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Greene stands out in community, on pitch for RGV FC Toros

RGV FC defender Kai Greene has been mentoring one of the youth at the Evins Regional Juvenile Center in Edinburg since February, but he...

SOUND ‘ROUND: Are we humanz, or are we androidz?

BY JON LaFOLLETTEGORILLAZ — HUMANZ (WARNER BROS.)There’s a fine line between unbearable misanthropy and macabre satire. It’s a dichotomy Damon Albarn has long juggled...

Share your memories of Hurricane Beulah

September marks the 50th anniversary of Hurricane Beulah, arguably the biggest storm to hit the Rio Grande Valley. At the time, it was only...

MOVIE REVIEW: Buddy comedy ‘Snatched’ exhausts chances

BY BROOKE CORSO“Snatched,” a star vehicle for Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn’s return to the screen after 15 years, is a hodgepodge of wasted...

Life sentence for local educator’s murderer

EDINBURG — An El Paso man was sentenced to life in prison earlier this week for the death of a local longtime educator.Claudio Alberto...

Chulita Vinyl Club founder Claudia Saenz talks collective of female DJs

BY EDUARDO MARTINEZThis week, I talked to Claudia Saenz, founder of the Chulita Vinyl Club. This collective regularly plays music that a lot of...

TOP SHELF: Late Spring round-up

BY DAVID BOWLESI read more books than I get a chance to review in this column, so let me take a moment to highlight...

LETTERS: On Washington Post and Sen. John Cornyn

‘Don’t blame the Post’The political commentary in the Monitor on Thursday by Jay Ambrose, regarding the Washington Post, was very surprising. For a newspaper...

Suspect arrested in fatal hit-and-run

HARLINGEN — Police suspect 31-year-old Adrien Salas was feeling the heat.HARLINGEN — Police suspect 31-year-old Adrien Salas was feeling the heat.About 5 a.m. Thursday,...

As Trump moves to renegotiate NAFTA, MEDC exec predicts changes to country of origin...

McALLEN — Mangoes, onions, limes and avocados were loaded and unloaded onto truck after truck Thursday at the McAllen Produce Terminal Market just hours...