Tag: Weslaco

Weslaco ISD is underway with phase one of three of its $160 million bond projects with some being completed this year and early next year.

Federal authorities are suing Southwest Key, an organization long steeped in controversy in the Rio Grande Valley and across the country that houses migrant children.

Two men convicted in 2022 of defrauding the city of Weslaco out millions of dollars during a $42.5 million rehabilitation of the city’s water and wastewater infrastructure are asking a federal appeals court to overturn their convictions and vacate their lengthy prison sentences.

EDINBURG — A 29-year-old Pharr woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for an alcohol-fueled chase in 2022 from Progreso that ended in a fiery crash in Weslaco that killed a Mercedes High School senior on the verge of graduation.

The Texas Education Agency released the 2024 STAAR End-of-Course assessment results with some Hidalgo County school districts being close to, on par or surpassing state averages in categories while some school districts were completely under in almost all end-of-course exams.

Freedom is not free, but celebrating freedom is.

WESLACO — Blue corn tortillas.

A 26-year-old Elsa man will join his brother in state prison for a 2018 drug robbery that left one man dead and another injured.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a two-vehicle crash that left one man dead Friday night near Weslaco.

A Mexican citizen was arrested Wednesday after a Hidalgo County Sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic stop and discovered large bundles of bulk cash that amounted to nearly half a million dollars, according to a criminal complaint.