TBB Staff

Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott today announced that the Governor's Response Against Child Exploitation (GRACE) initiative will host a statewide interfaith Week of Prayer to End Human Trafficking

On Tuesday, Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdicted a human smuggling attempt at the Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint and discovered a human smuggling stash house in Roma, Texas.

On Wednesday, U.S. Border Patrol agents working in collaboration with local agencies disrupted a stash house, which led to the discovery and arrest of 18 illegal aliens.

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men's basketball team blew out the St. Mary’s University Rattlers 96-67 on Thursday at the UTRGV Fieldhouse.

In some cases, immune cells in the lungs can contribute to worsening a virus attack. In a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden describe how different kinds of immune cells, called macrophages, develop in the lungs and which of them may be behind severe lung diseases. The study, which was published in Immunity, may contribute to future treatments for COVID-19, among other diseases.

McAllen City Commissioners Omar Quintanilla, District 3 and Joaquin “J.J.” Zamora, District 2, wish the 2020 Sharyland Pioneer H.S. Diamondbacks football team good luck in their upcoming playoff game, on behalf of the McAllen Mayor & City Commission and all residents of McAllen.

(Family Features) Nearly 30 million children in the United States rely on school meals for a significant portion of their daily nutrition. Since the start of the pandemic, the number of food-insecure children has increased 20% to 1 in 4. Although many schools are operating remote or hybrid models, most are still open full-time for feeding students.

Arnold Hinojosa battles dyslexia, but he has never let that stop him from pursuing his dreams of getting a college education and a career that instills pride.

Without question, 2020 will be remembered as the year of the coronavirus. The public health crisis and resultant economic calamity have had wide ranging implications throughout the whole of society. The encouraging trajectory of the US economy as the year dawned was abruptly reversed, and a solid and lengthy expansion was halted as huge swaths of the business complex were severely curtailed or shuttered. Perhaps the most striking feature of the nosedive was its unevenness.

Hidalgo County uses the case status definition provided by the Texas Department of State Health Service’s 2020 Epi Case Criteria Guide revised November 2020.