PHARR — The PSJA Southwest Javelinas made program history Thursday night as they capped off a perfect non-district slate this season.
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PHARR — The city’s law enforcement agency here earned some recognition for their efforts in serving the public and municipal in a recent meeting at City Hall.
By Gregg Wendorf | Advance News Journal
Like a sleight of hand, there’s a new way to gamble, play the odds
By Gregg Wendorf | Advance News Journal
Over the years, when you hear of clever ways people made money, don’t you often think, man, I wish I would have thought of that.
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EDINBURG — There was a bit of a wake-up call late in the night Sunday as local police and fire departments responded to a single-vehicle collision at the Hidalgo County Courthouse at 11:35 p.m.
By P.j. Hernandez | Advance News Journal
The City of Mercedes released an announcement Friday stating that its city manager — Alberto Perez — has resigned.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott announced that his agency is pausing construction work in Big Bend National Park while he conducts an “on-the-ground evaluation,” reversing course after heavy machinery had begun moving dirt.
By Gabby Birenbaum | The Texas Tribune
News
(The Center Square) — The Harris County Commissioner’s Court has increased taxes by an historic amount to fill a projected $180 million shortfall.
Last Tuesday, the commissioners voted 3-2 to “adopt the highest county property tax rate in modern history in a bid to bridge a morethan $180 million projected budget deficit,” the Houston Chronicle reported.
By Bethany Blankley The Center Square
PHARR — The city’s law enforcement agency here earned some recognition for their efforts in serving the public and municipal in a recent meeting at City Hall.
The City Commission hosted its regularly scheduled meeting last Tuesday and the police department received Accreditation Status through the Texas Law Enforcement Accreditation Program.
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Here are the latest headlines around the state.
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Sports
PHARR — The PSJA Southwest Javelinas made program history Thursday night as they capped off a perfect non-district slate this season.
The Hogs (4-0), blanked the visiting Hidalgo Pirates (0-4), by the score of 27-0. The win capitalizes a four-game winning streak for PSJA Southwest and the best start in the school's 16-year history.
They also remain as one of the Rio Grande Valley's undefeated football teams.
By P.J Hernandez | Advance News Journal
The home squad from the Rio Grande Valley traveled up to Louisiana on Saturday to take on Nicholls State University in a Southland Conference opener. It was a tooth and nail type of game as the Vaqueros (1-2, 0-1) narrowly lost to the Colonels (2-1, 1-0), 31-28.
The Vaqueros did have a fourth-quarter rally of 14 straight points but that wasn’t enough to get over the 17-point deficit that they were facing late in the game.
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The Rio Grande Valley, more particularly its high school football, has this sort of mystique to it. It’s somewhat unexplainable what follows through and what doesn’t but it always has tales to tell.
This past week of football was no different as upsets and impressionable showings were galore.
Here is the roundup for Week 3 of high school football:
PSJA North upset by Vela SaberCats
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Opinion
Republicans this year are counting heavily on the impact of their convention on the viewing public. Unfortunately, however, nobody seems to know how many were watching the event.
By Tom Haughey Advance News Journal
Someone asked me the other day, as if I know squat about anything anymore, if I thought the president will have ICE agents at the polls to try and intimidate voters?
Is the pope Catholic? A crazy mid-term election is only approximately seven weeks away, and already the president is promising every American adult $5,000 (via the U.S. mail) in the form of a so-called dividend check after the mid-terms, but ONLY if the GOP retains control of Congress, both the House and the Senate.
By Gregg Wendorf Advance News Journal
If you’re like most people, you probably can’t wait until the election campaigns are over and Election Day rolls around.
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Lifestyle
Over the years, when you hear of clever ways people made money, don’t you often think, man, I wish I would have thought of that.
Post-it notes, for example. Stuff like that, which people buy in bulk once it’s invented. Ideas just waiting to be found, floating around in the ether.
Do these rich inventors just sit around, trying to think up this stuff, or does it just come to them in a dream?
By Gregg Wendorf | Advance News Journal
In the Old Testament book of Daniel, the third chapter, is the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
These three young Jewish men were captive in King Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonian empire, which existed 600 years before the birth of Jesus. The king sent out a royal decree that all his subjects would bow down and worship the idol the king had made of himself. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow down and worship the idol of the king.
By Chris Voss | First Christian Church
This week, Cinderella Pet Rescue is featuring two active senior dogs, Mabella and Brandi.
We’d like to remind our readers that even though a dog grows older, their ability to love whole-heartedly doesn’t.
Both Mabella and Brandi have lots of loving years left in them and each would be a great companion to a person or family looking for a very good dog.
Meet Mabella
By Cory Raymond Cinderella Pet Rescue
Obituaries
Isabel Treviño, 73, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen. She is preceded in death by her parents, Guadalupe and Trinidad Treviño; siblings, Gilbert Treviño, Jessie Treviño, Lupe Treviño, Freddy Treviño; sisters-in-law, Ester Treviño and Lolli Treviño.
Amalia M. Mariscal, 87, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2026, at her residence in San Juan.
She is preceded in death by her great grandson, Felix Jeremiah Morales, and granddaughter, Alma Leticia Rivera.
EDINBURG — Servando Olivarez Treviño, 83, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at South Texas Health System Edinburg.
A laborer and rancher who spent many years working the land with strength, perseverance, and pride. He was never afraid of a long days work and understood the meaning of sacrifice and providing for those he loved.
“Rancho San Jose, tierra que lo vio nacer.”
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PHARR — The PSJA North Raiders hosted the Lyndon B. Johnson Wolves out of Laredo here at PSJA ISD Stadium on Thursday.
The Raiders looked to be victorius as they took the scrimmage, 42-7.
Both squads look to start their seasons next week. The Wolves will take on Laredo Nixon on Friday.
The Raiders will travel to Laredo to take on the United Longhorns the same day.
SAN JUAN — The PSJA Bears, who are arguably the best team in the RGV, won their first postseason game against the Harlingen Cardinals on Thursday by the score of 13-0.
The second game is set for Harlingen on Friday. If there is a third game needed, it will be on Saturday in San Juan at 1 p.m.
The UTRGV Vaqueros (5-8. 0-3) took a regular season series against the Texas Southern University Tigers during a home stretch in Edinburg.
On Wednesday, the Vaqueros took the commanding win, 10-4. The night before that, they won 5-3.
This weekend, starting on Friday, UTRGV will host a Southland Conference three-game series against New Orleans University.
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