Community

When Mary Rose Cardenas went after something, it was to benefit her community, not herself, and you’d be wise to go along or at least get out of the way.

The items inside the handbags that DHR Health donated to domestic violence shelters in the Rio Grande Valley were largely comprised of feminine hygiene products, such as toiletries including razors, toothbrushes and body wash but also some perfume, hair brushes and manicure sets — plenty of what someone needs to feel good about themselves.

Emanuel Martinez still remembers the first request for help that his new nonprofit organization received. It was November 2022, and Operation Christmas RGV was, and still is, a fledgling charity whose aim is to “spread hope and joy” throughout the Rio Grande Valley.

EDINBURG — I was asked to do a sort of New Years Eve-themed review of a local restaurant. I was also told that I need to stop reviewing Mexican and barbecue restaurants.

A Mission business is appealing to the community for assistance after a family recently lost their belongings in a fire.

South Texas Health System welcomed the first baby born on Christmas at the hospital into the world at 7:10 a.m.

BROWNSVILLE — The cars waited like the patient seekers of meager blessings for the season that is upon us.

They crowded around the man in the red suit with the white trim and the beard falling around his face.

EDINBURG — On the evening of Monday, Dec. 11, Natalia Moure had just completed a 12-hour shift at DHR Health, where she works as a registered nurse.

Although donations have been slow, every bit of help that families in need have received during The Monitor and United Way of South Texas’ Spirit of Christmas campaign has meant so much to them.