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.

Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statewide call for jailers across the state to assist border sheriffs with operating detention facilities and providing jail beds for those arrested for state charges related to the border crisis.

Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement on Vice President and Border Czar Kamala Harris announcing her first visit to Texas' southern border amid the ongoing border crisis

Anglers and spectators have looked forward to the Texas International Fishing Tournament (T.I.F.T.) each summer for over 80 years. Excitement is building for the summer 2021 event since the 2020 tournament was postponed.

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Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents arrest 104 subjects in three smuggling attempts.