Tag: Uvalde-local

By FERNANDO DEL VALLE

McALLEN — Heads were bowed and tears trickled from anguished faces here Tuesday evening, when residents, local officials and other members of the community gathered to remember the lives of 21 innocents killed in a sibling South Texas community that looks not unlike their own.

By DENISE CATHEY

McALLEN — The city here celebrated Memorial Day with a ceremony honoring the 1.4 million service members who gave their lives for the United States at the Texas Veteran War Memorial in McAllen on Monday.

A popular McAllen coffee shop has mistakenly been targeted for condemnation aimed at social media trolling that’s targeted this week’s tragic shooting massacre at a Uvalde school.

The Brownsville Police Department, along with community partners, will hold a candlelight vigil on Tuesday to remember those teachers and students who were killed in a mass shooting last week at an Uvalde Elementary School.

There have been so many threats to Rio Grande Valley schools in the wake of the Robb Elementary school shooting Tuesday that it’s beginning to get difficult to keep up with all of them.

A horror on the magnitude of what took place at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24 is felt around the world.

McALLEN — City officials here announced three local law enforcement agencies are sending peace officers to Uvalde to help carry the load following a...

EDINBURG — Thousands of Hidalgo County students and teachers will see heightened police presence on campuses for the tail end of this semester in response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde on Tuesday.