As Texas lawmakers meet this week for the third special session of the year, it’s easy to get drawn into the hot-button issues that amplify partisan and cultural divides. That’s the narrative we read about daily on the local, state and federal levels.
EDINBURG — The national service program AmeriCorps/VISTA has awarded Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez’s office a $360,000 service grant to begin a Youth Leadership Academy in the county.
Editor's note: Vaccination data is current as of Sept. 24. The Department of State Health Services did not publish vaccination data for Sept. 25 or Sept. 26.
For nearly one hundred years the world has been fascinated by the sinking of the Titanic. When I consider this tragic and terrifying story, I always get somewhat caught up in this distressing drama and began to wonder how I would have reached if I had been on the Titanic. Would I have been brave and faced death with faith and courage, or would I have been a coward, like the ship’s owner, and tried to slip onto one of the very few lifeboats that were available, and available only for women, children, and several crew members to operate the boats.
HIDALGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations at the Hidalgo International Bridge apprehended Efrain Medina, a male United States citizen from Indiana who had an active felony arrest warrant for homicide.
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