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TSTC observes National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week

HARLINGEN — The effects of drug and alcohol consumption are an important concern at colleges and universities across the nation, and Texas State Technical...

Hidalgo Co. Sheriff’s office seeks to withhold info on hot car death

The La Joya ISD Police Department says it has no documents related to the on-campus death of a child who died in a hot car at an elementary school in August or the arrest of a district employee that followed that death.

Weslaco ISD cancels class over Election Day safety concerns

School’s out for Election Day in Weslaco.

TSTC student contributes family vehicles for auto collision education

HARLINGEN — What some see as a wrecked car, Juan Medina sees as a worthwhile challenge. Medina is sharpening the skills needed to restore damaged...

Brownsville artists demonstrate woodblock printmaking

For museum visitors, it’s not every day you see a steamroller in front of the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art on a Saturday morning, much less one making art prints.

Building Construction Technology students gain valuable knowledge at TSTC

HARLINGEN — With each cut that they make and each nail that they drive, students in the Building Construction Technology program at Texas State...

Kenmont Montessori School celebrates United Nations Day, 50th birthday

Kenmont Montessori School celebrated United Nations Day 2022 and its own 50th birthday on Thursday in a day of festivities to mark Dr. Maria Montessori’s belief in education as the key to world peace.

Photo Gallery: Kenmont Montessori School celebrates United Nations Day, 50th birthday

BROWNSVILLE — Kenmont Montessori School celebrated United Nations Day 2022 and its own 50th birthday on Thursday in a day of festivities to mark...

Former Los Fresnos elementary school tutor arrested on charges of indecency with a child

A 29-year-old man who was a tutor at Palmer Lasko Elementary School in Los Fresnos back in 2010 and 2011 has been arrested on two counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact.

Former Mercedes middle school coach pleads not guilty to inappropriate relationship charge

A former Mercedes ISD coach pleaded not guilty last week to having an inappropriate relationship with a student, a charge stemming from a 2021 arrest that caused significant uproar in the school district.