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TSTC students, alumni highlight their skills at Industry Job Fair

HARLINGEN — More than 400 Texas State Technical College students and alumni recently discussed their job skills and qualifications with representatives from some 70 companies at TSTC’s Industry Job Fair at the Harlingen location on Thursday, April 4.

Favorable evidence was withheld from Melissa Lucio during death penalty trial

The Cameron County District Attorney's Office and appellate attorneys for Death Row inmate Melissa Lucio agree that favorable evidence was "withheld" from the defense during her 2008 trial.

PSJA’s dual language program continues to flourish and impact community

PHARR — Over the past 25 years, PSJA ISD has established the gold standard for a dual language program offering classes district-wide with over 14,000 elementary, middle and high school students in the program that is expecting its largest graduating cohort this semester.

Texas lawmakers push back on McAllen post office consolidation plans

A group of Texas lawmakers are pushing back hard on a proposal from U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to consolidate postal service operations in McAllen and Corpus Christi with those in San Antonio.

‘Most innovative’: Los Fresnos teacher tapped for Noble Texas Builders award

LOS FRESNOS — Patty Hernandez, a freshman-sophomore math teacher at Los Fresnos United, part of Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District, has been honored with the Most Innovative Teacher Award by Noble Texas Builders.

McAllen celebrates $7 million in federal funding for airport

McALLEN — Huge. That's how local officials described the impact that some $7.4 million in federal funding will have on plans to improve the airport here.

STC’s promise to make college accessible and tuition free starts next fall

McALLEN — Graduating high school students will have more time off to focus on their studies with the financial weight of tuition lifted off their shoulders with South Texas College's Valley Promise program, which essentially gives students a tuition-free education.

Brownsville gem: Camille Playhouse to stage ‘Bye Bye Birdie’

Rehearsals are underway at the Camille Playhouse, which will wrap up its Diamond Jubilee season May 10-12 and 17-19, with "Bye Bye Birdie," the 1950s send up about small-town America teenagers, rock & roll and the Elvis Presley-inspired teen idol Conway Birdie.

Jury convicts Edcouch man accused of fatal ambulance crash

A jury is deliberating the fate of a 39-year-old Edcouch man accused of killing two while he allegedly drove drunk and crashed into an ambulance in 2018.

Outdoor Learning Center in Harlingen a playground of learning for Wilson kids

HARLINGEN — "Peekaboo," said the tiny girl clamoring over a titanic truck tire.