During a special meeting last week, Weslaco ISD’s board of trustees voted to keep in place the $1,000 Christmas stipends for district employees, despite the financial hardships felt by most Valley school districts these days.
Last week’s reported stabbing of a McAllen police canine (K-9 officer) by a homeless woman, exhibiting delusional symptoms, according to a police press release, has left the dog without the use of his left eye.
This past Saturday, the celebrated actor, song-and-dance man, Dick Van Dyke turned 100, and instead of living in an assisted living facility, he’s still living at home with his wife, dancing, singing, cracking jokes, working every day to smile and laugh, all of which he attributes to his longevity.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at this local theater in town.
For the last week or two, we have been subjected to endless stories about a second strike against drug purveyors treading water next to the wreckage of their bombed out speedboat. Democrat leaders have been highly offended by this supposed action against people floating helplessly in the water.
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