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For the fifth year in a row, graduates from Sharyland High School returned to their alma mater to discuss their freshman year of college to current Rattlers. Held Thursday, Jan. 9, the Sharyland High School 5th annual alumni panel invited seven students in colleges across the state and country to return to Sharyland High School…

Lions Park will be transforming into an inclusive community staple that gives every resident the opportunity to roar. Mission Parks and Recreation Director Brad Bentsen presented an item that authorized the department to engage an architect’s services for a preliminary park design for Lions Park during this week’s regular council meeting. The restructuring of the…

Mission Housing Authority resident Fedelia Valdez doesn’t mind not using her air conditioner. The 73-year-old resides at the housing authority’s three-story high rise building and says that she’s fine with just the ceiling fan to keep her cool in her one-bedroom apartment. Besides, she told Mission Housing Authority board members, ants fly out of her…

A pair of graduates from Sharyland High School are continuing their fight to get a response from the district to ongoing sexual misconduct allegations with a protest set for next month. Zitlalit Melgarejo (class of 2018) and Dante Flores-Demarchi (class of 2017) are organizing a march in protest of the Sharyland Independent School District administration’s…

The first group in university history to represent Texas A&M in one of Mission’s oldest traditions will make their local  debut this weekend. Texas A&M University’s Parsons Mounted Cavalry  has been invited to ride in the 83rd Citrus Fiesta’s Parade of Oranges on Saturday, Jan. 25 2020 in Mission. Parsons Mounted Cavalry is a special unit…

With the Sharyland school district and other officials still not releasing new information on an investigation into an alleged abuse incident involving students from Sharyland Pioneer High School, parents and other community members voiced their concerns Monday. During the school board’s regular monthly meeting, one dozen people signed up during the meeting’s public comments and…

Leroy Alaniz was named the new municipal judge for the city of La Joya this week. During a regular meeting held Tues. Jan. 14, Alaniz was appointed and sworn in surrounded by his family. La Joya Mayor Isidro Casanova spoke highly of Alaniz’s character. “After the resignation, it took me a while to decide who…

A new face joined the Agua Special Utility District Monday after former director Roger Hernandez officially stepped down from the board. Franco Lopez, 35, was sworn in by state Senator Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa after Hernandez stepped down to serve in the La Joya City Council. “I want to see what I can do for the…

The status on the Mission/Madero-Reynosa International Bridge is still pending. The presidential permit to build the rail bridge is on the verge of expiring, environmental and feasibility studies conducted in the area are out of date and interlocal agreements with other municipalities have been tabled multiple times. Last week and this week council met to…

By Kenneth Roberts At their regular monthly meeting on Monday, the Starr County Commissioners’ Court approved the countywide audit for the 2017-2018 fiscal year that the accountant evaluated as largely favorable for the county, and also okayed a proclamation stressing the importance of obtaining a fully accurate 2020 Census count. A report on the 2017-2018…