Tag: Mercedes

MERCEDES — We champion the blue ribbons and the animals who win them, and the students are all smiles and eyes bright.

MERCEDES — Students brought their goats before the judges during the 85th annual Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show and Rodeo. Applause rushed from the bleachers as students received their blue ribbons and their red ribbons and their pink ribbons for their goats.

MERCEDES — The steer, all gray and monolithic in size, bellowed as his owner struggled with its rope.

Nicolas V. Soto Jr., owner of NVS Corporation Services Inc., headquartered in Brownsville, has been named Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration Lower Rio Grande Valley District.

HARLINGEN — Selena Gomez knew that she wanted a better life after experiencing several unfulfilling jobs.

The third and final ambulance that Hidalgo County purchased in 2023 using federal COVID-19 relief dollars now has a new home: the city of Mercedes.

A Mercedes man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Thursday for fatally shooting a 19-year-old man in Weslaco a little more than two years ago.

MERCEDES — In 1973, Francisco Gonzalez lost his veteran’s records in a fire.

Juan Alvarez, who serves as municipal judge for the cities of Weslaco and Mercedes, has announced he is running for the 332nd state District Court.

The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office says a 14-year-old shot his stepfather after he believed his stepfather, who had become aggressive toward his mother, would assault her.