Area unemployment declined in May
McALLEN — Hidalgo County’s unemployment rate dropped half of a percent in May while Edinburg and McAllen are tied for the lowest unemployment rate...
Vela’s super performance nets Player of the Year honors
McALLEN — Mission Veterans’ Noel Vela might be superhuman. There is no way to know for sure.It certainly would explain a lot. Like how...
All-Area first and second teams, superlatives and final top ten
All-Area SuperlativesPlayer of the Year: Noel Vela, Mission VeteransOffensive Player of the Year: Saul Garza, Edinburg NorthPitcher of the Year: Ruben Sepulveda, Rio Grande...
Garza adds Offensive Player of the Year honors to impressive season
McALLEN — Edinburg North senior Saul Garza is the youngest of three boys and the son of a pitcher, so it made sense for...
RGC’s Sepulveda earns All-Area Pitcher of the Year
McALLEN — The last thing hitters see before Rio Grande City senior Ruben Sepulveda’s dominant changeup comes at them are the letters N-A-N-D-O inked...
COMMENTARY: Distracted driving exacts toll on Texas families
BY STACEY RIDDLEA year has passed since our family changed forever. My daughters, 19-year-old Brianna and 17-year-old Jade, were so full of life, enthusiasm...
McAllen High’s Nixon named All-Area Newcomer of the Year
McALLEN — In some of the biggest moments of the season for McAllen High, it was freshman Aaron Nixon who had the ball or...
McAllen High’s Pompa is All-Area Coach of the Year
McALLEN — When the McAllen High baseball team got back from Laredo, coach Eliseo Pompa gathered the team and recited a quote he had...
COMMENTARY: Why Gov. Abbott is ‘choosing pollution over people’
BY COURTNEY NAQUINIn 2015, Gov. Greg Abbott said President Barack Obama’s plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions were “unilateral executive overreach.” He’s leaned on...
ADVICE: Negative experiences, remarks leave a lasting mark
BY MARIA LUISA SALCINESWhen adults punish children by making them feel guilty or without a positive lesson, they are not encouraging improved behavior.Children should...