Tag: Mission
Former official guilty in bribery scheme
A former Cameron County official will be sentenced to federal prison June 15 following a guilty plea he entered on a bribery charge filed...
Border surge prompts push for more gov’t help
Federal officials are resorting to capacity mitigation strategies from the last surge in 2019 to address the current strain placed by rising migration trends...
Gov. Abbott to visit Mission on Tuesday over ‘border crisis’
Citing a humanitarian crisis, Gov. Greg Abbott’s office Monday evening announced he’ll be visiting Mission to discuss border security, a trip to the region...
Former Mission mayor to seek office again
Former Mission Mayor Norberto "Beto" Salinas is seeking another term as mayor and asking residents to give him an opportunity to "put everything back...
Leading the way: Edinburg teen among historic first class of female Eagle Scouts
Faralyn Stroop was always a scout — sort of.
Because her brothers were Cub Scouts, a program in the Boy Scouts of America that was...
Third suspect arrested in connection with 6-year-old’s death
A third suspect, allegedly involved in the Mission shooting that took the life of a 6-year-old girl, has been taken into custody, Hidalgo County...
$1M bond for suspects in 6-year-old girl’s fatal shooting
The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two suspects charged in the death of a 6-year-old girl and say investigators are searching for more...
Mission women face drug charges in fentanyl case
A nearly nine-month investigation led to the arrest of a pair of Mission women accused of smuggling controlled substances between the U.S. and Mexico,...
Power outages lead to uptick in hospital admissions in Hidalgo County
Though hospitals have contingencies in place to handle emergency situations, they have not been spared the negative effects of power outages and low water...
Mission eatery, food bank helping freeze-stunned Valley cope
MISSION — Rio Grande Valley residents who’ve lost power in the wake of unseasonably cold temperatures continued to struggle Tuesday, coping with having no...