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MISSION — More than 600 Region One GEAR UP participants and their families engaged in a literacy awareness event here led by authors, including "The House on Mango Street" author Sandra Cisneros.

McAllen Memorial captured a win over their District 31-5A rivals, Sharyland High, during a Region IV-5A Regional quarterfinal game Thursday.  The win sends the Mustangs to the Region IV-5A regional tournament — aka the Sweet 16 — for the second straight year on Friday in San Antonio.

ALAMO — Students and staff at PSJA Memorial Early College High School put together a Día de Los Muertos altar and unveiled the exhibit Wednesday to the community, special visitors and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's Mexican American Studies Department.

MERCEDES — Sacred Heart Catholic Church's ofrenda is 20-feet tall and filled with photos, over 5,000 different colored paper ​​cempasúchil flowers, candles and mementos.