Area News
Sullivan City hosts Women’s Month Celebration
Saturday, women of western Hidalgo County were given a space of vulnerability and confidence at the Sullivan City Women’s Month Celebration. Inside the Sullivan Pavillion, Mayor Alma D. Salinas, donning a deep purple suit, addressed the women gathered at tables with an excerpt from a book. “Every day we have something to learn, something to…
Read MoreRibbon cutting results in reprimands for La Joya school employees
La Joya ISD reprimanded a handful of employees last month because they failed to clock out for a ribbon cutting at the Peñitas Starbucks, according to Superintendent Marcey Sorensen. Peñitas held a ribbon cutting for its new Starbucks on February 19. Photos from the event show Peñitas Mayor Ramiro Loya, members of the Peñitas City…
Read MoreVIPERS PARTNER UP WITH ACADEMY TO HOST 2024 ALL-VALLEY SHOWCASE
EDINBURG, Texas (March 22, 2024) – The Rio Grande Valley Vipers have partnered up with Academy Sports + Outdoors to host the 2024 All-Valley Basketball Showcase on Saturday, March 30. The showcase will tip-off at 1:00 PM CT with the girls’ game followed by the boys’ game at 2:30 PM CT. Doors open at noon at Bert Ogden Arena located at 4900 S I-69 C,…
Read MoreUIL reprimands, punishes McAllen school over ineligible player
The University Interscholastic League State Executive Committee voted Thursday to punish James “Nikki” Rowe’s athletics program over a scheme to play an ineligible basketball player from Mexico that resulted in former head basketball coach Jose Yebra losing his position and dashed the Warriors’ playoff hopes last month. After a hearing, the committee voted to reprimand…
Read MoreMission scammer charged with third-degree felony
A Mission man was arrested Saturday afternoon and charged with a third-degree felony amid scamming residents over six months. Jesus Fuentes Lopez III, 41, began his scamming spree in May 2023, where he impersonated an automotive employee and told the victim, Alma Cruz, that he could sell her a 2017 Chevrolet Impala from ‘JC Station.’…
Read More89-year-old Mission woman publishes novel detailing life story
What is a life well spent? For 89-year-old British-born Mission resident Julia Peck, it is the values and experience built on love, written in her first novel, Julia & Peter: A Love Story Spanning Continents. Julia Stanton Peck’s life is as mundane as it is remarkable, much so that her book, published in December 2023,…
Read MoreAlton PD to apply for grant, manholes damaged by road widening project
During a regular Tuesday meeting, the Alton City Commission approved a grant application for its police department and conferred damage done to city manholes related to road widening construction. The Alton Police Department applied for a State Homeland Security Program, Hazard Preparedness Project grant that authorizes the purchase of new radio equipment. The State Homeland…
Read MoreEdinburg highlights growth at state of the city address 2024 infrastructure comes with an increase for utility rates
The city of Edinburg highlighted its socio-economic growth across the past year at the Region One Education Center and gave the public a glance at what’s to come in 2024. Mayor Ramiro Garza Jr. delved into areas of growth and expansion, dubbing the city of Edinburg as an ‘experience’ for all who visited or resided…
Read MoreLow-income housing to be demolished soon
Mission’s affordable housing community Anacua Village could be demolished as early as next month to make way for two new housing projects — a mixed-income, multi-family complex and a senior-living complex. If the Mission Housing Authority estimates the timeline accurately, both complexes will be finished and occupied by the end of 2026. Anacua has been…
Read MoreCity urges residents to use mobile alert app
The City of Mission launched the My Mission 311 mobile phone app in 2021 to create a direct line of communication from the residents to city staff. Less than three years since the application debuted, the city is still fine-tuning the system. However, they encourage the Mission community to utilize the tool to promote city…
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