PHARR — It was a clash of Rio Grande Valley football powerhouses at PSJA Stadium with the PSJA North Raiders (2-0) hosting the Mission Veterans Patriots (1-1) on Thursday.
By P.J. Hernandez | Advance News Journal
PHARR — It was a clash of Rio Grande Valley football powerhouses at PSJA Stadium with the PSJA North Raiders (2-0) hosting the Mission Veterans Patriots (1-1) on Thursday.
By Gregg Wendorf | Advance News Journal
Texas still leads the nation in terms of ICE arrests tied to the undocumented immigrants. And most of those have no history of a conviction for a violent crime. In fact, most have crimes related to civil traffic violations. (Source: NY Times.)
By Gregg Wendorf | Advance News Journal
President Donald Trump issued an executive order three weeks ago calling for major changes to federal childhood vaccine guidelines.
By Gregg Wendorf | Advance News Journal
After leaving a Sonic Drive-In last week with my order of large fries and mozzarella sticks for a grand total of $11.78, I thought to myself, what are the people with kids doing these days?
EDINBURG — There was a bit of a wake-up call late in the night Sunday as local police and fire departments responded to a single-vehicle collision at the Hidalgo County Courthouse at 11:35 p.m.
By P.j. Hernandez | Advance News Journal
The City of Mercedes released an announcement Friday stating that its city manager — Alberto Perez — has resigned.
By P.j. Hernandez | Advance News Journal
WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott announced that his agency is pausing construction work in Big Bend National Park while he conducts an “on-the-ground evaluation,” reversing course after heavy machinery had begun moving dirt.
By Gabby Birenbaum | The Texas Tribune
The third eyewitness to the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston by an immigration officer last month has been released from federal detention.
By Alex Nguyen The Texas Tribune
Former officer pleads guilty to charges in relation to fatal raid HOUSTON — Former Houston Police Department officer Gerald M. Goines, 62, admitted he made materially false statements in an affidavit to obtain a search warrant that led to the botched Harding Street raid in 2019, resulting in a shootout that killed two and injured four HPD officers.
Texas still leads the nation in terms of ICE arrests tied to the undocumented immigrants. And most of those have no history of a conviction for a violent crime. In fact, most have crimes related to civil traffic violations. (Source: NY Times.)
In fact, the Times published an article Aug. 27 with this headline — ICE Arrests Soar as People with No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted.
By Gregg Wendorf | Advance News Journal
PHARR — It was a clash of Rio Grande Valley football powerhouses at PSJA Stadium with the PSJA North Raiders (2-0) hosting the Mission Veterans Patriots (1-1) on Thursday.
The Raiders, who are arguably the best team in the Valley, proved why they’re the top squad as they pummeled the Patriots, 56-14.
By P.J. Hernandez | Advance News Journal
The second week of high school football has finally touched down.
Scores will be updated as the games finish.
Here are the matchups:
By P.J. Hernandez | Advance News Journal
EDINBURG — The UTRGV Vaqueros (1-0) put the region on their backs this past Saturday night as they blanked the visiting UT Permian Basin Falcons, 44-0, at the Robert and Janet Vacker Stadium.
By P.J. Hernandez | Advance News Journal
After leaving a Sonic Drive-In last week with my order of large fries and mozzarella sticks for a grand total of $11.78, I thought to myself, damn, Gregg, you’re good looking.
Not really. I was thinking, however, that the Republicans are doomed in the upcoming midterms.
If I just drove away from a fast-food joint and paid almost $12 for fries and mozzarella sticks, no burger, no chicken sandwich, then what are the people with kids doing these days?
By Gregg Wendorf | Advance News Journal
I was recently listening to a Christian radio station, and I was struck by how much prowar propaganda it had on its airwaves. The craziest dude on the air, who sometimes appears on CNN, Scott Jennings, said we already won the Iran War, so the president should declare victory.
I’m thinking, what happened to this poor guy’s brain?
By Gregg Wendorf Advance News Journal
President Donald Trump has come to Texas to campaign for Attorney General Ken Paxton.
By Tom Haughey Advance News Journal
In the Old Testament book of Daniel, the third chapter, is the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
These three young Jewish men were captive in King Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonian empire, which existed 600 years before the birth of Jesus. The king sent out a royal decree that all his subjects would bow down and worship the idol the king had made of himself. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow down and worship the idol of the king.
By Chris Voss | First Christian Church
This week, Cinderella Pet Rescue is featuring two active senior dogs, Mabella and Brandi.
We’d like to remind our readers that even though a dog grows older, their ability to love whole-heartedly doesn’t.
Both Mabella and Brandi have lots of loving years left in them and each would be a great companion to a person or family looking for a very good dog.
Meet Mabella
By Cory Raymond Cinderella Pet Rescue
This week, Cinderella Pet Rescue is featuring two very good dogs in need of homes to call their own–Bistro and Cafe–big dogs with big hearts and lots of love to share with a person or family of their very own.
Both dogs are German Shepherd crosses, but each has an unusual colored coat.
Bistro, the good boy
Bistro was born in March, 2024. His main color is fox red, highlighted with black and white. Like a fox, he has a beautiful bushy tail.
By Cory Raymond | Cinderella Pet Rescue
EDINBURG — Eleazar Guajardo Aguilar, 90, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2026, at his residence in Edinburg.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Maria Magdalena Guajardo; parents, Fernando and Carolta Guajardo; two sisters, Deila Longoria and Carlota “Cotita” Villarreal.
DONNA — Carlos Alonso Ibarra, 30, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2026, in Rio Grande City. He is preceded in death by his father, Juan Manuel Patino.
Mr. Ibarra is survived by his wife, Valeria Alanis; three children, Addelyn Ibarra, Ariana Ibarra, Haziel Ibarra; mother, Hortencia Capulin; five siblings, Juany Ibarra, Antonio Ibarra, Juan Manuel Ibarra, Anahi Ibarra, Mari Ibarra; and in-laws, Ramon and Yesenia Alanis.
ALAMO — Aurelio R. Pina, 88, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2026, at South Texas Health System Heart Hospital in McAllen.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Maria Luisa Pina; son, Aurelio Pina Jr.; grandson, Gabriel Pina; parents, Jose and Julia Pina Jr.; and four siblings, Irene Pina Lozano, Alicia Pina Escobedo, Mariano Pina, and Jose Pina III.
PHARR — The PSJA North Raiders hosted the Lyndon B. Johnson Wolves out of Laredo here at PSJA ISD Stadium on Thursday.
The Raiders looked to be victorius as they took the scrimmage, 42-7.
Both squads look to start their seasons next week. The Wolves will take on Laredo Nixon on Friday.
The Raiders will travel to Laredo to take on the United Longhorns the same day.
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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