South Texas College and the UNT Dallas Caruth Police Institute have entered a first-of-its-kind partnership to offer law enforcement leadership training for departments across the Rio Grande Valley at the college’s Regional Center for Public Safety Excellence in Pharr.
Special to the Advance McALLEN — During the month of October, the Center for Urban Ecology at Quinta Mazatlán is celebrating native plants by planning educational events, hosting the annual Planta Natíva Social, hosting native plant sales, providing a native plant giveaway for schools and families, launching a Rio Grande Valley Native Garden Contest, and planting tiny forests to create habitat for birds, butterflies and all wildlife. In fact, the Rio Grande Valley is home to more than 1,200 native plants that provide habitat for wildlife.
— City of Pharr officials and Pharr International Bridge leaders celebrated the start of the 2022-2023 Produce Season by welcoming guests to this year’s themed event “A Taste of Trade” which featured an array of brightly displayed fresh fruits and vegetables and local chefs preparing meal samplings out of the displays of produce. The event was attended by elected officials, dignitaries, produce growers, importers, distributors, and consumers representing the United States and Mexico.
— A Mission man plead guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison for aggravated assault on his family.
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