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BROWNSVILLE — Betty Samuel Landreth can still remember riding in the very first Charro Days parade as a high school junior in 1938 and...

The Lenten season began Wednesday with Christians around the world gathering to attend Ash Wednesday services.

BROWNSVILLE — She stood at the end of the hallway in her fine dress and bouquet, then walked hand in hand with her handsome escort.

McALLEN — The Boys and Girls Club of McAllen held a press conference Wednesday morning to celebrate a $2 million infusion of funds that will go toward the construction of a new community center in south McAllen.

BROWNSVILLE — Fiesta Folklorica, the Brownsville Independent School District’s beloved annual festival of folkloric dance and Mexican music, kicked off at Sams Memorial Stadium...

SAN BENITO — For the first time in years, the historic Aztec building was full of life and music Saturday, just as it was in the city’s heyday as members of the public, city officials and conjunto legends came out to officially open the new home of the Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame & Museum.

McALLEN — People gathered around display tables Saturday as they created their own spice blends as a good cooking alternative to salt, which is among the principle points taught here at the McAllen Public Library where Rio Grande Valley residents learned about healthier living.

McALLEN — People gathered around display tables Saturday as they created their own spice blends as a good cooking alternative to salt, which is...

Elizabeth Street was bustling with crowds of costumed performers, vendors and celebrants Saturday afternoon for Baile Del Sol outside the Charro Days Inc. headquarters. The smell of sizzling tacos wafted on the breeze, with children dancing and playing as the community showed up for an afternoon of fun to officially herald the start of Charro Days Fiesta in the city.

EDINBURG — The sound of slot machines ringing and a local band’s performance of “Bad Moon Rising” filled the room at the Region One Education Service Center here in Edinburg on Friday.