Gonzalez Guided By Scripture In Serving Community
Fred Gonzalez’s first contact with the Mercedes Chamber of Commerce occurred when as a regional manager for Dollar General he attended a ribbon cutting in his hometown. It was then […]
Mercedes Library Evolves To Serve Its Community
Parents and their young children are spread out across a large room at the Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library. They are not there to read books. It’s the first […]
EDC Program Boosts Couple’s Business
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 Flying High With SkyFest!
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 […]
New Parks Director Brings Vision & Experience
Armando Villela often starts his workday by driving around Mercedes and inspecting the city parks he oversees. The city’s new parks and recreation director has been busy in recent months, […]
Dallas Cowboys Boost RGV Presence With Mercedes Store
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 […]
South Texas ISD Gives Mercedes “A Flagship”
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 […]
Boot-Making & Western Heritage Define Mercedes
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. […]
Organizer Has Big Plans For Mercedes Marathon
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 […]
Mercedes Native Comes Home To Establish Practice
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 […]