TBB Staff

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vice President and Director of Athletics Chasse Conque announced on Friday that Nathan Robinson, who spent the last four years (2017-21) as an assistant coach at UC Davis, is the new men’s tennis head coach.

Anyone wishing to help veterans this 4th of July just needs to lace up their running shoes!

Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents arrest smuggled migrants in trains, vehicles, and stash houses.

As Independence Day approaches and people get in the “American” themed spirit, the all-vocal group Home Free, will be releasing a special salute to the red, white, and blue and unfurl their patriotic new album, LAND OF THE FREE, which will include their duet version of American Pie with Songwriter Hall of Fame member Don McLean.

Every morning at 5:30 a.m. Darin Molina catches a bus in Matamoros, Mexico to the Gateway International Bridge, where he proceeds to walk across, rain or shine, to Texas Southmost College.

Rio Hondo High School was recently awarded the Texas Impact Network Rural College, Career and Military Readiness (CCMR) Accelerator grant to ensure all upperclassmen have a future transition plan upon graduating high school.

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD announced its 2021 Spirit of PSJA Student Profiles representing each of the district’s comprehensive high schools and surprised the graduates with the 2nd Annual Superintendent Scholarship.

At only 18-years-old, Citlaly Barragan earned her certificate as a nursing assistant from Texas Southmost College before earning her diploma from Los Fresnos High School.

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) received the Abraham Lincoln Leadership for America Award and the Jefferson-Hamilton Award for Bipartisanship by the United States Chamber of Commerce.

On Wednesday evening, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) voted to pass H.R. 2922, the Elder Abuse Protection Act, important bipartisan legislation to prevent elder abuse and improve law enforcement’s ability to interact with and respond to senior citizens who may have been victims of fraud and financial exploitation.