Rio Water Supply’s pick for project contractor questioned
RIO GRANDE CITY — The Rio Water Supply Corporation is under scrutiny for their decision to not award a contract for a USDA-funded project...
Witness recounts fleeing road shooting
EDINBURG — Cristian Alejandro Vasquez said he was driving at 130 mph toward the nearest hospital on the expressway seconds after a bullet struck...
UTRGV CREATIVE WRITING SERIES: Masquerade
BY ELISA JULIE LONGORIAShe paints her smileSticky, sweet, crimson redThe Mask, she slowly puts on....The World she lives in, reflection of a Masquerade BallCourting...
EDUCATION SPOTLIGHT: Donna ISD implements parent academy, graduates first cohort
BY SPECIAL TO THE MONITORDonna ISD became the first in the Rio Grande Valley to implement its own facilitators to run the Parent Academy...
PSJA ISD continues Summer Meals program
PHARR - Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD is continuing to offer its Summer Meals Program, helping feed thousands of children 18 years and younger at more...
Brownsville resident prepares to climb Mount Everest
Ramiro Herrera, a young-looking 72, evidently is in top physical condition.Two weeks ago the Brownsville resident accomplished part of a lifetime dream by ascending...
Prosecutors mulling transfer of venue in RGC double-murder case
RIO GRANDE CITY – Prosecutors in the case of a young man charged in the double murder of a Rio Grande City man and...
City outsources collection of nearly $922K in unpaid parking fines
McALLEN — More than a year after it was revealed the city had left nearly $922,000 on the table in uncollected parking fines, the...
Opening statements, testimony set to begin in gang-related murder trial
EDINBURG — Jurors will have to decide if a man accused of being the driver in a gang-related murder — did so under threat...
Grand jury no bills sheriff’s deputy accused of child abuse
EDINBURG — A Hidalgo County grand jury decided against indicting a county sheriff’s deputy Thursday, District Attorney Ricardo Rodriguez Jr. said.The grand jury returned with...