TBB Staff

The Weslaco Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Casino Night fundraiser on Saturday, September 21, 2019 at Knapp Conference Center in Weslaco.

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement calling on House Democrats to pass the Debbie Smith Act of 2019, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act and dedicate much-needed resources to state and local law enforcement agencies to conduct forensic analyses of crime scenes, including untested rape kits.

Quite a few 8th grade students at Alton Memorial Junior High School (AMJH) involved in the GEAR UP program have started the school year with some goals met.

The National Science Foundation recently awarded UTRGV’s Department of Physics and Astronomy a grant to further its gravitational wave research.

As part of South Texas College’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, STC’s Center for Mexican American Studies, along with the college’s History Department and Library Art Gallery present a Latinx Comic Book Exhibit featuring the work of five artists beginning Sept. 15.

McAllen ISD is one of just three large school districts in the state of Texas to earn three major awards this fall.

The City of McAllen has once again been recognized as one of the safest cities in Texas, based on an independent study done by Bacgroundchecks.org, which utilized the FBI crime statistics and a unique methodology metric to gain a city’s safety index score.

This week, the U.S. Department of Commerce released a number of data sets demonstrating the continued strength of the U.S. economy.

U.S. Senator John Cornyn led a letter to Acting Administrator Pete Gaynor of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in support of Texas communities’ and non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) applications for federal reimbursement for migrant care.

For the fourth year in a row, the Edinburg Rotary Club recently donated 100 backpacks to middle school students from the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District.