Tag: Harlingen CISD (HCISD)

HARLINGEN — Area school districts are spreading holiday cheer.

HARLINGEN — It's a slower time and a quieter time in the life of the world and in the life of Harlingen when a young Porter Pile heads off to school.

HARLINGEN — Senobio Martinez appreciated the gratitude extended to him Friday for his service in the Army many years ago.

The Brownsville Independent School District on Thursday named Brownsville native and BISD graduate Jesus H. Chavez as interim superintendent of schools, effective as soon as negotiations conclude for the position.

With temperatures resting between the 80s and 90s under a sunny South Texas sky, Friday in San Benito was an otherwise beautiful day that should have been filled with excitement. Neighboring Harlingen was coming to town that night for arguably the biggest high school football game in Texas, the Battle of the Arroyo. Halloween is also right around the corner and families would normally be running to stores to stock up on candy and costumes.

HARLINGEN — Harlingen High School’s got a new leader at the helm.

HARLINGEN — The player, petite and swift and sure, moves in a perfect arc and kicks the football high overhead.

When the San Benito school district announced in June that it was temporarily closing the old Greyhound Stadium, the reaction then was arguably more tepid. This may be since the football field belonging to this proud city's former high school was anything but mortal at the time.

HARLINGEN — When we think of life skills, we often think of the practical matters of counting money, washing clothes and preparing meals.

A 60-year-old man was convicted Thursday of stabbing and killing a former Harlingen High School football player in the middle of the night nearly three years ago.