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RGV Boys State Alumni Group sponsors interviewed this year’s Texas Boys State finalists for 2023 Statesmen recently at Hidalgo County Precinct 1 Conference Center in Weslaco. Precinct 1 County Commissioner David Fuentes hosted the event.

Felix Jimenez is a 2021 Rio Grande Valley Teach For America corps member and a 7th grade social studies teacher at Vanguard Rembrandt Secondary in Pharr.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — The usual sights and sounds of college students chanting on the beach while soaking up the sun and alcoholic beverages...

Last Saturday, about 150 people gathered in and around the house at the corner of East Avenue and Tulipan Street in Southmost to help Teodoro Ramirez, a retired gardener, celebrate his 100th birthday.

Local children tried their hand at running the show at the Harlingen Farmer's Market with a Kids Market of their own.

Volunteers stuff plastic Easter eggs with candy Saturday, March 18, 2023, for the City of Brownsville Parks and Recreation Department’s upcoming annual Easter egg hunt Eggstravaganza at the Downtown Rec Center. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)

The name Jack Cawood was halfway magic in McAllen 40 years ago.

SAN BENITO — Tejano group Grupo Siggno will perform at Hog Waddle 2023 March 25 at the San Benito Fairgrounds.

PEÑITAS — Rosaura Juarez held her granddaughter in her arms as she stood outside, watching several men build a house in her front yard.

The Texas Heat youth ballroom dance team from Brownsville has returned from the 2023 U.S. National Amateur Dancesport Championships at Brigham Young University with a youth Latin formation national championship and a couples champion among three in the top five after a slew of history-making performances.