Former IES finance director pleads guilty to embezzlement conspiracy
Despite receiving warnings from an auditor with the Office of Inspector General, the chief executive officer of International Educational Services Inc., or IES, advised his financial director “not to adjust the salaries to the cap limit” as they were told, according to a plea agreement between federal prosecutors and IES’ finance director.
San Benito driving voter turnout as school board race turning up heat
SAN BENITO — The city’s two rival factions are heating up the polls at the city’s Community Building, turning the bustling voting site into one of the hottest across Cameron County as steady flows of residents cast ballots during an eight-day early voting period.
Harlingen School of Health Professions’ top students ‘genuinely enjoy learning’
HARLINGEN — Meet Alberto and Yolanda.
Harlingen to break ground on air control tower
HARLINGEN — After years of planning, city and state leaders are ready to break ground Wednesday on a $20 million project aimed at building Valley International Airport’s tallest control tower.
Commentary: Texas revolutionary battles recently reenacted in Harlingen
It is April 17, 1836, and Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna once again cannot go to sleep. He has split the Mexican Army of Operations for the Tejas Campaign into three fronts. All have the same mission: Suppress and end the Texas Revolution movement. The army retook the Alamo in Bejar (San Antonio) on March 6. The campaign will not be complete until Gen. Sam Houston and the remaining Texas militia is captured or forced east across the Louisiana border into the United States. Houston hurriedly led his men eastward in full retreat.
Polls open for early voting in the May 4 elections
Early voting for the May 4 elections began Monday morning.
Custom ice cream sandwiches shop set to open in SPI
An ice cream shop known for its custom ice cream sandwiches is set to open next month on South Padre Island — just in time for summer.
Letters to the Editor | Week of April 22-27, 2024
Letters to the editor published in The Monitor, Valley Morning Star and The Brownsville Herald during the week of April 22-27, 2024.
TSTC Electrical Lineworker student thankful for skills acquired for future job
HARLINGEN — Former U.S. Marine Oswaldo Arriasola, an Electrical Lineworker and Management Technology student at Texas State Technical College, hopes that soon he will get the attention of potential employers in the Texas workforce.
Going, coming and just passing through: Spring bird migration begins
A unique looking mockingbird came to the birdbath as I was looking out our kitchen window recently. I grabbed a photo to try to identify it. It was not a mockingbird, but a close cousin — a gray catbird. A bird I never expected to photograph because they are not permanent residents in the Rio Grande Valley.
