Brownsville native Omar Juarez had a six-month layoff between his last fight and the one prior because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it only took one month for him to get his latest opportunity. The 21-year-old Juarez will be fighting 25-year-old Dakota Linger from West Virginia in a Premier Boxing Championship super lightweight prospect eight-round …

Brownsville native Omar Juarez had a six-month layoff between his last fight and the one prior because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it only took one month for him to get his latest opportunity. The 21-year-old Juarez will be fighting 25-year-old Dakota Linger from West Virginia in a Premier Boxing Championship super lightweight prospect eight-round …

Creating fall sports schedules hasn’t been an easy task due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the District 32-5A volleyball coaches got one step closer after the latest district executive committee meeting. The district decided to split into two zones to complete the 2020 season. Zone A will feature Donna High, Edcouch-Elsa, Mercedes and Weslaco East. …

EDINBURG — Edinburg CISD officials clarified the district’s position Tuesday afternoon on a return to in-person learning, as well as fall sports practices and other extracurricular activities, amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. In response to an inquiry from The Monitor, the Edinburg school district said it couldn’t comment at this time on potential target …

EDINBURG — Edinburg CISD officials clarified the district’s position Tuesday afternoon on a return to in-person learning, as well as fall sports practices and other extracurricular activities, amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. In response to an inquiry from The Monitor, the Edinburg school district said it couldn’t comment at this time on potential target …

McALLEN — McAllen ISD has updated its position on the return to in-person learning and the resumption of on-campus fall sports practices and other extracurricular activities, as the district continues to negotiate the safest way forward to return its students to campus. The McAllen ISD board decided in a 6-1 vote on Monday evening to …

AUSTIN — The University Interscholastic League, the governing body of most Texas public high school athletics, amended its already updated COVID-19 mitigation guidelines Tuesday afternoon following the first weekend of the high school football regular season in some parts of the state. The UIL updated its COVID-19 guidance again after it was alerted to schools …

Many people will get a break this weekend, when many businesses observe the Labor Day holiday on Monday. Traditionally the three-day weekend is considered the last chance to take a mini-vacation. The holiday couldn’t come soon enough for some people who have gone stir crazy from staying at home all summer, whether it’s because they …

Many people will get a break this weekend, when many businesses observe the Labor Day holiday on Monday. Traditionally the three-day weekend is considered the last chance to take a mini-vacation. The holiday couldn’t come soon enough for some people who have gone stir crazy from staying at home all summer, whether it’s because they …

Tunnels from Mexico into the United States have long been routinely found; however, they’ve generally been limited to areas west of Texas, where it’s easier to carve a subterranean path through the sands of the Sonoran Desert. Last week, however, a new route was discovered in the Rio Grande Valley — channeling beneath the river …