Livestock Show Highlights Western Roots
No Rio Grande Valley city embraces its Western heritage likes Mercedes does. Drive around the city and you will see tall and colorful boots sitting on street corners. They aren’t […]
Music Academy Connects With Mid-Valley Students
Nick Dozer is a Buckeye transplant with an affinity for music who is forging a connection to Mercedes and the Rio Grande Valley. The southern Ohio native opened his South […]
Organization Keeps Mercedes Beautiful & Green
Keep Mercedes Beautiful crews can often be seen along FM 491 in doing their work of diligence and duty to improve their community. It’s an all-volunteer effort. There is no […]
Young Entrepreneur Gets Start In Mercedes
Nayelli Valdemar was trying to balance life and work as a young mother when deciding last year to take a bold step in setting herself up as a 25-year-old entrepreneur. […]
EDC Board Member Dreams Big With Fireworks
Roel Villanueva’s spacious new fireworks warehouse just north of Expressway 83 in Mercedes is a fulfillment of a boyhood interest in pyrotechnics and a way to give back to his […]
O’s Burgers Serves Up Hot Meals & Hometown Flavors
O’s Burgers Serves Up Hot Meals & Hometown Flavors Norma Ozuna spent over a dozen years in the medical field working through the challenges of helping patients and assisting doctors […]
Urgent Care Clinic Provides New & Needed Option
Mercedes Mayor Oscar Montoya recalls his days as a young father when his son became ill and began crying and wouldn’t stop. “Knapp Medical is all we had back then,’’ […]
RGV Livestock Show Making Venue Improvements
The Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show is more than its annual event that draws over 300,000 visitors to Mercedes every March. The RGV Livestock Show’s leadership has been focusing in […]
Mainstay Mercedes Business Serves Local & Global Customers
Bill Bunton Auto Supply & Machine Shop is a throwback business – in the best of ways – a store with stellar customer service and deep community ties, even as […]
Upcoming Livestock Show To Feature National Broadcast
Upcoming Livestock Show To Feature National Broadcast The Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show is gearing up for its 85th annual edition with the March 2024 version featuring a first in […]