Aguilar, Wharton keeping Virginia connection alive with RGV FC Toros
EDINBURG — When the University of Virginia faced UCLA for the men’s soccer national championship in 2014, current RGV FC Toros midfielders Pablo Aguilar...
Garden View: Learn about growing grapes in South Texas
BY BARBARA STORZFor the past 27 years, crop research at Rio Farms, a non-profit education and research organization in Monte Alto, has included grapes.“It...
RGV Vipers survive late push, lead wire to wire in playoff win against Texas...
HIDALGO — As Friday’s opening round playoff game ticked into the final 30 seconds, the Texas Legends’ Jalen Jones unleashed a 3 in transition...
UTRGV baseball drops middle game to Utah Valley
OREM, Utah — The UTRGV baseball team dropped the middle game of its three-game series to Utah Valley 10-1 on Friday at Brent Brown...
Fracking activist tries to gauge power plant emissions
EDINBURG — Sharon Wilson stood in a lecture hall at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Tuesday with two side-by-side photos of a...
Agency: Stock show attendance grew in 2018 to 300,000
The 2018 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show experienced record-breaking attendance, at least according to the firm tasked with heading the annual event’s public relations...
Alton, Mission receive $1M in grants for parks
MISSION — Two local park projects will receive $1 million in funding help through state grants.Last week, state Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, announced...
Rio Grande City mayor emphasizes partnerships in state of the city address
RIO GRANDE CITY — Mayor Joel Villarreal didn’t rappel into city hall Thursday, as he would have liked to, he joked referring to McAllen...
Rio Grande City woman sentenced in arms transport case
McALLEN — A Rio Grande City woman was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven years in federal prison for being in possession of multiple...
Somber procession: Masses meet to mark Good Friday at Basilica
SAN JUAN — Thousands of Catholics poured onto the grounds of the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of San Juan del...