Tag: Progreso

Federal prosecutors allege that Progreso’s mayor stored and packaged drugs at the middle school he worked at and went into hiding after his brother was arrested last year for drug trafficking.

Homeland Security Investigations special agents on Monday morning arrested Progreso Mayor Gerardo Alanis on federal drug charges.

The Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct has publicly reprimanded the city of Progreso’s municipal judge.

Hidalgo County voters this year considered two bonds and eight tax-ratification elections and all but three failed to pass.

This page will be updated throughout the course of election night with unofficial results from multiple sources. Make sure to check back here periodically. Results are unofficial until canvassed by local entities.

Hidalgo County voters will have plenty to decide on this Tuesday as Election Day has arrived.

A federal magistrate judge on Tuesday set the bond for the Progreso school district’s board president, who is accused of cocaine smuggling, at $250,000 with a $15,000 deposit, court records indicate.

Federal prosecutors allege that the Progreso school district’s board president was involved in smuggling approximately 88 pounds of cocaine in 2020.

The Progeso school district's board president and that municipality's assistant city manager is in custody on federal drug trafficking charges.

Hidalgo County is extending its operating hours at WIC clinics throughout the area beginning in October.