The Monitor

EDINBURG — A jury found an Edinburg woman guilty of fatally shooting her husband in 2019 following approximately six hours of deliberations.

Mission chef Ana Liz Pulido has been nominated for the prestigious James Beard Award for the second consecutive year.

McALLEN — The school board held its fourth budget workshop Monday with an update on a budget reduction plan to deal with the district’s ongoing deficit that has been reduced to $10.3 million from the initial $14 million.

An Edinburg man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday after being found guilty of an aggravated robbery that left a man in his 70s with “severe trauma,” Hidalgo County officials said in a news release.

As a self-declared “dictator” in his first “day” of office, newly elected President Trump will want to make a few quick pen-and-ink modifications to the Constitution to undergird his planned activities.

Comments were varied this week, with local officials requesting support for addressing our water crisis and local hospitals. Other topics included what we might expect during the next presidential term, civility in politics and workers, both the lack o workers in businesses and the use of immigrant labor.

South Padre Island is ready to host a four-day festival known for its inclusive and welcoming atmosphere.

A judge on Friday signed off on an agreed order between the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office and appellate attorneys for Melissa Lucio that she did not have access to evidence that would have corroborated her story that her 2-year-old daughter died from a fall, not child abuse.

This letter was sent to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

The Texas Education Agency has taken over control of the IDEA charter schools, the state’s largest and arguably most successful charter school program.