Jury finds man guilty in kidnapping, murder case
EDINBURG — A tire shop employee will spend the rest of his life behind prison walls for his role in the shooting of a...
More than 3,000 gather for Pride in the Park
MCALLEN — Pride in the Park: Love Without Borders shattered attendance records Saturday night when more than 3,000 people gathered to celebrate the ability...
UTRGV rising in Brownsville
Across University Boulevard from the new Academic Building going up next to the Main Building on Brownsville’s University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus,...
UTRGV Provost named president of SUNY at Albany
EDINBURG — Havidán Rodríguez, founding provost at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and former interim president of UT-Pan American, has been named...
Former adult probation officer surrenders to authorities in connection with bribery investigation
PHARR — A former employee surrendered to authorities Tuesday afternoon in connection with an investigation into possible bribery and theft at the county’s adult...
Sen. Cruz to participate in McAllen Fourth of July Parade
Sen. Ted Cruz will be a guest at McAllen’s annual Fourth of July Parade this year.McAllen Mayor Jim Darling said Cruz will give remarks...
Saving the 1910 Hidalgo County Jail
EDINBURG — Groundwater flows just feet under parts of the city. The high water-table has been creeping into the 1910 Hidalgo County Jail, recognized...
STISD students advance to national HOSA competition
BY SPECIAL TO THE MONITORMERCEDES— Twenty-three South Texas Independent School District students, who are members of the HOSA-Future Health Professionals organization, qualified to compete...
Restoring the Valley’s only black cemetery led to Edinburg’s annual Juneteenth celebration
EDINBURG — For years, Lewis Callis, a retired mail carrier, pushed his lawnmower down the street for blocks toward a small, run-down cemetery, which...
