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From her home to the first store near the H-E-B, and now on Texas Avenue, Lyz De La Cerda has kept one thing in mind. “I’m from here, so I […]

Getting back from World War I, Roy Harrell became a Texas Ranger in South Texas. A 1920 photo shows him on horseback, taking a moment with his mount looking to […]

Through Hurricane Hanna, then during a pandemic, with the ordeal of a days-long freeze to come, there was at least one comforting thought for Mercedes residents. Borderland Hardware was there […]

Growing up on north Vermont Street in Mercedes, Maria Carmen Reyes saw firsthand what it takes to own and run a business as the daughter of a shopkeeper. Garcia’s Grocery […]

Coping with COVID-19 has brought restrictions with it in terms of gathering in public places and the amount of contact allowed with non-family members. One area that has been uninhibited […]

Everything Texan is what Steven Gallegos is about and he’s nurturing a brand being built in Mercedes. Located downtown appropriately enough on Texas Avenue, Gallegos and his TRW Hat Co., […]

It started as a striking billboard by Expressway 77/83 with a positive message for a new year. “I Love Mercedes,’’ the billboard entering the city says boldly, with a red […]

The Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show is persevering through the challenges of a pandemic and the recent deep freeze of February in making revised plans to put on its 82nd […]

The Sixth Annual Texas Street Festival hosted by the City of Mercedes, the Development Corporation of Mercedes and the Mercedes Area Chamber of Commerce is scheduled for Saturday, August 30st […]