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MERCEDES — Hidalgo County officials are hoping residents will show their support at the ballot box this May for a $195 million bond issuance — a nine-figure debt meant to fund drainage infrastructure improvements that will come at no added burden to the taxpayer.

MERCEDES — Every student in Oscar Rodriguez’s agriculture mechanics class agreed they’d each worked together to build their award-winning squeeze chute, welding trailer and flatbed goose-necked trailer.

The Texas General Land Office has announced more than $18.5 million in disaster relief funding that will aid communities across the Rio Grande Valley affected by the floods of 2019.

McALLEN — A man who once offered Mercedes city officials legal guidance has now admitted he broke the law and used public funds and his attorney bank account to do so.

A probable cause affidavit revealed that one suspect in the shooting and killing of Carlos Garcia Ruiz confessed to a friend that they “shot his cousin during a kidnapping.”

The sixth suspect involved in the death of 19-year-old Carlos Garcia Ruiz, who orchestrated an attempted aggravated kidnapping of a Mercedes man in late February, was formally charged on Sunday.

MERCEDES — The bidding began at $10,000.

MERCEDES – Emily Denny moved about the arena, leading her Simbrah steer in quiet obedience before the judge, the packed bleachers and the electrical anticipation in the air.

MERCEDES — Randall Olivarez leaned over his hog, expertly tapping him with a show stick as the judged watched him and the other contestants in the arena.

One suspect involved in the aggravated kidnapping of a Mercedes man that turned fatal late last month is set to be arraigned at the Hidalgo County Adult Detention Center Thursday afternoon.