The state of Texas has officially entered a statewide disaster due to more confirmed cases of the New World screwworm this past week and some change.
By Gregg Wendorf Advance News Journal
This week’s warning — if you don’t have pain now, either acute or chronic — pray you never wil because the chances of you getting legit pain meds, not related to cancer, are slim to none.
By Gregg Wendorf Advance News Journal
Counties carry no ability to restrain AI data centers from draining the river
By Gregg Wendorf | Advance News Journal
Some weeks ago, I wrote about our yard guy who was apparently been picked up by ICE and transported to who knows where. Some private facility, holding tank, where no doubt someone in the private sector is making money.
Today's News
A sweeping 2023 Texas immigration law that lets state authorities arrest and deport people suspected of having illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border can go into effect after a federal appeals court on Friday lifted a lower court's stoppage of certain provisions.
By Alejandro Serrano And Alex Nguyen | The Texas Tribune
The Pharr Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and the UTRGV Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Center (ECC), will host Doing Business in Pharr, an upcoming business roundtable designed to help entrepreneurs and small business owners better understand how to start and grow within the city.
By Special To The Advance
The Board of Commissioners for Pharr met for its regular meeting last week. In that meeting, they addressed an agenda, that included several highlights.
By Special To The Advance
News
Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide disaster declaration late last week after the New World screwworm was found in two calves in South Texas, according to The Dallas Morning News.
By Gary Borders Texas Press Association
Pharr proclaims June as ‘Responsible Fatherhood Month’
The Board of Commissioners of the City of Pharr met for a regular meeting last Monday and considered an agenda that included various highlights.
‘Responsible Fatherhood Month’ The Pharr City Commission approved a proclamation declaring June 2026 as “Responsible Fatherhood Month,” recognizing the important role fathers and father figures play in the lives of children, families, and the community.
By Special To The Advance
The state of Texas has officially entered a statewide disaster due to more confirmed cases of the New World screwworm this past week and some change.
Two initial cases, according to news outlets, were discovered in newborn calves in Zavala County this past weekend. The county, although it’s not neighboring us like Cameron or Starr, is about a four-hour drive.
By P.j. Hernandez Advance News Journal
Sports
There’s probably a sense of worry if you’re a San Antonio Spurs fan. Reason being is because the local squad is down in a best-of-seven game series for the NBA championship against the New York Knicks.
The Knicks were able to do the near-impossible task of traveling to South Texas and picking up not only one win against the Western Conference Champions, but two.
By Staff Report Advance News Journal
Two local high school squads have officially earned their bids to the state tournament for 7-on-7 football.
This past weekend at the Sharyland Snake Pit 7-on-7 state qualifying tournament, the PSJA North Raiders defeated the Mercedes Tigers — 26-13 — to earn a berth to the state tourney.
The Raiders went undefeated during the tourney, the same as last year. In the championship game against the Tigers, PSJA North was led by quarterback Drayden Espinoza.
By Staff Report Advance News Journal
The Sharyland Rattlers put it all on the field this season as they made the trek to the Texas UIL 5A Division II state championship game for baseball.
The team from Mission, however, fell short, 7-2, against the Lovejoy Leopards on Saturday at Dell Diamond field in Round Rock.
Initially, the game was to be played this past Friday but due to rain conditions, it was moved to a 9 a.m. slot.
By Staff Report Advance News Journal
Opinion
When cheating is first introduced into an organization, it is generally accompanied by some false claim that the change is some sort of improvement or even a measure to protect against dishonesty.
By Tom Haughey Advance News Journal
Why has the word “cool” never gone away with regard to our description of “cool” people, places, or things?
Hard to say. Groovy? Dead long ago. Thankfully. The “old days” has been replaced with “back in the day.”
“Sick” now means more than just a simple illness.
You can live in a “sick crib,” and most people tuned into modern culture will understand what you’re saying.
By Gregg Wendorf Advance News Journal
What in the world is going inside the head of our very own U.S. senator from Texas, Ted Cruz?
He has consistently urged the U.S. to “finish” what we started when we attacked Iran on Feb. 28. Rather than settling for a negotiated agreement or ceasefire, Cruz has argued on his “X” platform that the U.S. should hold a line that effectively demands “nothing short of total regime change...”
Ted seems upset that peace may finally be at hand.
By Gregg Wendorf Advance News Journal
Lifestyle
A certain young man had a father who gave him a warm and safe home, food to eat, and most of all his love and loyalty. The young man could have lived happily ever after, but he did not like the house rules. He wanted to be on his own.
The father thought otherwise; he knew the young man needed more maturity and respect for boundaries. The father was convinced His son would only be at odds with himself, utterly unhappy with a freedom that knew no fear, limits, or concern for others.
By Chris Voss First Christian Church
This isn’t a misprint.
Lovely June, a parti-colored pooch, and Kala, and sweet and good looking Akita/Husky tri-color male, are here at Cinderella Pet Rescue, right now, hoping to be adopted soon, preferably before the month of June arrives.
By Cory Raymond Cinderella Pet Rescue
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a leader in the German church called the Confessional Church, was arrested by the Gestapo in April 1943. (The Gestapo was the ruthless and murderous Nazi war machine’s secret police during World War II.)
A year later, Bonhoeffer was jailed in Berlin’s Tegel prison. Bonhoeffer was later hung by the Nazis at Flossenburg concentration camp only a few days before the camp was liberated by the allies.
By Chris Voss | First Christian Church
Obituaries
Maria Olivia (Lopez) Sanchez, 91, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen.
Anselmo “Chemo” Zuniga, 83, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2026, at his residence in Pharr.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Feliciano and Valvina Zuniga; his brothers, Pedro, Rodolfo, Edelmiro, Feliciano Jr., and Arturo Zuniga; and his sister, San Juana Zuniga.
Ireneo “Nene” Sanchez, a lifelong resident of Pharr, was born on January 14, 1940, to Tomas and Margarita (Herebia) Sanchez. He passed away on Feb. 26, 2026, at the age of 86, at the hospital following a brief illness.
Nene was preceded in death by his baby sister, Olivia Sanchez; his beloved mother and father; his sister, Maria Luisa “Chita” Sanchez; and his sister, Margarita “Mague” Sanchez.
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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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