Clint Black: Back On The Blacktop Tour 2025
May 10, 2025 - 8:00 PM
Payne Arena

2600 N. 10th Street (Hwy 336) , Hidalgo, TX
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On Thursday December 26, 2024, at approximately 4:09 p.m., the Alton Police Department Communications Division received a call for service regarding a medical emergency at the 1300 block of North Oak St. Alton, Texas.

Upon arrival, officers and medical personnel discovered a deceased male at the location. The male was later identified as a 15-year-old. The Alton Police Department Criminal Investigation Division responded to the location and discovered the male had an injury to his head. During the course of the investigation two male juveniles, both 15-years-old, were brought in for questioning. The two juveniles were later arrested and charged with tampering with physical evidence.

On the morning of Friday December 27, 2024, an autopsy was performed on the victim. The Hidalgo County Medical Examiner and Coroner's Office determined the head injury was a gunshot wound and ruled the manner of death as homicide. The two juveniles in custody will be charged with murder.

Via Alton PD

McAllen, Texas
A We Rock the Spectrum gym was just slated to start construction. This inclusive play center is designed to support children of all abilities with a variety of fun and therapeutic activities.
Construction is set to begin August 8th and should be complete by mid November 2024.

📍 1301 S. 10th Street, McAllen, TX 78504

Pharr, Texas
Some progress on the new section of the Pharr Town Center.
Restaurant Row will be a 14,500 sq. ft. project that will house three to five new restaurants

📍 1301 W. Polk Ave Pharr, TX 78577

Some new construction starting soon:
LP Plaza - New Construction, 10 Suites, 2 buildings, total 9612 Sq. Ft
1300 E. BUS. 83 Weslaco, TX 78596

CHCL Enterprises Building - New warehouse
2729 N. Expressway 77 Harlingen, TX 78550

Papa Johns - Tenant build-out
1633 W University Ave. Edinburg, TX 78539

THE FAMILY CHURCH
14500 N. SHARY ROAD McAllen, TX 78504

Dollar Tree - 5420 N International Blvd
Weslaco, TX 78599

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Charter will setting up a $4 Million dollar office in Pharr.
Expected to be completed by April 2024.

Location Address:
1300 Maco Drive
Pharr, TX 78577

Start Date:
10/2/2023
Completion Date:
4/1/2024

Looks like Pharr Town Center will be expanding.
A new section called The Oasis will be adding space for new restaurants.

Start Date:
9/1/2023
Completion Date:
4/1/2024

📍 1301 W. Polk Ave Pharr, TX 78577

The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:

Many Texans know that Harlon Block, a Texan, is the man planting the flag on the far right in the famous photo of the marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. Sadly, Block was killed in action just a week later, on March 1, 1945. When that photo was released it was an instant sensation back home. Everybody wanted to know the identities of the Marines in the photo, but Harlon Block's back was to the camera and he was misidentified as another Marine who had also lost his life on the island. For two years, the Marine holding the pole was thought to be Henry Hanson.

But in May, 1946 the man shown in this photo, Ira Hayes, appeared at the home of Ed Block, Harlon Block's father, in Weslaco, Texas. Having hitchhiked 1300 miles in three days from his home on the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona, Ira Hayes ---- who had fought on Iwo Jima and survived the war ---- walked out into the cotton field where Ed Block was working. There the native Pima Indian told him that the man planting the flag in the picture was actually his son, Harlon.

After only a few minutes of conversation, Hayes turned around and hitchhiked back home to Arizona, his last service to a fellow Marine completed. After an inquiry, Harlon Block was correctly identified and took his honored place in history.

Ira Hayes died in 1955 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
- Via Traces of Texas

Undefeated (4-0) Welterweight, Isaac “Primetime” Moreno fighting out of Brownsville, TX takes on 4-0 Kenan Jackson today at Fury FC 74 today.

Prelims kick off at 130pm CT live on the Fury FC Facebook page and the main card kicks off at 430pm CT live only on ufcfightpass
21 fights total! 12 prelim and 9 on the main card.

We have compiled a list of local coffee shops ranked in order by their Google Reviews. Let us know if we missed any!

Labyrinth BCA - (4.8 ⭐)
1009 W Maple Ave, McAllen, TX 78501

7th and Park - (4.7 ⭐)
1554 E 7th St, Brownsville, TX 78520

GRIND Coffee co. - (4.7 ⭐)
315 W University Dr, Edinburg, TX 78539

Semilla Coffee lab - (4.7 ⭐)
4715 N 10th St suite 5, McAllen, TX 78504

Weslacos Daily Grind - (4.7 ⭐️)
409 S Missouri Ave, Weslaco, TX 78596

Jitterz - (4.7 ⭐)
1625 N Conway Ave, Mission, TX 78572
801 Bryan Rd, Mission, TX 78572

Coffee Artista - (4.6 ⭐)
1506 E Griffin Pkwy C, Mission, TX 78572

Coffee Zone - (4.6 ⭐)
1108 S McColl Rd, Edinburg, TX 78539
2500 S Bicentennial Blvd, McAllen, TX 78503

Cultura Coffee House - (4.5 ⭐)
5 S 11th St, McAllen, TX 78501

One Way Coffee - (4.5 ⭐)
1605 W Schunior St, Edinburg, TX 78541 Edinburg, TX

Reserva Coffee Roasters - (4.5 ⭐)
3400 W Expy 83 Unit 130, McAllen, TX 78501

Coffee Time - (4.4 ⭐)
501 East Business Highway 83, Alamo, TX 78516

MoonBeans Coffee - (4.3 ⭐)
5524 N 10th St, McAllen, TX 78504

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