United ISD is weighing retention bonuses for aides and planning a job fair aimed at special education hires as it works to fill 22 vacancies, most of them aide jobs for special education students, according to the Laredo Morning Times. David Canales, the associate superintendent of...
A Mexican national, 56, died Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Rio Grande Processing Center in Laredo, according to The Texas Tribune. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and the man’s daughter confirmed the death to the outlet. Cuellar said a check of the cells around 10 a.m....
Beeville ISD trustees hired Dr. Franklin Cahuasqui as superintendent in a final vote Thursday, Oct. 15, according to the district. Trustees signed off on a three-year contract that lasts until Oct. 15, 2029, per the Beeville Bee-Picayune. It sets his base pay at $207,000 a year...
A man believed to be in his 40s died Friday, Oct. 16, after a freight train struck him about 11:21 a.m. in Lyford, according to local news reports. Willacy County emergency official Frank Torres said the man was hit at Hidalgo Street. He was found just...
Robert Vackar, chairman of the board and chief performance officer of Bert Ogden Motors in Edinburg, is one of 48 dealers nationwide nominated for the 2027 Time Dealer of the Year award, per a news release from Bert Ogden Auto Group. Time announced the nominations...
All six candidates for Mission mayor shared a stage Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Freedom Life Church, where they disagreed on council election procedures, the health of the city budget and tax breaks, per local news reports. They also addressed how the mayor should work with...
Gary Groves, the Republican, and Julio Salinas, the Democrat, met Wednesday, Oct. 14, for a McAllen Citizens League debate in McAllen, ahead of early voting in the Texas House District 41 race, per regional news reports. The seat is open because Democratic Rep. Bobby Guerra,...
Bee County commissioners put $95,000 toward public library services at their Tuesday, Oct. 13 meeting, per the Beeville Bee-Picayune. Every member of the Commissioners Court voted yes on an annual agreement that sends $85,000 to the Joe Barnhart Bee County Library and $10,000 to the...
Beeville is giving its parks a refresh, starting with a new playground at Kohler Park. The city council signed off on the equipment purchases Oct. 13, per the Beeville Bee-Picayune. At Kohler Park, the older swing sets, monkey bars and other legacy playground pieces will come...
Nueces County voters pick a county judge Nov. 3, with Connie Scott, the Republican incumbent, facing Democrat Aidee Hernandez, who used to manage the county’s Commissioners Court, per the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Early voting runs from Oct. 19 through Oct. 30. The job is often misunderstood....
