FEATURED, CENTER: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, appears at a press conference regarding Trump Accounts on Monday, August 31, 2026 at the AT&T Hotel in Austin. On Wednesday, September 16, 2026, Cruz celebrated the passage of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act by the U.S. House of Representatives. The measure would require auto makers to include AM broadcast radio in their new vehicles at no additional charge, reports Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa.
FEATURED: At the age of 21, Marine Sergeant Alfredo ‘Freddy’ González of Edinburg was killed during the Tet Offensive in Hue City, Vietnam. For his actions defending his platoon that day, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Later, in 1996, in tribute to his actions a U.S. Navy warship, the USS González, was named after him. In early November 2025, U.S. Rep. Mónica De La Cruz, R-Edinburg, filed a measure in Congress, the Sgt. Alfredo ‘Freddy’ González Memorial Veterans Hospital Act, calling on the federal government to create a full-service U.S. veterans hospital in the Rio Grande Valley that would carry his name.
FEATURED FROM LEFT: Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa, Academy Award-nominated actor, recording artist, and entrepreneur Terrence Howard, and Edinburg First Lady Leah Wise. Howard, who is involved in several publicized business ventures, including entertainment technology, alternative science, and aerospace sectors [1], paid visits to deep South Texas, including Edinburg City Hall and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, beginning on Monday, July 27, 2026.
FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, and Rep. Ryan Guillén, R-Rio Grande City. In this image, Canales addresses fellow state lawmakers from the fixed microphone on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives chamber in the Texas Capitol during the 89th regular session in 2025.
FEATURED: Dr. Jessica Guajardo Martin, Designated Institutional Officer (DIO), General Medical Education (GME), DHR Health, addresses medical residents, fellows, and pharmacy residents during the recent 2026 Resident and Fellow Graduation Ceremony by DHR Health held at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance. “To our graduates: you leave here more than physicians, you leave as clinicians, scholars, educators and leaders – prepared not only to practice medicine, but to shape it,” she said. “You carry forward the mission and values of DHR Health and the responsibility to serve with compassion, integrity, and excellence.”
