Mercedes News

Retirees say when they moved into their sub-division, there were specific rules laid out about what could be put on the land.

Jim Wallen couldn't find what he was looking for in the pile of trash bags tossed carelessly to the side of the dusty county road.

Police have arrested a woman accused of leaving her six children alone for hours inside a filthy apartment last week, officials said.

Beto D. Gonzalez, the Brownsville Independent School District's deputy superintendent since August 2007, has signed a contract to become superintendent of the Mercedes Independent School District.

A 61-year-old South Texas minister was in jail Wednesday in lieu of $2 million bond on charges that he sexually abused two girls.

A 61-year-old South Texas minister is jailed on $2 million bail on charges that he sexually abused two girls.

The school board Monday night approved Beto Gonzalez, formerly deputy superintendent of Brownsville schools, as the new superintendent of the Mercedes Independent School District.

This city is already a retail destination for out-of-towners. Now it needs to keep its residents shopping here, too.

Elizabeth Echeverria is Nashville bound - but not to become country singer. Echeverria, state champion in the Health Occupations Students of America personal care division, will compete at the HOSA national competition next week.

Five high schools throughout the Rio Grande Valley are listed among the best in the country, according to a national magazine's ranking system.

Sotero was born April 22, 1936 in Mercedes, TX and was a butcher by trade for many years.

Every Wednesday, the 79-year-old man inspects the San Juan bakery he founded more than four decades ago.

Tascosa High School returned to Newsweek's list of America's top high schools. Tascosa ranked 1,410 in this year's list of 1,500 high schools posted Tuesday on Newsweek.com . It was the only school in the Texas Panhandle to make the list.

A woman with four daughters is overwhelmed with sorrow and concern about the future, after the loss of her husband.

Virgin Mary Image Found on Air Conditioning Unit >> Posted By myfairlady 2 hours, 14 minutes ago in News A women called Antonia Ruiz Hernandez from Mercedes, Texas has found an image which resembles the Virgin Mary on her air conditioning unit.

Court documents say a man threatened to a kill his alleged victim a day before the murder.

A man wanted in connection with a murder in Hidalgo County will soon be brought back to the U.S. from Mexico.

Julia Marroquin finally found something that was worth her son's death benefits.

A man suspected of a carjacking in Harlingen on Monday, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Mercedes police on unrelated charges.

Chattanooga Rescue Missiona s Christian Life Program, a yearlong rehabilitation and education program, is the heart of the operation, according to mission employees and those in the program.