Tag: Photo Gallery

BROWNSVILLE — The 71st annual Christmas parade, hosted by the Charro Days Fiesta Association, was held Saturday along the traditional Charro Days parade route.

The 10th annual McAllen Holiday Parade marched its way into the hearts of thousands of spectators Saturday at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium.

MISSION — The city hosted a Veterans Day ceremony and flag laying event here Saturday morning at the Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery.

MISSION — More than 600 Region One GEAR UP participants and their families engaged in a literacy awareness event here led by authors, including "The House on Mango Street" author Sandra Cisneros.

McAllen Memorial captured a win over their District 31-5A rivals, Sharyland High, during a Region IV-5A Regional quarterfinal game Thursday.  The win sends the Mustangs to the Region IV-5A regional tournament — aka the Sweet 16 — for the second straight year on Friday in San Antonio.

ALAMO — Students and staff at PSJA Memorial Early College High School put together a Día de Los Muertos altar and unveiled the exhibit Wednesday to the community, special visitors and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's Mexican American Studies Department.

MERCEDES — Sacred Heart Catholic Church's ofrenda is 20-feet tall and filled with photos, over 5,000 different colored paper ​​cempasúchil flowers, candles and mementos.

In one of the city’s biggest funeral ceremonies, hundreds of law enforcement officers Thursday joined Lt. Milton Resendez’s family to honor San Benito’s first police officer killed in the line of duty.

EDINBURG — The Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley hosted its 17th annual Empty Bowls luncheon and silent auction Tuesday, Oct. 17, when attendees gathered to help raise funds and address food insecurity in the area.

PHARR — Spiced chai coffee and Indian dishes were served and munched on as the cricketers played on their makeshift field as the sport returned to the Rio Grande Valley.