HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral)-- As the summer is winding down, three of the biggest cities in the upper Valley are holding their Police Departments National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug 4th. A National Night Out is an annual community-building event campaign that promotes police-community partner...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Monday marked the first day back to school at the McAllen Independent School District. To start the school year on a positive note, students from Thigpen-Zavala Elementary had McAllen ISD Superintendent Rene Gutierrez ride along with them on the school bus as pa...
M cAllen’s ongoing attempt to diversify its water portfolio — a multi-million dollar groundwater desalinisation plant — is slowly becoming more concrete, and also, more expensive, as the city tries to figure out how it will dispose of the facility’s waste. The brackish groundwater desalinisation ...
T he Mission City Council voted 3-2 to initiate the search for a city manager. Mayor Norie Gonzalez Garza and councilwomen Marissa Ortega Gerlach and Jessica Ortega voted for the search, while Mayor Pro Tem Ruben Plata and councilman Jose Alberto Vela voted against. The council previously discuss...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Harlingen Neighborhood Food Pantry is inviting the Harlingen community to its weekly food distribution event. Residents are asked to being a photo ID and a document showing proof of residency. The distribution will take place at 8 a.m. on Wednesday at the H...
ROMA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Starr County rancher says his newborn calf is recovering after becoming the first confirmed New World screwworm case reported in the Rio Grande Valley. Lucio E. Gonzalez Jr. says the calf, Milagro Starr, is now healthy and back with her mother and the rest of the h...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A pre-trial hearing was held on Tuesday for a Donna father accused of killing his 3-year-old daughter. Jose Manuel Uresti was arrested in November 2024 and has been charged with murder, two counts of injury to a child, and aggravated assault of a family member w...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's attorney general sued the governor of Texas on Tuesday, seeking to compel the extradition of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent charged with wounding a man and then lying to justify the shooting during the agency's crackdown in Minneapolis. Attorney Ge...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Border Patrol agent who hit a Mexican man with a vehicle during an immigration operation in 2025 has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Border Patrol Agent Raymundo Ramos Jr., 41, was arrested on the second-degree felony charge in June ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Raymodnville man who killed his 70-year-old boyfriend in 2025 has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, according to Cameron County court records. A court docket entry shows that Bernabe Vanegas Jr. waived his right to a jury trial and took a plea bargain on A...
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BOSTON (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said he has been told that Ketel Marte traveled back to Phoenix for tests on his left knee and was a bit surprised at the lack of communication with the All-Star second baseman. Asked if he thought Marte would play for Arizona again this ye...
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Growing up in the suburbs of Dallas, Von Miller's parents were an embodiment of the “love ‘em or hate ’em” reaction the Cowboys create in seemingly every NFL fan. One of his formative memories was seeing his father celebrating the Cowboys' success watching a game on TV. His ...
H ARLINGEN — City commissioners are proposing a general fund budget of about $71.7 million, covering $69.6 million in expenditures, with about $3 million going to fund a three-year police officers’ union collective bargaining agreement. Based on the city’s next property tax rate, the budget could...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Coming off a torn Achilles tendon, Najee Harris had to wait until the middle of NFL training camps in August to sign a contract. Now that he has joined the New York Giants, the veteran running back does not anticipate making them wait for him to contribute. Fresh off ...
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A Venezuelan former baseball player working for the San Diego Padres was detained by U.S. immigration officers after arriving in Texas on a work trip for the club, his family said Tuesday. Oswaldo Pirela, a catching coach in the Padres' minor league system, was being held in a detention center in...
STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A Georgia man burglarized former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle's home after learning Biffle and his family died in a plane crash, a North Carolina sheriff said Tuesday. Terrell Williams, 44, has been charged with second-degree burglary, safe cracking, money laundering and oth...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — McDonald's has revealed its cutest monstrosity collaboration where "kawaii meets kaiju." McDonald's released its Hello Kitty and Friends x Godzilla Happy Meal on Tuesday, featuring beloved Hello Kitty characters and iconic Godzilla monsters. The collection comes...
E mpowering. This is the word used by Miriam Cepeda-Gelman, founder and executive director of the downtown San Juan Cultural Arts District, to describe how she felt knowing Hidalgo County would officially be recognizing August as Breastfeeding Awareness Month on Tuesday. As a mother of two daught...
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E ducation in the Rio Grande Valley has long fought negative characterizations, both of the schools and of the families whose children need a good education to help improve their future prospects. Absenteeism in the past was high, higher education offerings were inadequate, and public schools wer...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Trey Mancini, the AL Comeback Player of the Year in 2021 for his return from colon cancer who then helped Houston win the 2022 World Series, announced his retirement Tuesday after his latest comeback lasted five games with the Los Angeles Angels. “Thank you, baseball,” Manc...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority is proposing to move forward with a 22-mile construction project that will lead to a second access at South Padre Island. The Outer Parkway project proposes to construct a new highway from I-69E to FM 106 in rural C...
Hosted by The Maternity Center at STHS Edinburg and STHS McAllen, the fourth annual Baby Bump & Beyond Expo will connect expectant and new parents with expert guidance and resources for pregnancy, childbirth and newborn care. The journey to parenthood is filled with excitement, anticipation and p...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Venus Williams was given a U.S. Open singles wild card on Tuesday and the tournament is keeping one on hold — perhaps in case her sister Serena wants to join her. Sloane Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open champion, was one of six other women to receive a wild card, and the [...]
T he Texas Department of Public Safety said Tuesday that a third person has died following a head-on crash near Palmview on Friday evening. The crash occurred at around 9:26 p.m. on Texan Road south of Freedom Avenue north of Palmview, DPS authorities said in a news release. Authorities learned t...
Christian Castro T he state of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against Cameron County Sheriff Manuel Treviño and Governor Greg Abbott after the state says they failed to extradite a federal immigration officer charged in the shooting of a Venezuelan man earlier this year. Christian Castro, an agent...
C ristina Gonzalez, a wife and mother of four, has tried a handful of times to go back to school and obtain her high school diploma but life just kept getting in the way. “As a teenager, I was very rebellious,” Gonzalez said. “Definitely needed a lot of counseling when I was a young child but I a...
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy joked Tuesday that he had the blessing of his wife, Mia, to return to the team after she was shot at their Virginia home because, well, “I know I was driving her and a bunch of my family members crazy in the house.” [...]
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A judge on Tuesday denied a bond reduction for a man accused in a fatal motorcycle crash. Apolonio Perez's bond will remain at $3.25 million. Perez's lawyers argued during a court hearing in the 332nd District Court Tuesday morning that Perez is in a wheelchair ...
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A federal judge is keeping in place a temporary order preventing border wall construction through Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in Alamo, Texas, at least for a couple weeks.
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — While a big area of high pressure in the upper atmosphere centered over the Southwestern United States is the main culprit behind the heat dome effect bringing us a hot few days, it is getting a bit of an assist from a little helper. That helper is an area of hi...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — SpaceX announced Tuesday morning that Starship Flight 13 was successfully guided to a location off the coast of Christmas Island after efforts were made to recover it from the Indian Ocean. According to SpaceX, the recovery team successfully directed the Starshi...
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BOSTON (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks have placed All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte on the restricted list after he went AWOL for the second straight season. Marte failed to show up for Arizona's game at Boston Monday night and manager Torey Lovullo was still searching for answers after it was...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Another high‑pressure system parked over the Four Corners is once again steering more heat into the Rio Grande Valley, keeping our pattern locked into dry weather, sinking air, and plenty of sunshine. With this northwest‑positioned ridge strengthening through th...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Dry conditions continue to dominate the Rio Grande Valley as another strong high‑pressure system settles over the Four Corners, reinforcing a pattern of sinking air, no clouds, no showers, and lots of sunshine. Temperatures surge into triple digits, paired with...
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C ameron County commissioners approved a 5% salary increase for elected officials, matching across-the-board pay increases for county employees, during their regular meeting last week. The raises are part of the county’s five-year plan to bring its wages closer to those of similar-sized counties....
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