Tag: San Juan

SAN JUAN — The history of the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle tells the story of not only San Juan but the Rio Grande Valley.

A 47-year-old Mission man accused of a fatal beating in San Juan has joined his son in federal custody after being indicted for bringing in and harboring people in the country illegally.

SAN JUAN — There was little relief from the sweltering South Texas heat as roughly a dozen people gathered inside the Jackson Ranch Church on Saturday afternoon.

SAN JUAN — Just days before the Juneteenth National Independence Day, which commemorates the end of slavery, Roseann Bacha-Garza, an anthropology lecturer at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, hosted descendants of the site’s namesakes where they once risked everything to help slaves escape to freedom.

A Hidalgo County has grand jury indicted a San Juan woman and a Mission man for the death of a 39-year-old man after he assaulted a McAllen homeowner during a burglary last year, according to court documents.

When Ana Liz Pulido was named the winner of the 2024 Best Chef of Texas award at the James Beard Foundation awards ceremony on Monday in Chicago, she was so nervous onstage that she got tongue-tied reading the acceptance speech she'd written on her phone in English.

SAN JUAN — The city of San Juan will hold a special election in July following the resignation of Place 4 Commissioner Leonardo "Lenny" Sanchez.

A nonprofit preservationist organization has released its annual list of places it deems endangered, and three Rio Grande Valley locations are on this year's list.

SAN JUAN — A Blue Mass was celebrated by Bishop Daniel E. Flores at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle Wednesday.

SAN JUAN — A Blue Mass was celebrated by Bishop Daniel E. Flores at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle Wednesday.