Progreso News

More than a dozen Rio Grande Valley public schools will have to offer parents the option of transferring their children to other campuses for the 2010-2011 school year.

Comments 0 Recommend 0 December 31, 2009 5:00 AM , a native of Progreso, Texas and longtime resident of San Benito, Texas entered into eternal life of December 28, 2009.

An undocumented immigrant who attempted to smuggle nearly 3,000 rounds of ammunition and a pistol to Mexico last year was sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison Monday.

MCALLEN/PORT ISABEL - Funeral arrangements for Joseph Alexander Nunez, 28, who passed away on Tuesday are pending with Thomae-Garza Funeral Directors.

A Progreso man was arraigned Thursday for the alleged sexual assault a preteen girl, police said.

WE REMEMBER IN PRAYER: FR. THOMAS MATONDO, CICM. Born Jan. 21, 1949 in Kasangulu, Democratic Republic of Congo; professed vows Sep.

Mexican authorities refused to release details Monday of the deadly weekend shooting that sent hundreds of American tourists scurrying for cover as at least two people were gunned down.

Hours earlier, home video of today's Winter Texan Festival captured the calm before the storm and the chaos after.

The international bridge here was closed Saturday afternoon after a shooting across the border in Nuevo Progreso.

Bayardo last was seen Nov. 13. CORPUS CHRISTI - Family members are seeking help finding Miguel Garcia Bayardo, 78, who last was seen Nov.

Two Valley women are facing drug charges after they were caught smuggling nearly $1 million dollars in drugs at the Progreso International Bridge.

Customs officers seized about $284,000 worth of marijuana at two Hidalgo County border crossings Sunday.

The deaths of two workers this month in a primitive coal mine in northern Mexico have sparked outrage and fear in the region and could be the catalyst that, after months of little progress in improving the mines, forces the government to close the most dangerous operations.

A man died after he apparently jumped out and was run over by a moving car driven by his common law wife Saturday evening, sheriff's deputies said.

What: Reception for the official debut of black and white photo exhibition When: 2 p.m. Saturday In the darkness, Yolanda Casanova captured the stillness of her Southmost neighborhood after all of its voices had subsided into the silence of the night.

CBP officers found 22 pounds of Mexican brown heroin hidden in a pickup truck's batteries.

Customs officers arrested a Weslaco woman after they found nearly $1.8 million worth of heroin hidden inside a pickup truck's batteries.

Voters return to the polls today in this city for the first time after a string of questioned elections that have resulted in grand jury investigations and criminal charges for illegally cast ballots.

Cows and goats; they're the unwelcome neighbors in a Progreso neighborhood. While the animals feel right at home, people who live around them are not so comfortable.

Beyond the statewide constitutional amendments, voters in seven Hidalgo County cities will also consider issues.