MISSION, Aug. 29 - South Texas and the border region have lost two great icons in the last two weeks, one from the world of politics, economics and business and one from the world of music and the arts.

SAN LUIS TALPA, El Salvador, Aug. 25 - Maria Milagros Reyes Torres is what some would refer to as an “Anchor Baby.”

McALLEN, Aug. 20 - Following McAllen Mayor Richard Cortez's town hall meeting on Tuesday evening I drove across the street from the McAllen Convention Center to an active Westside Park engaged in the normal agenda of any summer night at the park.

PHARR, Aug. 8 - The Justice for Our Neighbors program operated by Pharr United Methodist Church was started in part as a response to the scams being played on immigrants by unscrupulous attorneys and notary publics.

CLAREMONT, Aug. 15 - We were heading home from the movies, a fun Saturday night out that turned dispiriting.