property tax rate unchanged and included a 2% raise for employees. Along with the raise, trustees approved a $2,500 retention stipend. “I wish we could have done a lot more,” said Trustee Mary T. Hernandez, but the school board had…

After his third drunken driving arrest, a Mission police lieutenant found himself without a job last week. Mission fired police Lt. David Michael Garcia on June 14 — more than four months after the Palmhurst Police Department charged him with driving while intoxicated and unlawfully carrying a weapon. “We deny the charges and he’s appealed…

The parents of a man who shot a police corporal — and died after officers shot back — filed a lawsuit against the city of Mission on Monday, claiming that officers sparked the deadly confrontation by shooting their son “as he was running away and without any provocation.” Josie and Juan Chapa filed the lawsuit…

The FBI served the La Joya Independent School District, the city of Mission and the Agua Special Utility District with grand jury subpoenas last month — requesting documents on more than a dozen public officials or corporations affiliated with them. Agua SUD released the subpoena under the Texas Public Information Act. The Progress Times obtained…

Peñitas Chief of Staff Andy Morales pleaded not guilty to four gun charges on Wednesday. Morales pleaded not guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and three counts of making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm. Morales waived his right to a formal, in-person arraignment and…