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BY FRANCISCO GUAJARDO Eighteen-year-old Hope Guerrero from Weslaco wanted to tell her grandfather’s story, so she emailed the Museum of South Texas History. “My grandfather died...

McALLEN — Rio Grande Valley golfing legend Oton “Tony” Guerrero died Saturday surrounded by family members at his home in Mission. He was 96. His...

Editor’s note: After John Garza of McAllen read several Bearing Witness articles in The Monitor, he decided to write about his dear friend Pedro...

Capping off 2020 with another merit, Dr. Eluterio Blanco Jr., clinical assistant professor in the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Rehabilitation...

Vita A. Tijerina is a 2020 Teach for America RGV Corps Member and fourth-grade bilingual reading teacher at J. S. Adame Elementary School at...

Alberto Ybarra, a La Blanca farmer and family man, died Aug. 15, 2020, at McAllen Medical Center, when he succumbed to COVID-19. He was...

Students from Edinburg CISD, Mission CISD and McAllen ISD share their letters to Santa with The Monitor. Letters to Santa: Letters to Santa from Edinburg CISD: Letters...

BY FRANCISCO GUAJARDO | SPECIAL TO THE MONITOR Yolanda Guerra and her husband George last saw each other in person on Nov. 25, 2020, the...

EDINBURG — Growing up, Jonathon Vasquez was not an avid reader. He viewed reading as a chore when he was a child. Still, there...

Pharr-San Juan Alamo ISD reopened its doors earlier this semester to students who are opting for in-person instruction, and the district recently purchased several...