The McAllen High Mariachi Oro students spent a week at the University of Texas at Austin's Butler School of Music from June 29 - July 3, participating in the annual Longhorn Mariachi Music Summer Camp that provided instruction to hundreds of students from across the state.

The Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District recently announced that it is offering a new free full-day prekindergarten program for all students for the upcoming school year.

The Edinburg Rotary Club will have as guest speaker Matt Z. Ruszczak on August 1, 2019, at the Echo Hotel & Conference Center at 12 noon. His topic will include the key messaging that the Rio South Texas Economic Council uses when engaging with company investment decision makers & influencers in the U.S. and overseas.

Students from McAllen High and McAllen Memorial High attended the prestigious Balfour Communications Camp July 18-21 at Texas A&M.

Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement on Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision to construct temporary tent housing near the Laredo Port of Entry for the implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program.

Border Patrol agents continue to arrest sex offenders and gang members attempting to evade law enforcement.

On Friday afternoon, agents working at the Javier Vega, Jr. Checkpoint referred a pickup to the secondary inspection area after a Border Patrol K-9 alerted to the vehicle. During the inspection, agents discovered several packages of methamphetamine, with a combined weight of over 50 pounds, concealed within the vehicle.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector encountered three large groups of illegal aliens who turned themselves over to agents.

Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), the Vice Chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Appropriations, released the following statement after the House passed the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill to provide humanitarian assistance for children and families at the border.

For kids with allergies and asthma, summer break from school can also mean a break from their symptoms.