Michael Rodriguez

McAllen

Deputy Editor at The Monitor (McAllen, TX)

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Articles

Rising to the occasion: Valley cities working to lift each other out of floodwaters

2 months ago | myrgv.com | Alexandrea Bailey |Michael Rodriguez

Only have a minute? Listen instead By Alexandrea Bailey and Michael Rodriguez | Staff WritersMcAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos said Monday he is proud of how the community has stepped up to help one another following the recent flooding. In addition, he feels relief knowing that the city of McAllen can handle this sort of natural disaster with resilience. He says that the city’s drainage systems operated accordingly, and added that a “minimal” amount of floodwaters entered residences.
DHR is saying little about its cyberattack, the latest to expose the Valley’s vulnerability

2 months ago | myrgv.com | Michael Rodriguez

Only have a minute? Listen instead By Erika De Los Reyes and Michael Rodriguez | Staff WritersIt’s been more than a week since DHR Health announced it had been hit with a cyberattack, yet little more has been revealed in its wake regarding the nature of the breach and what exactly was affected. This is what can be confirmed.
Zoho eyes Edinburg area after moving on from McAllen park property

Mar 21, 2025 | myrgv.com | Michael Rodriguez |Port Isabel

Only have a minute? Listen instead While much remains unclear regarding the Zoho Corporation’s purchase of more than 1,000 acres in Edinburg, there’s one thing that became crystal clear this week: The Austin tech company isn’t going anywhere. Zoho’s relationship with the Rio Grande Valley began several years ago after the local workforce attracted the company to the area and, in 2022, led to the opening of its McAllen location at 3600 Formosa Ave., Building N. They’ve since moved to 601 N.
‘He did save my life,’ says McAllen man of deputy who pulled him from fire

Mar 20, 2025 | myrgv.com | Michael Rodriguez |Port Isabel

Only have a minute? Listen instead Standing stoically in uniform on Tuesday, Hidalgo County sheriff’s deputy Mike Daniel Aleman didn’t say much as he listened to stories of his gallantry, but he didn’t have to because the man whose life he saved did all the talking for him.
Hidalgo County’s new economic strategy to ‘go after the big fish’

Mar 19, 2025 | myrgv.com | Michael Rodriguez |Port Isabel

Only have a minute? Listen instead Hidalgo County officials on Tuesday approved the creation of an economic development program designed to promote technology business opportunities in the region, which the county judge said is a means of supporting an initiative launched two years ago to more broadly brand and market the Rio Grande Valley as Rio Plex.
The time Weslaco students were invited to Jimmy Carter’s inauguration

Jan 8, 2025 | myrgv.com | Michael Rodriguez |Port Isabel

Only have a minute? Listen instead Forty-eight years ago, a group of 32 elementary school students from the Rio Grande Valley were chaperoned by 22 adults as they boarded a plane. It was Wednesday, Jan. 19, 1977, and a relentless cold continued to blow through the region that day, dipping below freezing at 29 degrees Fahrenheit, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data.
Tuberculosis exposure may have reached 600 people at Harlingen nursing homes

Dec 7, 2024 | myrgv.com | Michael Rodriguez |Port Isabel

Only have a minute? Listen instead More than 600 residents and employees of two Harlingen area nursing homes may have been exposed to tuberculosis and should be tested, Cameron County Public Health officials said in a news release Friday. Those possibly exposed are composed of current and former employees and residents at the nursing homes, which the county identified as Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Veranda Rehabilitation and Healthcare.
Capital murder warrant issued for Donna father in toddler’s death

Nov 23, 2024 | myrgv.com | Michael Rodriguez |Port Isabel

Only have a minute? Listen instead Autopsy results have revealed that a 3-year-old Donna-area girl found unresponsive and with signs of prolonged abuse died Thursday from blunt force trauma, as authorities continue the search for the victim’s father and have charged the mother. The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the results from the county’s forensic pathologist who ruled the death a homicide Friday.
Donna father accused in toddler’s murder arrested at Anzalduas bridge

Nov 23, 2024 | myrgv.com | Michael Rodriguez |Port Isabel

Only have a minute? Listen instead ADonna-area man on the run from authorities was apprehended Saturday and awaits arraignment on a capital murder charge, which stems from the death of his 3-year-old daughter who died from blunt force trauma after suffering prolonged abuse. Jose Manuel Uresti, 23, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service’s Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force at the Anzalduas International Bridge, the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Restored Vietnam-era helicopter to be dedicated to Brownsville

Nov 10, 2024 | myrgv.com | Michael Rodriguez |Port Isabel

Only have a minute? Listen instead Warriors United in Arms, a nonprofit veterans’ group based out of Brownsville, will be dedicating a restored, wartime helicopter to the city on Veterans Day. Scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at Veterans Park, 2500 Central Blvd. in Brownsville, the group will be dedicating to the city a Vietnam-era Bell UH-1D Iroquois “Huey” helicopter as a symbol of the sacrifice local veterans made.