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New Development To Bring Travel Center & Restaurants to Mercedes One of the nation’s premier fuel distributors will develop and open a 12,000-square-foot travel center in Mercedes – a first of its kind in the Rio Grande Valley. Victron Energy, Inc., plans to break ground on the project this summer and open its travel center […]

Ten-Ten Leaves Memories In Mercedes Charles Bertholf took longing glances at the trucks rumbling over the site where his beloved community store stood. The Ten-Ten Grocery store on east 2nd Street where it intersects with FM 491 was a place, Bertholf said, “everyone knew.’’ It harkened back to the history of a small town when […]

Gary Schwarz is a Mercedes Tiger, a 1971 graduate and all-district running back and linebacker in his playing days. Growing up as a self-described farm boy north of Mercedes, Schwarz could see himself having fields of cotton, lettuce, and strawberries coming up under his watch, just like his father, a farmer and rancher. His mother, […]

Program Developing Leaders For City’s Future Mercedes has launched a leadership program to develop improved civic awareness and gain a better understanding of how the community works, with the goal of working for a better city. Leadership Mercedes is modeled after similar well-established programs in other Rio Grande Valley cities and around the state and […]

A half-acre expressway spot between Vermont and Texas avenues was paved, developed, and ready with four food trucks and picnic tables in the midst of the grounds as Mercedes Mayor Oscar Montoya spoke of what it took to get to the Saturday morning event. “I want to thank the Gonzalez family for investing in Mercedes,’’ […]

The Rio Grande Valley’s longest serving National bank is in Mercedes, a journey that began 102 years ago. Today’s Texas National Bank is a financial descendant of the First National Bank of Mercedes, which got its start in 1920. The charter that got the latter bank started over 100 years ago was to be celebrated […]

There’s photographs of old television stars and cover girls to go with show ribbons and student exhibition pins in a Mercedes building chronicling eight decades of history. A walk around the museum of the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show provides glimpses of the 80-plus years of an iconic yearly event closely tied to Mercedes as […]

  The first classic drive-in theater in the United States opened on June 6, 1933, with eager American motorists lining up to park their automobiles at the Camden Drive-In to watch movies under the stars in New Jersey. There had been previous versions of drive-in theaters in New Mexico and West Texas, but the first […]

Walk into Focus Nutrition and there are a couple of things a customer will notice quickly. One is the chalkboard-looking board that looms overhead with 50-plus choices of smoothies, teas, and coffees, with tasty waffles also available. The other thing that comes at you is the welcoming and engaging smile of the business’ co-owner, Valerie […]

Couple Finds Business Success In Mercedes Mercedes native Noe Rodriguez lives in Mission, but when starting a small business he envisioned going regional, he knew where to head. “For us, this is the center of the (Rio Grande) Valley,’’ Rodriguez said of locating Amanda’s Fatty Snacks in Mercedes. “I deliver to Brownsville, Rio Grande City, […]