For your heartstrings: Guitars, instruments provide healing
Wed, 03/04/2026 - 5:21am
You can learn to play music at any age, and it will improve your life expectancy.
Observations
Free Speech: Can’t yell ‘fraud’ in school district
Wed, 02/04/2026 - 5:20am
Last week, the PSJA ISD Board of Trustees voted to extend the superintendent’s contract for another year and also voted to adopt an update to its board operating procedures.
Never truly know: My buddy, the former armed robber
Tue, 01/20/2026 - 10:12pm
He’s dead now, but I had a good friend who proved that the old adage is true — you never really know a person.
Local weather guy up for national award
Wed, 01/14/2026 - 6:01am
For people who have spent any time in the Rio Grande Valley and tuned into KRGV-TV (local ABC affiliate), they know the face of Tim Smith, the station’s chief meteorologist since 1983, AKA, saner times.
Short a man: Journalist stuck in California
Tue, 01/06/2026 - 7:53pm
The Advance won’t look the same this week.