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Pharr hires Alton police chief to serve as assistant city manager
Pharr officials looked to Alton when needing to recruit a new administrator and hired that community’s police chief, Jonathan B. Flores, to serve as Pharr’s new assistant city manager.
Man drowns while fishing at Donna Lakes
The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office said a 29-year-old man who was fishing with friends at the Donna Lakes died after accidentally falling in the water and drowning.
Sharyland ISD gathers info for five-year strategic plan
MISSION — Sharyland ISD began last month working on a strategic plan the district says will guide its direction for the next five years when completed.
California man found guilty in murder-for-hire plot targeting Mission resident
A federal jury on Monday deliberated for a little more than an hour before convicting a 32-year-old California man for a conspiracy to murder an unidentified individual from Mission.
Double fatality near Edinburg under DPS investigation as road deaths climb Valleywide
Two Edinburg men were killed and six people were transported to a local hospital Sunday evening after two vehicles crashed near a farm road just outside of town, state troopers said in a news release.
Edinburg school board OK’s partial compensation package
Continuing to look at a positive enrollment outlook, the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees approved Tuesday a partial compensation package for employees, though the board still has to approve a budget this summer and may discuss calling for a tax rate election during that process.
Mission bar owner pleads guilty to sex trafficking underage migrant
The owner of a Mission cantina admitted on Friday to forcing a 16-year-old girl to engage in commercial sex with her patrons, according to the United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Texas.
De La Cruz gives a rundown of her first six months in Congress
McALLEN — It’s been a whirlwind six months in Washington D.C. for Monica De La Cruz, the freshman congresswoman who last November shook up the Rio Grande Valley’s political landscape by becoming the first Republican and first woman to win Texas’ 15th Congressional seat.
Harlingen CISD passes $184.1 million budget
HARLINGEN — The Harlingen school district’s new $184.1 million general fund budget is partly based on a 21-percent increase in appraised property values, leading an anti-tax group to argue property owners will be paying higher taxes.
San Benito proposing to cap water rates
SAN BENITO — The new city commission is launching a series of workshops, planning to draft a budget aimed at capping proposed hikes in some of the Rio Grande Valley’s highest water rates while speeding up street repairs and boosting low employee wages.