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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Shannon’s Sweets sits on a western entrance to the Rio Grande Valley Premium Outlets, greeting shoppers with a type of business and cuisine not usually associated with the retail center. […]

It started out as a graduation party concept – with lots of hot food to go with it. Terry Castaneda’s son was a graduating high school senior and he had […]

Roy De Leon’s 35-year banking career and a lifetime of being involved in business and entrepreneurship all began in a neighborhood grocery store on north Texas Avenue in Mercedes – […]

Every community has its enduring touchstones that its residents turn to again and again. Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church is one of those places for Mercedes. The church’s first […]

Edna Rincon Martinez is a doer, a community banker with deep ties to her community and a way of life that has always been about giving back to her community. […]