La Feria News

A Harlingen-based company that two years ago had lofty plans for a veterans hospital in La Feria is back, considering a general-use medical facility possibly to be located in Donna or Harlingen.

JoLeigh Ares, who conducted her La Feria-based mobile-home businesses as the Park Girl, faces trial in July on criminal charges of theft and deceptive trade practices.

Cyclists ride along a bicycle lane down East Harrison Avenue Saturday morning. The Harlingen-San Benito Metropolitan Planning Organization has a Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan that could potentially create an interconnected network for cyclist commuters to transit between various Rio Grande Valley cities.

An FDIC representative trained La Feria Independent School District and city of La Feria instructors on how to offer an 11-part program to students and residents about banking products and services, such as using credit, creating a budget and buying a home.

LA FERIA - The body of an elderly man who had been reported missing was found near his home Wednesday by La Feria police, Police Chief Don Garcia said.The body of Robert Scoggins, believed to be in his 70s, was found near his home in the vicinity...