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El Periodico USA Staff Community Events February 25, 2025

STHS Children’s Hosting Third Annual Eddie’s Safari Run For Kids And Adults To Help Promote

Named after the facility’s mascot, the annual 5K and 2K walk/run events aim to promote healthy behaviors like exercise to
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El Periodico USA Staff Community Events February 25, 2025

STHS Children’s Child Life Program To Receive Special Donation From Spirit Halloween’s Spirit Of Children

As part of its annual tradition, Sprit Halloween will donate the proceeds raised locally during the 2024 Halloween season to
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El Periodico USA Staff Featured February 24, 2025

Felon sentenced after hiding firearm under child’s mattress

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas | Press Release A 34-year-old Laredo felon has been ordered to federal prison
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News February 24, 2025

Innocence Suspended: From Seeking Security to the Guantanamo Concentration Camp

Written by Katheryn Olmos, edited by  Ernesto Castañeda and Emma Wyler The story of Luis Alberto Castillo Rivera, a Venezuelan asylum
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News February 24, 2025

PSJA ISD Graduate Turns Passion into Success, Opens His Own Barbershop at 18

SAN JUAN– While most recent high school graduates are still mapping out their futures, David De Leon has already turned
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News February 24, 2025

McAllen felon sentenced for possessing multiple firearms

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas | Press Release A 34-year-old man has been ordered to prison for possessing firearms
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El Periodico USA Staff Brownsville February 24, 2025

UTRGV invests over $60 million to strengthen academic infrastructure in Cameron County

UT System approves renovation of Brownsville Visual Arts Complex and new Marine Ecosystems Research Facility in Port Isabel To boost
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News February 24, 2025

Mission man sent to prison for drug trafficking, again

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas | Press Release McALLEN, Texas – A 56-year-old convicted felon has been ordered
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News February 24, 2025

McAllen man sentenced to over 33 years for sexually abusing minors

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas | Press Release A 29-year-old local resident has been sentenced for enticement of a
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El Periodico USA Staff Education February 22, 2025

Makesar Earns First SLC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week Award

RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women’s tennis team learned on Tuesday that sophomore Rhea Makesar has
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