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This article originally appeared in the Friday Oct. 25, 2019 issue of the Progress Times. Problems with mold forced the Palmview Fire Department to shut down Fire Station #1 in April. Six months later, the station — which is adjacent to City Hall — remains uninhabitable. When the city will either decontaminate or demolish the…

This article originally appeared in the Friday Oct. 25, 2019 issue of the Progress Times. Despite being known as a month of horror, a local man is reminding patrons at Mission’s Speer Memorial Library of one of October’s biggest celebrations. October, explained local Magician Pat Davison, is National Magic Month with National Magic Day falling…

This article originally appeared in the Friday Oct. 25, 2019 issue of the Progress Times. A familiar face is joining Alton’s municipal court. Palmview City Attorney Eric Flores became Alton’s latest municipal court judge Tuesday during the city’s latest commissioner’s meeting. He joins city Municipal Judge Carlos Ortegon and alternate Municipal Judge Patricia Yvonne ‘Patty’…

This article originally appeared in the Friday Oct. 25, 2019 issue of the Progress Times. Denny’s may open a Peñitas location in March. Construction on the roughly 4,400-square-foot restaurant started Monday at the northwest corner of U.S. 83 and Liberty Boulevard. McAllen-based Bramble Restaurants Ltd. will own and operate the Denny’s. “Peñitas shows a lot…

This article originally appeared in the Friday Oct. 25, 2019 issue of the Progress Times. The city of Palmview invited a handful of residents to City Hall last week to address widespread frustration over the sewer project, which left Palmview with miles of unpaved streets. Residents, infuriated by endless delays and streets that require an…

With their annual upcoming parade set for a little over a month away, the city of McAllen began unveiling Wednesday the celebrity lineup for the event. Second-year Dallas Cowboys Receiver Michael Gallup and five-time Super Bowl Champion and former Dallas Cowboy Defensive End Charles Haley were announced as the first pair of celebrities who will…

A former Progreso police officer accused of sexually assaulting two men appeared before a federal judge Monday. Former Progreso police Officer Matthew Lee Sepulveda, 24, of San Juan made an initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter E. Ormsby on Monday morning. Sepulveda is accused of arresting two men, performing oral sex on them and…

The Tom Landry Stadium was packed with fans cheering on their schools Saturday. However, this was not the scene of a football game that typically happens here. Instead, fans were in attendance of high school marching bands competing in the 2019 Pigskin Jubilee, the annual marching band competition. The 77th annual 2019 Pigskin Jubilee was…

Attendees were treated to a night at the circus as Mission celebrated the businesses and people that keep the community engaged. Last week, the Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce hosted an annual awards gala that honored businesses, leaders and citizens who have made an impact on the area. Held at the Mission Event Center Thursday…

Despite accepting a job as the executive director at Edinburg’s Museum of South Texas History in 1989, Shan Rankin never considered herself a historian. “It’s been 30 years of worrying,” Rankin, 69, said. “I’m not the historian I’m the person who worries about how things are running, that kind of thing. But along the way…