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Photo Gallery: Palm Valley Animal Shelter seeking community help to alleviate crowding

EDINBURG — Palm Valley Animal Society is once again in need of help, having reached capacity and hoping to offer ways the public can...

Broadway star says Disney Princess concert in McAllen will bring the feels

Getting whisked away by Disney’s magic can happen in your living room, at the movie theater, at a theme park or on Broadway. Now, it’ll happen on stage at the McAllen Performing Arts Center on Thursday, when some of the most talented and brightest stars in theater will hope to enchant audiences as Ariel, Elsa, Belle and more.

Photo Gallery: Food bank’s Empty Bowls event raises record amount

EDINBURG — It’s called Empty Bowls, but efforts to raise funds for the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley’s 16th annual luncheon were...

Terror on Texas Avenue guarantees night of fright in Mercedes

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Photo Gallery: Terror on Texas Avenue guarantees night of fright in Mercedes

The Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show is hosting its second annual fall fest with their titular “Terror on Texas Avenue” event starting Oct. 27....

Hard Work, Hope: Recovery Center responds to ongoing need

The Recovery Center of Cameron County is celebrating its 25th anniversary knowing it could be serving three or four times as many clients if it had the personnel and state funding of a decade ago.

Palo Alto in Brownsville observes Archaeology Month

Visitors to the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park took a deep dive into archaeology Saturday morning with the park’s Archaeology Fair to celebrate Texas Archaeology Month. The fair featured booths with hands-on activities and presentations for attendees from local and state organizations like the Brownsville Historical Association, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s Community Historical Archaeology Project with Schools (CHAPS) and Texas Parks and Wildlife.

Attracting visitors far and wide, Maddie’s Pumpkin Patch in McAllen grows in renown

McALLEN — Among the warm and summer-like climate of the Rio Grande Valley, there exists a small piece of autumn where rows of pumpkins decorate the grounds.

Photo Gallery: Attracting visitors far and wide, Maddie’s Pumpkin Patch in McAllen grows in...

McALLEN — Maddie's Pumpkin Patch continues to attract people far and wide to McAllen for a little piece of autumn in a warm climate. Read...

Netflix’s ‘Dahmer’ series earns San Juan actor newfound notoriety

Rio Grande Valley native David Barrera has been acting for 28 years in roles small and large from “NYPD Blue” to “The Big Bang Theory” to “Selena: The Series,” and more recently in the acclaimed Hulu film “Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters.” But it’s safe to say he has reached another level of notoriety playing Chief Arreola in Netflix’s new series, “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.”