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Coaches Pompa, Garcia and Thompson share accolades The Sharyland Rattlers’ baseball team is one win away from the UIL 5A DII State Championship. They entered the UIL State Playoffs as District 31-5A champions. They’ve since proceeded to claim Bi-district, Area, Regional Semifinals, Regional Finals and State Semifinal championships; all in the course of…
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Rattlers’ assistant coaches ready for State Final No one ever does anything worthwhile alone. Through every step of every journey, there is usually someone, or a group of somebodies, offering directions, questioning wrong turns, or lifting you through when you think you can’t. All we do is made possible by the support of…
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Rattlers’ baseball eyes State Championship Dreams always seem fantastical until you start living them. This spring, a group of high school students from Mission, Texas, has shown an entire community that the impossible seems crazy until it isn’t. A year full of scrapes and bruises, early morning bullpen sessions, after-school batting practice, off-season…
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La Joya City Council to negotiate with PossAble Dream Foundation In a July 14 La Joya City Council meeting, the city gave approval for the city manager to negotiate a commercial lease agreement with the PossAble Dream Foundation. The item, which the city discussed in executive session and later revealed in open…
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The long‑anticipated federal trial of Mission businesswoman Veronica Inez O’Caña ended with a guilty verdict on charges of money laundering, bribery and witness tampering. After hearing three days of testimony, jurors deliberated for about three hours before convicting the 50‑year‑old on all counts. O’Caña’s case stems from a November 2022 indictment tied…
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Earlier STC Solis-involved complaints involved law enforcement Maria “Mary” G. Del Paz has worked for South Texas College almost as long as there’s been a South Texas College to work for. The college’s vice president for finance and administrative services, Del Paz has been employed by STC for almost 32 years —…
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