Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 18th of July.
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💼 Business
Robert and Laurie Lozano, high school sweethearts turned restaurateurs, were inducted into the Texas Restaurant Association Hall of Honor in San Antonio on July 13.
They started with a Dairy Queen in Pharr in 1987 and now run F&P Group with over 40 restaurants + hundreds of employees.
🎓 Education
A Rio Grande Valley science teacher at IDEA Public Schools lost her job on June 30 due to a seven-month delay in her DACA renewal, which prevented her from maintaining work authorization.
The teacher, who has spent most of her life locally, hopes to reapply when processing improves.
🏥 Health
Operation Border Health returns next week to offer free medical, dental and vision screenings for local families preparing for the school year at sites in all four Valley counties; the event runs from Tuesday, July 21 to Thursday, July 23.
Mission CISD instructional aide Yadira Hernandez is in critical condition in the ICU at South Texas Health System in McAllen after falling very ill in Mexico; her family arranged a rapid transport (costing $22,000) back to the valley over 24 hours.
Doctors are assessing damage from her low oxygen levels.
🏈 Sports
Cowboys pro bowler Kavontae Turpin hosted a youth football camp on Friday in McAllen with RGV Prime Sports — 956 kids learned NFL-style drills with support from UTRGV players and former Vaqueros star Eddie Lee Marburger.
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