Area News

Superintendent Dr. Carol G. Perez announced that Mission Consolidated Schools will phase into face-to-face learning on March 23. Since about November 2020, students have had the option to attend in-person, virtual instruction. This means some students were in the classroom with a teaching assistant, while most teachers and students were still working from home. Face-to-face…

Concerned about the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. District Judge Randy Crane on Tuesday rescheduled the city of La Joya corruption trial from April to May. The blockbuster corruption case, which resulted in the arrest of former La Joya Mayor Jose A. “Fito” Salinas, involved schemes to siphon money from the city of La Joya, the La…

On Tuesday evening, the Alton City Council held two separate meetings, with one that highlighted an update to the approval of an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Alton and Mission CISD and an update to the Mayoral Declaration of Local State of Disaster. After approving the minutes of the February 9 meeting, the preliminary…

An undocumented man testified Tuesday that a police officer arrested him, threatened him with deportation and sexually assaulted him at the Progreso Police Department in June 2019. Fearful he would be deported, the man — identified during courtroom testimony by the initials “CL” — pleaded with Progreso police Officer Matthew Sepulveda to release him. “He…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 8, 2021 Palmview, Texas – As part of its continued efforts to maintain transparency and open communication regarding the Palmview Wastewater Collection System project, City of Palmview officials met this week with Agua Special Utility District (SUD) officials to discuss the status and to get an update on the progress…

During last Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Mayor Richard Molina announced the ‘Hometown of Heroes Marathon’ and signed two proclamations that recognize March 2021 as ‘National Nutrition Month’ and ‘Colorectal Awareness Month’. Mayor Molina opened the floor with a report, which mentioned Governor Abbott’s recent rescind to the statewide mask mandate. “The city is reviewing the…

Although Mission Food Park has only been in operation for a few months, business has been rapidly growing, according to Daniel Silva, the chief executive officer for the Mission Economic Development Corporation. Because of this, the EDC is already making plans to upgrade the park to better serve the vendors and patrons. At the Feb.…

Joel Garcia has spent the majority of his life working on cars because of his passion for auto body work. He opened the doors to his business, Collision Masters, 25 years ago and attributes their success to their customers. “I was born in McAllen, and raised in Rio Grande,” Garcia said. “Started off as a…

A newly elected judge from Mission recused herself from all cases involving a prominent Mission attorney last week — avoiding a potentially messy fight over impartiality. Attorney Rick Salinas of Mission filed a motion to recuse Hidalgo County Court-at-Law #9 Judge Patricia “Patty” O’Caña-Olivarez from his cases, concerned that bad blood between the Salinas and…