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EDINBURG — The voices of children reverberated against the historic walls of Old Hidalgo County Jail at the Museum of South Texas (MOST) History Friday morning — excited voices and giggles with hushed shushes crescendos as the class of fourth graders made their way up the stairway to the second floor where Chief Executive Officer Francisco Guajardo waited.

EDINBURG — At one time or another, most people in this city have dreamed of buying and revitalizing the historic Citrus Theater located downtown. That collective dream is finally coming true thanks to Nick Cantu, a real estate broker who has now taken on the mission of breathing new life into the theater, and the news of his plans has energized the community with no shortage of people willing to help.

WOULD NEED TO IDENTIFY SOMEONE’S TITLE IN THE OPENING SENTENCE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE’S NO NAME ATTACHED TO THE FIRST QUOTE: EDINBURG — Rene Borrego remembers one of the early conversations with Alonzo Cantu, regarding the RGV Vipers.

EDINBURG — Skaters, rollerbladers and bikers of all ages gathered around the new skate park in Edinburg on Wednesday excited to be the first people to glide across the new ramps.

PHARR — Just four days after the Texas Department of Public Safety began implementing a program to inspect all commercial traffic crossing the Texas-Mexico border, Mexican truck drivers staged a protest that has halted all traffic into and out of Mexico at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge on Monday.

The sounds of accordions, bajo sextos and quintos, brass instruments and crooning vocals carry to even the farthest reaches of the parking lot at Jacob Brown Auditorium on the Texas Southmost College campus in Brownsville.