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$6.5 million plan for Isla Blanca Park kicks off

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — The county’s best park is about to become even better.A $6.5 million project for Isla Blanca Park will add a...

$6.5 million plan for Isla Blanca Park kicks off

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — The county’s best park is about to become even better.A $6.5 million project for Isla Blanca Park will add a...

Reaching an audience: EDM promoter’s latest concert experiments with over-21 crowd

When local music promoter Paul Magee headed to downtown McAllen Friday for his event featuring DJ Cedric Gervais, he already knew the show was...

Cedric Gervais attracts hundreds to nightclub show

BY J. EDWARD MORENOMcALLEN — It was an unusually lonely Friday night on 17th Street, in the heart of this city’s entertainment district, where...

Renaissance Cancer Foundation raises $345,700

EDINBURG — Local cancer patients will continue to receive support from Doctors Hospital at Renaissance thanks to the nearly $350,000 they raised earlier this...

Man gets 18 months in human smuggling case

McALLEN — All he had to do was drop off a group of undocumented immigrants at a local carwash and he would receive a...

Pharr to pay $24K to find new police chief

PHARR — Officials here have agreed to pay a search firm $24,500 to find a police chief to replace Ruben Villescas, who city officials...

New mayor, council member take oath in Donna

DONNA — The Donna City Council’s newly elected leadership wasted no time making changes.Recently elected Mayor Rick Morales and his running mate, Place 3...

9-year-old Mission girl a fighter fascinated with life

MISSION -- Nine-year-old Evelyn Castellon spent her first Christmas in the operating room undergoing three separate surgeries, one of which would allow her to...

Catholic state prosecutor in ex-priest’s murder trial balanced faith with duty

EDINBURG — Nearly a week removed from getting a conviction in a historic trial, even exhaling proved challenging.After all, securing a conviction in what...