Tag: Donna
Donna resident wins $1 million from Texas Lottery Powerball
A Donna resident is seeing green after claiming a Powerball prize worth $1 million for the March 18 drawing, according to a media release from the Texas Lottery.
Donna man gets 30 years for assaulting wife with machete
A Donna man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to assaulting his wife with a machete last year.
Valley housing authorities awarded federal funding
Several housing authorities across the Rio Grande Valley were recently awarded funding for maintenance and modernization.
Donna ISD gets top H-E-B prize for fledgling early childhood academy
DONNA — The M. Rivas Primary Discovery Academy at Donna ISD in its second year of operation won the H-E-B Excellence in Education Early Childhood Award thus receiving $25,000, a testament for cultivating students.
Donna voters approve bridge bond election
In about two years, motorists in the Mid-Valley might start to see a new sight — a stream of fully loaded commercial trucks heading northward along Farm-to-Market Road 493 from the Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge.
Donna resident sentenced to 6 years for possession of child porn
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a 32-year-old Mexican man living in Donna to six years in prison for possessing 43 videos of child sexual abuse material.
Valley voters to decide local city and school races on Saturday
Rio Grande Valley voters will have one more chance to cast their vote for the May 4 elections with the conclusion of early voting on Tuesday.
TSTC students return with medals from SkillsUSA state competition
HARLINGEN — Some Texas State Technical College students from the Harlingen location medaled at the recent 2024 SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary State Leadership and Skills Conference in Houston.
Early voting underway in municipal elections across Hidalgo County
Early voting is underway in several municipal elections across Hidalgo County. Residents are being asked to choose new leaders, amending the rules that govern their city, or taking on decades’ worth of debt to finance public infrastructure.
Donna raises certain utility rates as infrastructure needs loom
DONNA — Faced with more than $40 million worth of sorely needed infrastructure improvements that officials here can’t find outside funding for, Donna is instead trying to offset projected costs by raising utility rates.