With high school graduation almost upon us, The Advance can’t let the year expire without writing a well-deserved shoutout to the Harvest Christian Academy girls basketball team, the Lady Eagles, who won backto- back state championships with a commanding win, 78-27, over Texoma Christian at Robinson High School the last week of February.
At first, for what it’s worth, I had my doubts that U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar was guilty of the bribery crimes for which he stands accused.
Admittedly, bad news sells better than good news. People would rather read about a corrupt cop than they would “Sally’s bake sale to benefit vets.”
A famed historic church and cemetery in Hidalgo County, down by the river, dating back to the 19th Century made national news recently after being named a historical site, thanks to their ties to the famed Underground Railroad that helped slaves escape, well, slavery, and flee to Mexico in hopes of a new life, freedom.
The recent child-abuse case out of Edinburg is almost too horrific to recount.
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