The Monitor

BY NANCY MOYERJoe Barrington’s sculpture is informed by his West Texas heritage. His grandfather brought the first arc welder to the Throckmorton area, and...

While visiting the Laguna Atascosa National Refuge in Cameron County last year, Stella Mull and her family were made aware of the Rio Grande...

Economedes High School graduate Angelica Briones didn’t always enjoy auditioning.“I’ve learned to love the audition process. I didn’t always like it (because) I used...

BY DAVID BOWLESIn 1945, author Ralph Ellison, disillusioned by the leadership of the American Communist Party and of the African-American community in general, began...

BY EDUARDO MARTINEZThis last week of May, we are going to take a look at four gems you can find on YouTube.>> Paul Simon...

Concepcion S. “Connie” Hernandez, a New York Life agent based in Edinburg, is marking her 15th anniversary with the firm.In 2003, Hernandez took a...

McALLEN — As McAllen High baseball coach Eliseo Pompa said, “It is hard to schedule a three-game series when you have graduations (the same...

BY BROOKE CORSO“Alien: Covenant,” formerly “Alien: Paradise Lost,” is awash in religious images and text and symphonies of creation and debasement and destruction. It...

McALLEN — Bonnie and Clyde they are not.A week after a couple attempted to steal thousands of dollars from a McAllen bank, public records...

BY LESLEY FRENCH and SONJA GAINESFor many, having a baby is a happy and life-changing occasion. But about 10 to 15 percent of women...