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After midnight one Sunday in July of 2022, a police officer responded to Maria Moreno’s apartment in Edcouch after her 40-year-old son, Luis, had a mental health episode.     Maria, an arresting document says, called police after Luis started yelling and became hostile when an individual on a crisis hotline asked him if he…

EDINBURG– The Donna ISD School Board was named a 2024 Honor Board by the Texas Association of School Administrators. Each year, the program recognizes outstanding Texas school boards for commitment and service that has made a positive impact on Texas public school students.     The Donna ISD Trustees are now among four other school boards…

MISSION- The Mission Housing Authority celebrated a major achievement by securing $40 million in Housing Tax Credits between 2023 and July 2024. The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) awards tax credits annually in July.   This significant funding will construct two new mixed-income complexes, providing 204 modern, high-quality housing units for families…

Monday morning, Sharyland Independent School District sponsors, staff, and administration broke ground to celebrate the expansion of the district’s STEPS program.     In the last few years, special education graduates aged 18-22 at SISD learned life skills in an emulated classroom as part of a post-secondary program, STEPS (Students Transitioning to Employment and Post-Secondary…

On Monday senior Mission Assistant City Manager David Flores learned from a man who’d mentored him in the ways of municipal government that he’d be losing his job.   Flores is one of three high-level city employees whose positions are eliminated in City Manager Mike Perez’s proposed budget plan, which also aims to fix a…

La Joya City Manager Leo Olivares plans to resign after almost three years at the city’s helm.     Olivares said Monday he hadn’t yet left his post though he expected to do so “sooner rather than later,” saying he’d accomplished what he set out to in La Joya and was leaving on good terms.…

Despite the exceptional amount of attention and work put into the Hidalgo County justice of the peace election contest between Ramon Segovia and Sonia Treviño, the entire issue may just wind up being decided by how fast courts can work.   On Wednesday a judge reversed the results of a May runoff race for Hidalgo…

Sullivan City Council isn’t saying why it fired City Manager Lisa Rivera Monday evening, but Rivera has an opinion on the matter: she says she was blindsided by insider politics because she wouldn’t play ball.     After discussion behind closed doors in executive session, council voted 4-1 Monday to terminate Rivera after less than…

The Mission school board hopes to fill its recently vacated Place 7 seat in as little as 21 days.   Trustee Minnie Rodgers resigned from the board Wednesday, leaving her seat vacant. After an executive session discussion, the board greenlit a timeline for filling that seat described by attorney Eden Ramirez Jr.   According to…

Sharyland High School alumnus Beto Hinojosa returns to his old stomping grounds after 23 years — this time as the chief administrative officer. Since graduating from Sharyland, Hinojosa has dedicated his life to education, acquiring his doctorate and, most notably, working as a principal for 14 years. As he enters his 20th year in the…