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No. 2 San Benito runs past No. 10 McAllen Memorial

McALLEN — McAllen Memorial and San Benito seemed headed towards a defensive battle through nearly two quarters of play Friday, with the Mustangs clinging...

COMMENTARY: Your reading habits helped us decide to reduce print editions

Your copies of The Monitor, Valley Morning Star and The Brownsville Herald today are noticeably larger. They contain multiple sections you'd normally see in Sunday's edition because, beginning today there will be no more Sunday editions. That means our sports and feature sections, our classifieds and comics and puzzles, are all found inside what will now be a weekend edition delivered on Saturdays. That also means that for the first time in our generation, there will be no Sunday newspaper on your doorstep, in racks, or at the nearby store.

Avelo adds direct flight from Brownsville to Las Vegas

The Brownsville South Padre Island International hosted a celebration and ribbon-cutting Friday morning to mark the first nonstop, direct flight from Brownsville to Las Vegas aboard an Avelo Airlines 737, which departed at 11:45 a.m. for Harry Reid International Airport five miles south of downtown Las Vegas.

Brownsville ISD to discuss health insurance during Sept. 18 special meeting

The Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees has scheduled a special-called meeting Sept. 18 on health insurance, postponing action on the status of the district’s insurance consultant Roger Garza after a closed session at its Sept. 5 meeting.

FAA ends Starship mishap investigation; SpaceX required to take 63 corrective actions

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday morning that it has closed the mishap investigation into SpaceX's first Starship orbital launch attempt, which ended in the spacecraft exploding over the Gulf of Mexico about four minutes after launch from the company's Boca Chica Beach facility on April 20.

Rattlers capitalize on Warriors’ mistakes, move to 2-1

MISSION — Sharyland High’s defense forced five turnovers and quarterback Bo Krell accounted for three touchdowns as the Rattlers defeated the McAllen Rowe Warriors...

Too close for comfort: Texas came close to rolling blackouts on Wednesday

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas on Wednesday came closer than it’s been all summer to imposing rolling blackouts for electricity customers in the Rio Grande Valley and elsewhere across the state.