Valley Morning Star

With the Fourth of July right around the corner local law enforcement authorities across the Rio Grande Valley are partnering in campaigns aimed to curb drunk driving together with the Texas Department of Transportation.

Texas State Technical College recently welcomed more than 30 high school students from La Feria, Lyford, Mission and San Benito who are getting immersed in a college freshman experience by exploring technical programs of study in the Migrant Academic Achievement Residential Summer (MAARS) program held at TSTC’s Harlingen campus.

HARLINGEN — Isabela Pierce, of Harlingen, and Thérèse Lawrence, of Brownsville, both 12 years old, pay close intention as chef and proprietor Diego Benitez walks them through how to fill piping bags full of pastry cream that make up the layers of the classically French dessert, the napoleon, June 15 in the kitchen at Laurel Park Bistro.

An unidentified Texas resident has been diagnosed with malaria after working outside in Cameron County, which is the first time a locally acquired case has happened in the state in nearly 30 years.

Computer Networking and Systems Administration is part of TSTC’s performance-based education model that allows students to work with an enrollment coach to develop a schedule in two-hour time blocks.

SAN BENITO — Riding a wave of change sweeping City Hall, the new commission here wants the city's staff to open up to residents' concerns.

The Rio Grande Council of the Boy Scouts of America will be celebrating the first complete summer of its new $7 million camping facilities and a post-COVID camping revival with a free summer camp from July 3 to the 7.

SAN BENITO — After buying out City Manager Manuel La Rosa's contract, commissioners are counting on Gavino Sotelo's years of experience to oversee operations while they search for the city's next administrator.

SAN BENITO — The young man in the orange jumpsuit and the handcuffs waited nervously to learn his fate.

State Rep. Janie Lopez, whose district includes Cameron and Willacy counties, has been named to the 13-member Select Study Committee on Sustainable Property Tax Relief, state House Speaker Dade Phelan announced.