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Edinburg CISD tops all South Texas districts in TEA academic accountability ratings for third consecutive year

EDINBURG – The Texas Education Agency (TEA) recently announced that all schools from the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District achieved a Met

Edinburg’s city manager suddenly tenders resignation

Cut a guy some slack, por favor. Just when I have about 10 news stories in the hopper, another major one pops up; namely, Edinburg City Manager Pilar Rodriguez announced his resignation Tuesday morning without warning. He began work with the city July 2. His last day on the job will be Sept. 28.

13th Court granted Patterson 8 extensions up until Sept. 14

While Monica Melissa (Palacios) Patterson sits inside her prison cell at the Christina Melton Crain Unit (state female prison not far from Killeen), her appellate attorney, Brandy Wingate Voss, has been busy at work drafting the former hospice executive director’s appellate brief to present to the Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals.

Edinburg CISD tops all South Texas districts in TEA academic accountability ratings for third consecutive year

Fri, 2018-09-21 09:05 admin

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PSJA North falls short in loss to Weslaco High

Tue, 2018-09-18 23:36 News Staff

For the first 10-plus quarters of the 2018 high school football season, the Weslaco Panthers worked methodically and, many would say, dominantly through their opponents whether on offense, defense,

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PSJA ISD’s newest campus unveils student-designed logo

Tue, 2018-09-18 23:34 News Staff

SAN JUAN - Students and staff at the new PSJA Collegiate High School Program recently gathered to celebrate the unveiling of their brand-new student-designed campus logo on Tuesday, Sept.

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Borderland Tweets

Tue, 2018-09-18 23:33 News Staff

Ed. note: Every week, on an almost daily basis, the U.S.

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City of San Juan Commission Sept. 11th Meeting Update

Tue, 2018-09-18 23:32 News Staff

SAN JUAN – The Board of Commissioners of the City of San Juan met for a regular meeting on Tuesday, September 11, 2018, and considered an agenda that included the following highlights:

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Edinburg’s city manager suddenly tenders resignation

Tue, 2018-09-18 23:31 News Staff

Cut a guy some slack, por favor.

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13th Court granted Patterson 8 extensions up until Sept. 14

Tue, 2018-09-18 23:30 News Staff

While Monica Melissa (Palacios) Patterson sits inside her prison cell at the Christina Melton Crain Unit (state female prison not far from Killeen), her appellate attorney, Brandy Wingate Voss, has

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Judge Longoria Demands Retraction

Tue, 2018-09-18 23:28 News Staff

I received a letter Sept. 10 from an attorney representing Nora Longoria, who is an appellate judge on the Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals, who is also up for re-election this year.

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Washington Post runs story on surge in border arrests Border Patrol sector chief tweets

Tue, 2018-09-11 23:05 News Staff

While Valley developers, city and county officials, and chamber of commerce directors are doing their best to convince Middle America that the RGV border area is a relatively safe place to live, do

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Geovani Hernandez federal drug trial set for December

Tue, 2018-09-11 23:04 News Staff

Four years ago, Geovani Hernandez was the La Joya police chief talking about what a dent he and his department were making, taking down drug traffickers. He was a smooth talker.