STC Board Leader Benavidez Named First Latina To Serve As ACCT National Chair

November 1, 2022

Photo above: STC Board of Trustee Chair Rose Benavidez was recently inaugurated as Chair of the Association of Community College’s Trustees making her the first Latina to hold this distinguished position in the organization’s more than 50-year history. STC photo.…

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$1.4M Federal Grant To Fund Daycare For STC Student Parents

October 17, 2022

RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS – Eligible student parents attending South Texas College can soon have their child care tuition and fees covered thanks in part to a grant recently presented to the college’s Child Development Center by the U.S. Department…

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Edinburg Council Supports Training For Local Residents

October 6, 2022

Edinburg TX, October 4, 2022 On a unanimous vote, the Edinburg City Council approved $50,000 in funding for the Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement (VIDA) for training for local residents. The Edinburg EDC Board approved this item by a…

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Museum Archives To Close During October

October 5, 2022

EDINBURG, Texas — The Museum of South Texas History will close the Margaret H. McAllen Memorial Archives during the month of October. The National Archives celebrates American Archives Month throughout the month of October, which encourages archival repositories across the…

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Edinburg PD To Host Public Safety Conference

September 28, 2022

The Edinburg Police Department, in conjunction with the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District, UTRGV, and Tropical Texas Behavioral Health, will be hosting a Public Safety Conference that is free and open to the public.  The purpose of this conference is…

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Memorial Middle School Lockdown lifted

September 27, 2022

EDINBURG – Edinburg CISD’s Memorial Middle School was placed on lockdown at Noon today due to a suspicious person in a vehicle in a nearby neighborhood. However, the lock down has since been lifted. According an Edinburg CISD spokesperson, “the…

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Hidalgo County Declares September National Deaf Awareness Month

September 26, 2022

EDINBURG – During last week’s Commissioners Court meeting, County Clerk Arturo Guajardo, Jr. and Hidalgo County Precinct 2 Commissioner Eduardo “Eddie” Cantu sponsored a proclamation declaring September as National Deaf Awareness Month.  The deaf population includes a wide range of individuals, from…

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RGV Food Bank Provides Years’ Worth Of Supplies To STC Student Food Pantries 

September 26, 2022

WESLACO, Texas – Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley will now be providing student food pantries at South Texas College’s Mid-Valley and Pecan campuses with free food supplies for one year estimated at more than $10,000.  “We want to…

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Families Can Enroll in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund® Before Nov. 1 and Save

September 6, 2022

(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds families that enrollment in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund®, the state’s prepaid college tuition plan, began Sept. 1 and runs through Feb. 28, 2023. The Texas Tuition Promise Fund offers parents and loved…

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Shelly Duffey Files For ECISD Pl. 5 Seat

September 1, 2022

Duffey Files For ECISD Pl. 5

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