Mission News

Scott-based ESP Resources Inc. will acquire oil and gas specialty chemicals manufacturer Turf Chemistry Inc.

Cesare Riverso has always admired Eastern culture. The 17-year-old rising senior at Veterans Memorial High School in Mission collects swords and other Oriental items and hopes to visit China someday.

Staff reports Saturday, June 27, the Era Masonic Lodge installed its 113th slate of officers for the coming year.

Each year, more and more people turn out...that means more and more space is needed! This year, the 19th Annual Texas Hunter's & Sportsman's Expo promises to continue to wow hunters, anglers, and sportsmen alike! This is a fabulous opportunity to save $ on trips, equipment, meet guides, enjoy wild game tasting, and possibly win a door prize! ...

Esmeralda Adame works in a field that is something of a boy's club. The 29-year-old instructor in South Texas College's precision manufacturing club has long worked in a predominantly male career.

Restoration work is under way for the Socorro Mission rectory, a historic structure at the Lower Valley church that has fallen into disrepair and has been identified as a state endangered property.

A Mission native stood in court Monday afternoon, accused of killing two of his in-laws in a drunken rollover accident.

Police are seeking the public's help tracking down a "person of interest" who may have information about a killing that occurred here earlier this week.

Six people were formally charged Friday in connection with a shooting that involved an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent Wednesday morning.

Police detained six people in connection with a shooting that involved an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent and his daughter Wednesday morning in Mission.

He was one of the first Rangers during the Revolution and an Indian fighter who lived with Comanches.

A 3-year-old girl and her mother spent Father's Day as her father's hostage until Hidalgo County Sheriff's deputies were able to free her early Monday morning after an hour-long chase.

For decades, Texas country was a hard sell down in the Rio Grande Valley. Now, a new live music series by one of the Valley's most revered promoters is changing all that.

Authorities are looking for a man wanted on two felony arrest warrants. Francisco Javier Valencia, 21, is wanted for aggravated robbery and burglary of a habitation with intent to commit a felony.

Authorities seized more than two tons of marijuana from a stash house Tuesday, officials said.

TxDOT officials want to know what you think about construction plans for Expressway 83.

Gold records may be commonplace on the walls of many a Hollywood Hills mansion. Needless to say, they're a rare commodity in the South Texas.

The head of the Mission school district has been named the region's top superintendent of the year.

If you've ever stopped in for a coffee or pastry at Jitterz in Mission then you might know Gabriel de la Garza.

A 72-year-old Mission man pleaded guilty Tuesday to the murder of his estranged wife in order to save his son from prosecution for the same crime, his attorneys said.