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Bernabe Rios and his wife, Leticia, were having lunch recently at a pizza restaurant on west 2nd Street and through its windows could see a hometown restaurant just down the […]

Mercedes will take to the skies on Saturday, March 1, with Skyfest and its 1st Annual Kite Festival. The event will kick off at 10 a.m. at the Mercedes Dome […]

The Dallas Cowboys already had two pro shops in the Rio Grande Valley and knew they needed a third store in the region. The initial inclination was to open a […]

The South Texas Independent School District got its start in 1964 as a rehabilitation school district and over the years developed into a multi-county vocational magnet school district with campuses […]

A recent television report referred to Enrique Camargo as “The Last Bootmaker” in Mercedes. Camargo’s custom boot shop has been a mainstay in Mercedes on 2nd Street/Business 83 for decades. […]

Basilio Mendoza is a lifetime runner and former cross-country coach at several high schools in the Rio Grande Valley. Mendoza has also worked for years on the staff of The […]

David Abrego spent years away from his hometown, starting with dreams of being a doctor before earning a law degree and become a practicing lawyer in Texas and Colorado. Abrego […]

A haircut and styling appointments at James Horta’s YGDV Barbershop are booked for a full hour. The Mercedes barber with his business located on Texas Avenue in the city’s downtown […]

City Commissioner Ruben J. Saldana’s weekly reports come from a spirit of transparency and willingness to share information in hopes it forms more informed opinions. “A lack of information leads […]

“The Dome” that arises at the end of Vermont Avenue in Mercedes is a facility for sports and games. The building’s essential purpose, however, is one that is defined and […]