EDITORIAL: RGV athlete at the Olympics makes us all smile
His face told the world how utterly happy he was to be holding the flag for Mexico in the opening ceremonies of the 2018...
LETTERS: On drug kingpins, cross-country local standouts and PBS programming
Capture the drug kingpinsThe true illusions for the border wall are not fake news. The reasons given for the border wall are to stop...
DA’s office to mull death penalty in 2006 Donna murder
EDINBURG —The Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office requested more time Monday to decide whether they will again seek the death penalty against a man...
COMMENTARY: The silence of the lame
BY AL GARCIAI have no illusions about our president’s delusions and his deliberate deflection of the truth. He openly flaunts his ignorance of basic...
LETTERS: On #MeToo movement; power lifting and Mark Zuckerberg
#MeToo to TrumpPresident No. 45 may hope to avoid the investigation of charges of sexual misconduct or outright abuse made by at least 16...
Bert Ogden Arena announces venue’s first planned concert
Luis Miguel is the first announced concert at the new Bert Ogden Arena, officials announced Monday at a news conference in Edinburg.Miguel will not...
COMMENTARY: This is not a Valentine’s Day column
BY LOUISE BUTLERLet me establish that I am a romantic. I can recite entire scenes from “Now, Voyager,” the 1942 melodrama romance, which is...
Female artists offer memorable experience at South Texas College exhibit
BY NANCY MOYERLocal women who have assumed leadership roles are being recognized in a unique exhibition of artworks on display at the South Texas...
COMMENTARY: Replacing property taxes with higher sales taxes is just bad math
BY DALE CRAYMERIt’s no exaggeration to say that Texans don’t like paying property taxes, as we have some of the highest in the nation.Could...
EDITORIAL: We must be home to all of our brave
Theoretically, soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War were not U.S. citizens. But they did so for what they hoped would be their new...