Mercedes Businesses Adapt & Adjust To Coronavirus Crisis
Tulum Seafood is normally a busy place filled with families, Winter Texans, and meetings of a local Lions Club. These days in the era of the coronavirus crisis, the dining […]
Mercedes Natives Take Leadership Roles At Iconic Company
Joanna Ybarra and Amanda Brewer are Mercedes born-and-raised. Their connections run deep in one of Mercedes’ more iconic companies. The boots made at Rios of Mercedes are shipped around the […]
Mercedes Serves As Hub For Premier Regional School District
The South Texas Independent School District is expanding its presence in Mercedes with the opening of a new administrative and training center along Expressway 77/83 near the Rio Grande Valley […]
City’s Location Brings FedEx to Mercedes To Serve South Texas
Mercedes with its central location in the Rio Grande Valley has proven time-and-time-again that the city is an ideal location for businesses aiming to reach every part of the region. […]
UT Health Clinic In Mercedes Expands Care In The Mid-Valley
A network of UT Health RGV clinics have fanned out across the Rio Grande Valley, and in the midst of these regional facilities is a health center in Mercedes that […]
New Livestock Show GM Looking To Make His Mark On Iconic Event
Armando “Mando’’ Correa spent decades taking his agricultural education students to the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show in competitions for prize money under the roofs of the big barns in […]
Mercedes Tiger Football Builds Traditions & Memories
Ubaldo Pena grew up in a neighborhood where the lights of the old Tiger Stadium beckoned as a place where he could someday shine. “We use to cut holes in […]
Mercedes Powers MVEC Through Its Eras Of Service
In the mid-1930s – at the height of the Great Depression – nine out of 10 rural homes in America lacked electric service. It was no different in the Rio […]
‘Strange Ghosts’ Once Flew North Of Mercedes In Launching CAF
Frank Cano remembers caliche runways and big skies with War World II-era airplanes crossing each other’s paths above a hanger for crop dusters. As an 8-year-old boy he saw one […]
Neighborhood Stores Were Hallmarks Of The Community
They were touchstones in their communities, the places where residents went not only to buy food, snacks and a cold beverage, but to visit and catch up on the days […]