SOUTH TEXAS

Santos de la Paz used his weekly bilingual newspaper to fight the corruption he saw in politics around South Texas.

Round out your taco meal with add-ons—but order armed with the knowledge of what might disappoint and what will hit the spot every time.

The seasoned South Texas Democrat is running his most aggressive campaign operation since his first run for Congress.

Texas House candidate Monica De La Cruz says Hispanics in South Texas are embracing GOP politics because they want a secure border, love God and their love families.

It ranked tops among Texas public schools — and 12th nationally — in terms of social mobility, or economic improvement after acquiring the degree. To be sure, the rankings reflect the high potential for improvement among UTRGV students. Most importantly, UTRGV students are doing their part. South Texas once was known for high dropout rates and low achievement; today more than 80% of first-year students return for their second year. Fortunately, the change appears to have been made in earnest, and brought new opportunities that has helped many Valley residents improve their futures, and improve South Texas as well.

Games being played on Oct. 6, 7, and 8 of 2022.

Elon Musk has proposed proceeding with his purchase of Twitter at the original price of $54.20 per share, according to media reports.

The final scores for the sixth week of high school football - Sept. 29, 30 and Oct. 1 - in the San Antonio, South Texas and the Hill Country area.

Donald Trump’s baseless claims of fraud have made life more difficult and dangerous for the state’s poll workers.

How a San Antonio restaurant manager pioneered the art of taco diplomacy.

When it comes to the Mexican-American experience in San Antonio and South Texas, the UTSA Libraries Special Collections is considered the library of record, said director Amy Rushing.

Garza remains the underdog, battling her own low name recognition and a fundraising disadvantage in an expensive statewide race that is already demanding considerable resources for travel and TV ads.

Republican Governor Greg Abbott and Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke are set to debate Friday in Edinburg. Voters are hoping both gubernatorial candidates address the complexities of abortion to give voters a clear sense of where they stand before election day.

In two of the three races, Democrats are hitting back as outside Republican groups try to turn the region red.

In two of the three races, Democrats are hitting back as outside Republican groups try to turn the region red.

The tiny pepper full of fierce flavor is a staple in South Texas households

In two of the three races, Democrats are hitting back as outside Republican groups try to turn the region red.

This has been the deadliest year ever for migrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Hundreds have drowned in the Rio Grande or perished from extreme heat in failed smuggling attempts.

In March 2021 when Operation Lone Star began, 109,456 encounters were recorded while 116,976 encounters were reported in August.

The number of migrant encounters at the Texas-Mexico border has climbed from 109,456 in March 2021, the month the mission began, to 116,976 in August — a failure of Abbott’s office’s stated desire to “stop this revolving door and deter others considering entering illegally.”

The Census Bureau’s most recent American Community Survey, released earlier this year, shows that Hispanics now comprise 40.2% of the state’s population, while Whites’ numbers are 39.4%. Since 2004, the largest demographic group, non-Hispanic Whites, has been outnumbered by total of all the smaller groups combined. The fact that the change hasn’t led to a political change at the state level indicates both that assumptions of homogeneity among minority groups is exaggerated, and participation remains greatest among non-Hispanic Whites. To their credit, Hispanics are voting in greater numbers; voter turnout in South Texas reportedly has increased by 25% since 2020. For every voter, of every demographic group, the strength of our voices depends on the strength of our votes.

Games being played on Sept. 29, 30 and Oct. 1 of 2022.

The battery-grade lithium hydroxide refining facility will be the "first of its kind in North America," reads a portion of the Texas Comptroller documents.

The final scores for the fifth week of high school football - Sept. 22, 23, 24 - in the San Antonio, South Texas and the Hill Country area.

Although Hurricane Ian is expected to make landfall Wednesday near the Florida coast, that doesn’t mean South Texas won’t be impacted by the storm.

The 30-second spot continues the governor's drumbeat of criticism of Democrats' approach to securing the border.

Candidates like Beto O’Rourke and Mike Collier say they want to work toward a cleaner energy future but aren’t looking to eliminate the energy jobs that boost Texas’ economy.

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez announced Friday that five South Texas financial institutions will receive more than $440 million to help address poverty in the region, which is widely known as among the poorest in the state.

The True Texas Project, a conservative Tarrant County based-organization, held a training session at the Residence Inn by Marriott in Harlingen to teach those interested how to be a poll watcher, election judge, alternate judge or election clerk. “The new poll watcher training program launched today,” a Sept. 1 news release from the Texas Secretary of State said. “True Texas Project, part of their founding principles, is to uphold what God says that we are to do as voting citizens and as Christians,” Brown said. Poll watchers cannot wear that. The presentation lasted longer than the time allotted and reviewed the intricacies and nuances of serving as a poll watcher.

Flores’ campaign previously said former district director Aron Peña had resigned after multiple allegations of sexual harassment. Peña has denied any wrongdoing and said the accusations were politically motivated.

The Democratic nominee for governor said during The Texas Tribune Festival that he’s counting on a big turnout of voters energized by the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.

The junior U.S. senator from Texas spoke Saturday at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival about his beef with the Biden administration, the battle for the soul of the GOP and whether he plans to run for president again.

The exact path Tropical Depression Nine will take next week is still under high uncertainty.

“Bobby” Guerra was born in Edinburg, Texas in 1953 and is a proud public servant, lawyer, rancher, husband, father and grandfather. Bobby is proud to serve as State Representative for House District 41, advocating for the people and the community he calls home. Elected in 2012, Bobby is serving his fifth term in the Texas House of Representatives. In 1985 he graduated with Cum Laude Honors from Texas Southern University Law School in Houston. In addition to his active service on the Easter Seal’s Board of Directors, Bobby served as President in 2013-2014. http://www.voteguerra.com

This season has everything: Cormac McCarthy, Star Wars, Chippendales dancers, and opera.

Citing water quality concerns, the Environmental Protection Agency may refuse to recognize a permit that Texas approved Thursday for a marine desalination plant at the Port of Corpus Christi.

A heat high is forecast to push temperatures to near-record levels this week.

Pumpkin spice ice cream, bierfest, fall hairstyles, The Big Give SA and a tribute to ‘90s music!

Don Pedrito Jaramillo came to Texas in the late 1800s and helped the sick with his faith healing practices until his death in 1907.

"I knew it had ties to Freddy Fender when I purchased the lake house, but I did not learn the full history until recently," explained current homeowner Jaime Flores.

Fall kick-off week continues with the biggest county fair in South Texas, a River Walk restaurant and fall vibes!

The Republican governor said Hispanic voters in South Texas are receptive to conservative messaging and understand the need for border security.

Games being played on Sept. 22, 23, 24 of 2022

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The final scores for the fourth week of high school football - September 15, 16, 17 - in the San Antonio, South Texas and the Hill Country area.

The Texas governor’s plan has been adopted by Ron DeSantis in Florida, and it has grown crueler as it spreads.

The 48th annual event in Brady rekindled both treasured and painful memories for a writer who’s been attending since infancy.

See which teams made the cut in KSAT 12′s Top 12 for Week 5 of the 2022 high school football season!

The Robstown stop, held at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds, was one of four in South Texas this weekend.

This month marks 50 years since La Raza Unida Party became a national organization founded in South Texas, pushing back against injustices and inequities facing the Mexican American community for decades.

Flores’ district director, Aron Peña, was accused of touching and kissing an intern without her consent. He denies any wrongdoing.

A teacher in La Joya Independent School District was arrested after a 5-year-old student was found dead inside a vehicle.

A newly unsealed indictment says migrants were sealed into crates and truck trailers as part of a lucrative operation to bring them across the border.

They also know about maximizing their land, sometimes managing to take advantage of South Texas’ tropical climate to squeeze out two harvests of some crops. Consider this: Our federal ethanol policy targets Midwest corn farmers merely because of patronage through their congressional representatives. In an unfettered market South Texas sugarcane growers could reap more rewards by feeding the ethanol industry. Corn farmers could bring more corn-based products to our store shelves and tax-funded subsidies to both industries could be erased. Vegetable farmers in South Texas and beyond have left many crops to wither in the fields because the immigrant labor on which they depend has been unable to enter this country.

Hispanic culture has been deeply influential to the history and development of Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend.

Responding to a letter by Ms. Bolin in the Aug. 3 11 edition, I agree that parents should feed their own children! Having worked in this field for many years, I too wish parents with the means would feed their children! Open borders? Ask a trucker hauling from Mexico if our borders are “open.” High inflation? Better check who is sponsoring calling slavery “involuntary relocation” in Texas school books.

Here's where Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke will make campaign stops in South Texas this weekend.

Games being played on Sept. 8, 9, 10 of 2022.

Games being played on Sept. 8, 9, 10 of 2022.

San Antonians reported seeing a "train of lights" across the sky Monday night.

Check out these pumpkin patches in the Corpus Christi area in October 2022

Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday at 96, was lying at rest in Edinburgh, Scotland on Monday. “A girl from the Rio Grande Valley meeting the Queen of England is pretty special and pretty unique, and I have my hometown — Edinburg — to credit for my opportunity to meet her,” Lopez said. The day of the visit Lopez and some fellow reporters arrived to be cautioned on appropriate protocol. The aide said the queen probably would like to hear about Edinburg, Texas, and Lopez was introduced. It’s not clear how well appraised the queen was about there being an Edinburg in Texas before Lopez’s introduction.

Among voters near the Texas-Mexico border, immigration and border security are a leading cause for flipping from Democrat to Republican.

An eighth grader in Texas was arrested and charged with a first-degree felony after allegedly attacking a teacher.

The highest-paying jobs in Corpus Christi include careers in medicine, law and engineering.

Democratic congressional candidate Michelle Vallejo continues to attract support from statewide leaders, drawing endorsements from current, former and aspiring Democratic elected officials.

Representatives from more than 50 colleges and universities will be on hand to speak with students and families.

The San Antonio man features iconic Halloween movie characters on the knives he sells at a local flea market with characters ranging from Chucky to Pennywise.

The Sept. 30 debate will likely be the only time Greg Abbott and Beto O'Rourke will go one-on-one before the Nov. 8 election.

There were fewer than 20 whooping cranes left in the world in the 1940s. The Aransas National Wildlife Refuge helped pull the species from extinction.

The 2023 WWE Royal Rumble will be held in the Alamodome in San Antonio.

Games being played on September 8,9,10 of 2022.

In an effort to create awareness about the realities of hunger in the South Texas region,...

The cycling event will have riders choose from three routes of the Corpus Christi area with views of Ocean Drive, Port Aransas and upper Padre Island.

Despite drought in the Coastal Bend, last month marked the third-wettest August since 1887. Here's how much rain has fallen in Corpus Christi.

The 10 highest-paying jobs have annual salaries ranging from $274,000 to $361,000.

Both Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke hope to define the election on issues viewed as favorable to their own parties.

Cecilia Ballí recalls reporting on her family’s legal victory over the lawyer who swindled the Ballís out of lucrative land rights on Padre Island.

Bumpy, old and congested roadways across South Texas will see much-needed improvements as more money than ever before will be flowing to the Rio Grande Valley over the next 10 years as a result of state and federal funding announced this week.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services leaders instructed employees to avoid written communications about the cases and barred low-level employees from handling the investigations, according to internal agency communications.

Games being played on September 1, 2, 3 of 2022.

A male who made a threat at a school in the Dilley Independent School District has been arrested, according to police.

Attorney General Ken Paxton accused Richard Molina of participating in “an organized illegal voting scheme,” when he announced the arrest in 2019.

The firing of Uvalde's embattled school police chief hasn't satisfied or reassured many Uvalde residents as a new school year approaches.

There are three ways to access KSAT’s multi-stream experience Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, starting Aug. 25 through Nov. 7.

Attorney general’s opinion invites lawsuits over long-established ballot security and sets up election officials for possible criminal charges.

Progressive Democrat Michelle Vallejo and conservative Republican Monica De La Cruz face off in a South Texas district long represented by moderate Democrats.

Games being played on Aug. 25, 26, 27 of 2022

Luminaria, “the largest free outdoor arts festival in South Texas,” is moving to the northern side of downtown San Antonio this fall.

Monica De La Cruz runs on a campaign against runaway spending and “socialist” policies, blasting Democratic measures to expand federal assistance amid the pandemic.

In Texas, married couples generally can claim only one such exemption, meant to provide some tax relief on properties considered “principal residences.” Homestead exemptions cannot typically be claimed on commercial properties, second homes or income properties.

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The bill would invest billions into issues acutely impacting Texas, including climate change and health care, and is the result of months of intraparty fighting between moderates and progressives.

Researchers in the Rio Grande Valley discovered an invasive crayfish that can have a negative effect on native species and can also carry the crayfish plague.

The Republican majority in the Texas House appears safe in November — and the battlefield is smaller than it was in 2020 — but both sides says the races have high stakes.

After analyzing data from 2018 and 2020, the nation’s oldest and largest Latino voter registration nonprofit projects that 15 million more Latinos nationally will vote in the November midterms, including one million more in Texas.

The U.S. Coast Guard seized 40 sharks that were caught illegally off the South Texas coast earlier this week.

A historic drought has left farmers fighting for their crops and praying for rain.

Two civil rights groups have expanded their request for a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into Operation Lone Star, citing evidence of risky pursuits and more frequent traffic stops of Hispanic drivers.

A Mexican immigrant who worked in cotton fields to pay for school supplies, Flores is a source of hope for Republicans looking to gain ground in the Rio Grande Valley. But her staying power will be put to the test this November.