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Featured, top row, from left: Former U.S. and Texas First Lady Laura Bush; Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo; philanthropist Susan Dell; former U.S. Navy jet fighter pilot Tammie Jo Shults; performer Vicki Carr; U.S. Olympian and world champion gymnast Simone Biles; and Sister Elizabeth Anne Sueltenfuss.

Graphics Courtesy Texas Women’s Hall of Fame

Sen. Zaffirini, six other prominent leaders, to be inducted into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame

Wed, 2018-11-28 00:00 News Staff

Gov. Greg Abbott recently announced that Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, whose Senate District 21 includes all of Starr County, will be inducted into the 2018 Texas Women’s Hall of Fame,

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Kasey and her loving dog, Loca.

Homeless Yet Happy?

Wed, 2018-11-21 00:00 News Staff

It’s become a cliché: “Her smile and cheerful spirit are so infectious.” In the case of Kasey, however, the cliché is indeed reality. It only takes a few minutes talking

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Roberto “Bobby” Carrillo

Palmview blew it The Turkey Leftovers Carrillo Not Happy

Wed, 2018-11-21 00:00 News Staff

Call this the Turkey leftovers, because once again, I had more to write than I had the time, so my leftover stories will appear next week. Just found out Tuesday

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PSJA North’s Jonathan Garza looks for more running room during the first quarter of the Raiders game against Laredo United South Saturday in the first round of the Class 6A state playoffs at PSJA Stadium.

PSJA North’s Jonathan Garza is tackled by a Laredo United South player Saturday in the first round of the Class 6A state playoffs at PSJA Stadium.

PSJA North’s Arturo Beltran rushes toward the end zone during the first quarter of the Raiders game agains Laredo United South Saturday in the first round of the Class 6A state playoffs at PSJA Stadium.

PSJA North quarterback Iziaah Rangel gets pushed out of bounds after a big run against Laredo United South on Saturday in the first round of the Class 6A state playoffs at PSJA Stadium.

PSJA North’s Arturo Beltran rushes for positive yardage during the first quarter of the Raiders game against Laredo United South Saturday.

PSJA North’s Arturo Beltran looks to turn the corner after getting a handoff against Laredo United South on Saturday in the first round of the Class 6A state playoffs at PSJA Stadium.

PSJA North’s Arturo Beltran rushes toward the end zone during the first quarter of the Raiders game agains Laredo United South Saturday in the first round of the Class 6A state playoffs at PSJA Stadium.

PSJA North’s Arturo Beltran (3) celebrates with quarterback Iziaah Rangel (28) after Beltran scored a touchdown on Saturday in the first round of the Class 6A state playoffs at PSJA Stadium.

Friday’s post-season Raiders game first in nine years

Wed, 2018-11-21 00:00 News Staff

Four teams represented District 30-6A in the playoffs on Friday. Only PSJA North remains. Coach Marcus Kaufmann has said since the early part of the year, when his team had

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PSJA ISD high school hosts 4th Annual Women’s Empowerment Conference

Wed, 2018-11-21 00:00 News Staff

EDINBURG - PSJA Sonia Sotomayor Early College High School, a special purpose campus committed to ensuring young mothers continue and complete their education, hosted its 4th Annual Women’s Empowerment Conference

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Immigration attorney Jodi Goodwin, center, talks to Nicaraguan asylum seekers while they wait for Customs and Border Protection agents to bring a wheelchair for one of them, on the U.S. side of the international bridge in Hidalgo on Sept. 15, 2018.

--Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune

Federal judge blocks Trump’s asylum ban for migrants who enter illegally from Mexico

Wed, 2018-11-21 00:00 News Staff

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from denying asylum to migrants who illegally cross the southern border into the United States, saying the policy likely violated federal law

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Commissioners Court, elected officials, and Hidalgo County department heads raise a shovel to commemorate the 2018 groundbreaking for the new courthouse.

Hidalgo County breaks ground for new courthouse that will accommodate future growth

Wed, 2018-11-21 00:00 News Staff

EDINBURG –For the first time in more than 60 years, Hidalgo County broke ground on the construction of a brand new, state of the art courthouse. This seven story building

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Voter Fraud: 14 Arrests

Wed, 2018-11-14 00:00 admin

With three state felony counts for securities fraud still pending (for which he’s pleaded not guilty) and a recent reelection under his belt, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent out

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Rodolfo “Rudy” Delgado

8-count indictment Judge Rudy wins the race

Wed, 2018-11-14 00:00 admin

Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals (the 13th) is comprised of 20 counties. Attorney and sitting interim (appointed) state District Court Judge Jaime Tijerina should probably have won the seat

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Juan “Sonny” Palacios

Edinburg ISD election Palacios families suffer setback

Wed, 2018-11-14 00:00 admin

The well-known Palacios families of Edinburg, who for many years have successfully influenced the election and appointment of their allies and relatives to positions of political power, suffered a setback

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U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso (left), and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz at their respective election night rallies on Nov. 6, 2018. O’Rourke was in El Paso. Cruz was in Houston.

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Ivan Pierre Aguirre: O’Rourke/Bob Daemmrich: Cruz

How the race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke became the closest in Texas in 40 years

Wed, 2018-11-14 00:00 admin

“Who?” That was the reaction back in late 2016 from former Houston Mayor Annise Parker when she first heard that a sophomore Democratic congressman from El Paso named Beto O’Rourke

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Featured, from left: Hidalgo City Council Member Abram Ramírez, Council Member Linda Ayala, Mayor Sergio Coronado, and Mayor Pro Tem Gustavo “Gus” Sánchez were among city and state leaders present on Saturday, October 6, 2018 for the groundbreaking of Lepowitz Park at the Villa Garza Flores Subdivision. On Wednesday, November 14, 2018, the Hidalgo Mayor, his six colleagues on the Hidalgo City Council, and the Board of Directors of the Hidalgo Economic Development Corporation will host another ceremony, which will take place at the city-owned, $23 million State Farm Hidalgo Arena, to announce the first phase of a major commercial and industrial development, known as the The Hidalgo Infrastructure Project 2018, that will be built near the multi-event complex. The State Farm Hidalgo Arena is located at 2600 N. 10th Street (Hwy. 336).

Photograph By CHARLIE BARRIOS

$54.6 million The Hidalgo Infrastructure Project 2018 set for groundbreaking ceremony November 14

Wed, 2018-11-14 00:00 admin

A projected $54.6 million economic development plan, known as The Hidalgo Infrastructure Project 2018, will be celebrated during a 10 a.m. groundbreaking in front of the State Farm Arena on