Some weeks ago, I wrote about our yard guy who was apparently been picked up by ICE and transported to who knows where. Some private facility, holding tank, where no doubt someone in the private sector is making money.
By Gregg Wendorf Advance News Journal
Summer forecast slated to be hot and sticky
By Staff Report Advance News Journal
EDINBURG — The city here officially appointed a new face as its full-time attorney.
By P.j. Hernandez Advance News Journal
PSJA North basketball player pens his letter of intent for Missouri Valley College
Today's News
The Pharr Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and the UTRGV Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Center (ECC), will host Doing Business in Pharr, an upcoming business roundtable designed to help entrepreneurs and small business owners better understand how to start and grow within the city.
By Special To The Advance
The Board of Commissioners for Pharr met for its regular meeting last week. In that meeting, they addressed an agenda, that included several highlights.
By Special To The Advance
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick warned last week that the GOP risks losing its majority in the state House this November and urged party unity behind the winner of the May runoff between U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton.
By Gary Borders | Texas Press Association
News
Some weeks ago, I wrote about our yard guy who was apparently been picked up by ICE and transported to who knows where. Some private facility, holding tank, where no doubt someone in the private sector is making money.
Poor guy. Hard worker. Came over here as a kid, apparently never had a legit route to citizenship, leaving him easy pickings for ICE.
By Gregg Wendorf Advance News Journal
Renaissance-themed kick-off brings fantasy fun and live entertainment
Memorial Day weekend shooting part of 250 cases filed in security efforts HOUSTON — A total of 259 individuals have been charged in immigration and related crimes from May 2228 as part of Operation Take Back America, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck.
Sports
The Sharyland Rattlers are officially in the state championship after sweeping Kingwood Park, 2-0, in a three-game series during the Conference 5A DII semifinals. Now, the Rattlers will face the Lovejoy Leopards on Friday for the state championship.
The game will be at Dell Diamond up in Round Rock. The Leopards advance to the state title game after defeating the Argyle Eagles, two games to one, in their semifinals contest.
By Staff Report Advance News Journal
For the first time in 12 years, the San Antonio Spurs are making their trip into familiar territory as they defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in seven games during the Western Conference Finals.
The series with the Thunder was full of grit and grind to say the least as a newfound rivalry was sparked between the two squads. The Thunder, who won last year’s championship, lost to the Spurs over at their house on Saturday by the score of 111-103.
By Staff Report Advance News Journal
PHARR — He’s softspoken, but that’s because he did most of his talking by playing on the basketball court.
Mason Lopez, senior basketball player for the PSJA North Raiders, officially signed his letter of intent Friday to play at the collegiate level.
In front of friends, family and members of the high school — including coaches and teammates — Lopez penned his commitment to take his talents to MissouriValley College.
By P.j. Hernandez Advance News Journal
Opinion
Attorney General Ken Paxton and his allies began working to repair fissures among GOP voters after he routed incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in the March 26 runoff, The Dallas Morning News reported. Both Paxton and his general election opponent, Democratic nominee James Talarico, swiftly went on the attack in what promises to be the most expensive Senate general election race in history.
By Gary Borders Texas Press Association
If you own a car and want to move to Florida from New York, you don’t have to drive there.
By Tom Haughey Advance News Journal
What in the world is going inside the head of our very own U.S. senator from Texas, Ted Cruz?
He has consistently urged the U.S. to “finish” what we started when we attacked Iran on Feb. 28. Rather than settling for a negotiated agreement or ceasefire, Cruz has argued on his “X” platform that the U.S. should hold a line that effectively demands “nothing short of total regime change...”
Ted seems upset that peace may finally be at hand.
By Gregg Wendorf Advance News Journal
Lifestyle
A certain young man had a father who gave him a warm and safe home, food to eat, and most of all his love and loyalty. The young man could have lived happily ever after, but he did not like the house rules. He wanted to be on his own.
The father thought otherwise; he knew the young man needed more maturity and respect for boundaries. The father was convinced His son would only be at odds with himself, utterly unhappy with a freedom that knew no fear, limits, or concern for others.
By Chris Voss First Christian Church
This isn’t a misprint.
Lovely June, a parti-colored pooch, and Kala, and sweet and good looking Akita/Husky tri-color male, are here at Cinderella Pet Rescue, right now, hoping to be adopted soon, preferably before the month of June arrives.
By Cory Raymond Cinderella Pet Rescue
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a leader in the German church called the Confessional Church, was arrested by the Gestapo in April 1943. (The Gestapo was the ruthless and murderous Nazi war machine’s secret police during World War II.)
A year later, Bonhoeffer was jailed in Berlin’s Tegel prison. Bonhoeffer was later hung by the Nazis at Flossenburg concentration camp only a few days before the camp was liberated by the allies.
By Chris Voss | First Christian Church
Obituaries
Maria Olivia (Lopez) Sanchez, 91, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen.
Anselmo “Chemo” Zuniga, 83, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2026, at his residence in Pharr.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Feliciano and Valvina Zuniga; his brothers, Pedro, Rodolfo, Edelmiro, Feliciano Jr., and Arturo Zuniga; and his sister, San Juana Zuniga.
Ireneo “Nene” Sanchez, a lifelong resident of Pharr, was born on January 14, 1940, to Tomas and Margarita (Herebia) Sanchez. He passed away on Feb. 26, 2026, at the age of 86, at the hospital following a brief illness.
Nene was preceded in death by his baby sister, Olivia Sanchez; his beloved mother and father; his sister, Maria Luisa “Chita” Sanchez; and his sister, Margarita “Mague” Sanchez.
Photo Galleries
SAN JUAN — The PSJA Bears, who are arguably the best team in the RGV, won their first postseason game against the Harlingen Cardinals on Thursday by the score of 13-0.
The second game is set for Harlingen on Friday. If there is a third game needed, it will be on Saturday in San Juan at 1 p.m.
The UTRGV Vaqueros (5-8. 0-3) took a regular season series against the Texas Southern University Tigers during a home stretch in Edinburg.
On Wednesday, the Vaqueros took the commanding win, 10-4. The night before that, they won 5-3.
This weekend, starting on Friday, UTRGV will host a Southland Conference three-game series against New Orleans University.
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