TBB Staff

McAllen, Texas – The South Texas Literacy Coalition will host on Thursday, November 11, 2021, The Fall Spectacular Corporate Spelling Bee, which will take place at The Old Church Winery in McAllen, Texas from 6pm to 9pm.

With the stroke of multiple pens, a long-cherished agreement between Laredo’s champions of higher education has been renewed.

Rio Grande Valley, Texas – IDEA Edinburg College Preparatory’s AP Human Geography teacher, Amanda Calderon, has been awarded the Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction from the National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS).

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Tony Curry, John D. Guevara, to the Aerospace and Aviation Advisory Committee for terms set to expire on September 1, 2023. The committee assists in the state’s economic development efforts to recruit and retain aerospace and aviation jobs and investments in Texas.

Laredo, Texas – The City of Laredo and Council Member for District 4, Alberto Torres, Jr., will be hosting the ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony of the Estela Quintanilla Crime Prevention Center at 320 E. Ryan St, corner with Springfield, to take place on Friday, October 15, 2021 at 10:00 AM.

LAREDO, Texas – Border Patrol agents from the Laredo South Station arrested a convicted sex offender after he crossed the Rio Grande River illegally into the U.S. near south Laredo.

Today, we found out there were 10.4 million jobs unfilled in August, a slight decrease from July’s record high. This is on top of September’s jobs numbers disappointment, last week, which showed a decline in the labor force. (See Curtis Dubay’s analysis below for more.)

Edinburg, Texas – Sabrina Walker Hernandez, President & CEO of Supporting World Hope, joined Jack Canfield along with a select group of professionals around the world to co-write the book, SuccessOnomics Vol 3: Learn the secrets of success from today's leading entrepreneurs and professionals.

The family of a longtime Laredo educator has established a scholarship fund in her memory to honor her lifelong pursuit of expanding educational opportunities for students across Texas.

AUSTIN — Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott, Honorary Chair of the 2021 Governor’s Volunteer Awards, yesterday announced that Edinburg High School National Honor Society, of Edinburg, has received the Governor’s Service-Learning Champion Award.