Mission News

Some Mission school district students got home about an hour late Friday due to a shortage of available buses.

Sandra Muoz and Saul Dario Gama were united in marriage at 3:30 p.m. on August 29, 2009, at St.

Sheriff's deputies made three arrests Monday after they found more than 1,100 pounds of marijuana inside a house.

The Milken Institute came out with its annual list of cities that are best able to create jobs.

A security guard admitted to killing his wife and another man using his service weapon early Saturday morning.

By LEIGH VICKERY Food Editor Author Donald Miller is a Texan turned Portlander who first captured my attention with his best-selling memoir, Blue Like Jazz, in which Miller gives a piece of his spiritual journey through humor, music and an unpretentious, boy-next-door approach to life's hard questions.

The Live Oak County Grand Jury returned eight indictments on Oct. 15; two of those indictments were for possession of cocaine.

Sherry Morales got the call all mothers with children in the military dread. On Oct.

The body of the Alamo soldier killed in Afghanistan last week is set to return to the Rio Grande Valley Saturday, with visitation and funeral services set for Sunday and Monday, respectively.

The feeling of community hasn't changed much over the years at First United Methodist Church.

A 23-year-old man is behind bars after leading authorities on a chase through Mission.

Bob Gross will always have something by which to remember his former neighbors, whom he considered his second parents: a baby blue 1966 Ford Mustang with pony interior, still in mint condition.

Viewing for Staff Sgt. Bradley Espinoza will be 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Rivera Funeral Home on Conway Avenue and 19th Street.

Campgrounds and RV parks nationally have seen a mild drop in visitors because of the recession, but campgrounds in the Tri-parishes are largely doing well, say local park owners.

Two home invasions Monday afternoon appear to have been committed by the same group of men, sheriff's deputies said.

The family of a fallen soldier waits for his return. Family members tell us Bradley Espinoza's mother went to Delaware to bring his body back to the Valley.

The city has netted an $8 million loan from the Texas Water Development Board to finance water system improvements that will stave off an increase in the city water rates.

A fugitive who was indicted last year on three counts of wire fraud for operating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme has been arrested near Toronto, Canada, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today.

The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,474 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

Mission Mayor Beto Salinas doubts all his city's residents could have afforded the mandatory and expensive flood insurance premiums that were planned for low-lying parts of Hidalgo County two years ago.