The Monitor

As summer approaches, scorching afternoon temperatures might make for a stressed-looking garden, leaving the hardiest plants those that are coming up between the cracks of a sidewalk.

When Ana Liz Pulido was named the winner of the 2024 Best Chef of Texas award at the James Beard Foundation awards ceremony on Monday in Chicago, she was so nervous onstage that she got tongue-tied reading the acceptance speech she'd written on her phone in English.

As we celebrate Father’s Day this weekend, it’s a poignant time to reflect on the pivotal role we, as men, play not only as fathers but as guardians of our family’s health.

Four men from the Rio Grande Valley have been sentenced for narcotics trafficking and selling drugs that left one man dead following a transaction, according to the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas.

LA JOYA — Facing an enormous uphill battle with next year's budget, La Joya ISD has brought down its $20 million deficit by half, but it comes at the price of 175 employees being laid off.

United States Border Patrol agents at the Falfurrias checkpoint discovered 42 people illegally present in the country inside a trailer that was so cold it caused one person to cry, according to a criminal complaint.

HARLINGEN — Time is money.

The U.S. Consulate General in Matamoros on Friday issued a travel warning for Reynosa due to organized kidnappings targeting people with connections to the United States.

A United States citizen was arrested Wednesday at the Hidalgo Port of Entry when Customs and Border Protection officers found over 65 pounds of cocaine in a concealed compartment within his vehicle, according to a criminal complaint.

A 26-year-old Elsa man will join his brother in state prison for a 2018 drug robbery that left one man dead and another injured.