Valley Morning Star

SAN BENITO — Two days after a real estate company filed a $1 million lawsuit against the San Benito Economic Development Corporation, city officials are claiming the developer of the area’s first resaca-side commercial center failed to comply with agreements setting the project’s completion date.

Americans like to think of ourselves as one of the world’s most progressive, forward-thinking countries. We often hold ourselves out as examples for other people to follow.

As the school year winds down, families everywhere begin to envision a summer filled with relaxation and fun. Often seen as a period to unwind from the rigorous demands of academic life, summer also presents an extraordinary opportunity for new experiences. For families who have never ventured into the world of music lessons, there’s no better time to start than during these warm, expansive months.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Fish tacos with corn.

Like rain, good news is in short supply in the May-July outlook for the Rio Grande Valley and deep South Texas ranchlands from the National Weather Service Brownsville-RGV station.

SAN BENITO — A real estate company has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the San Benito Economic Development Corporation, arguing the agency pulled “a blatantly corrupt ploy to seize control” of the $8 million Resaca Village project that’s become the city’s first resaca-side commercial development.

A 69-year-old Harlingen woman was arrested Friday for the death of her passenger after she crashed her vehicle while intoxicated in December of last year.

A man has been acquitted of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for a fatal shooting in Harlingen, according to the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office.

A reader recently pointed out, with proper disgust, a banner flying in public using the phrase “f—- Biden.” The word was spelled out and the vowels were in place. I have seen similar stickers on cars. I have seen them on T-shirts. Evidently the nugatory complaints against the current administration do not lend themselves to serious or substantive discourse, so vulgarities are all the pro-Trump rabble have left. It diminishes both their standing and their argument — or lack thereof.

A U.S. Marine who was killed at Camp Pendleton in California last week has been identified as a McAllen native.