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The city of Edinburg highlighted two proclamations Tuesday evening before briefly diving into its 2022 Fiscal Year annual audit report. The City Council opened with proclamations, one recognizing Edinburg veteran and former ECISD employee Robert Garza Jr. and another recognizing February as Black History Month. Proclamations The veteran, a sergeant in the US Army, served…

Special to The Progress Times   PALMVIEW, Texas – The City of Palmview welcomes Palmview PD’s only four-legged police officer.  Edo who turns two on February 10 comes to us from Zakrzew, Poland.   He is a Belgian Shepherd trained in narcotics detection. He underwent extensive K9 Training at the Global K9 Training Academy in Somerset,…

Like a good neighbor, Jerry Saenz is there! What does 50 years of service look like to the average man? For insurance agent Jerry Saenz, it is helping generations of families with insuring their homes and vehicles. For this insurance agent, a chance at a career became a life-long act of service recognized by the…

Sullivan City says the town’s gas station — its only one — lacks permits required to operate and to the best of the city’s knowledge has in fact never been permitted to operate, though city hall means to fix that. The store, a Stripes, has been operational for at least five years, according to city…

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) appointed a new seven-member board of managers and superintendent Thursday morning. The appointment comes after an investigation of allegations of fraud and conflicts of interest executed by the La Joya Independent School District Board of Trustees. In an official press release, TEA debriefed their selection of the board, made of…

Floats filled Conway Avenue for the annual Texas Citrus Fiesta Parade of Oranges. At noon Saturday morning, attendees lined the sidewalks of downtown Mission to get a peek at the 92-year-old citrus culture rolling through the city. Leading the parade as Grand Marshal was the Texas A&M Parsons Mounted Cavalry, one-third of the historical horse…

The Texas Education Agency installed a board of managers and a new superintendent to lead La Joya ISD Thursday after years of corruption at the school district. Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath described the move as a last resort for the state, but one that’s justified in the case of La Joya. “First of all…

At the January school board meeting, the Mission CISD Board of Trustees completed their annual performance evaluation for Superintendent Dr. Carol G. Perez. The board was recently scrutinized for extending Perez’s contract beyond the state-mandated five years in 2020. Ultimately, a provision in the contract kept everything legitimate. But leading up to the superintendent’s performance…