Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — A handshake, a head butt, and a sea of orange and white smoke. Dating back to last season, left guard Nick Hughes and left tackle Wes Thompson have been at the front of the pack, leading the Vaqueros as they run out of the Lozano Family Tunne...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Edouard has become the fifth tropical storm of the Atlantic season, and it’s on track to make landfall in southeast Texas with winds near 45 mph and stronger gusts. The good news for the Rio Grande Valley: Edouard poses no local threat. As it mo...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Brownsville Independent School District Police and Security Services Department is advising parents to stay vigilant when it comes to the "Cat in the Hat" social media trend. According to the public service announcement, BISD police are awar...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral's Game of the Week returns! In week two of high school football, the Valley Sports Central team will follow the cross-town rivalry game between Harlingen and Harlingen South, also known as Bird Bowl. The Harlingen Cardinals take on...
By Berenice Garcia | The Texas Tribune M cALLEN — Home values in Cameron County more than doubled over a six-year period, and property tax bills are going up along with it, according to research from the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University. SpaceX’s arrival ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The McAllen Independent School District will soon offer free American Sign Language classes to the community. Classes will be presented by the Regional Day School Program for the Deaf, a campus coordinated through McAllen ISD that serves deaf or...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A local influencer is highlighting the Rio Grande Valley's most haunted locations and the history behind them. Karla Paola, also known as Karla's Paradise on TikTok and Karla's Haunted Files on Facebook and Instagram, began her paranormal conten...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) - The Hidalgo County Courthouse will remain closed Tuesday as county officials continue to investigate an alcohol-related crash that caused extensive damage to the building. Officials say that at 11:35 p.m. Sunday, Edinburg police and firefighters...
UTRGV continues its collaboration with the City of Brownsville for the Task Force of the Future with the The post The future looks bright in Brownsville appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
Immigration and Customs Enforcement may soon implement the use of electric shock gloves as they plan to spend The post UTRGV faculty, students react to ICE plans to give officers electric gloves appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
The lease between UTRGV and Texas Southmost College has officially come to an end, with today being its The post Cut the lease: UTRGV College of Fine Arts’ last few days in TSC building appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
After being chosen to finish second in the preseason poll on Aug. 14, the UTRGV Volleyball Team prepares The post Vaqueros volleyball back in action appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
EDINBURG — UTRGV Women’s Soccer sophomore Amy Romero transferred in to Edinburg this season. She came with first-year head coach Nataki Stewart from the University of St. Thomas in Houston. Romero would open her UTRGV goal-scoring account with a well-placed header off a free kick...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Valley Sports Central has nominated three high school football teams to claim the title of Team of the Week. The nominees for Week 1 are Raymondville, McAllen Memorial, and San Benito. Here are some recent highlights of our nominees. Raymondvill...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — As the Atlantic hurricane season approaches its climatological peak on Sept. 10, tropical activity is starting to increase across the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters are closely monitoring two areas of interest: the remnants of for...
E DINBURG — Year 2 of Division I college football in the Rio Grande Valley is off and running, and the UTRGV Vaqueros picked up right where they left off in their inaugural season. UTRGV opened its 2026 college football campaign with a 44-0 non-conference beatdown of Division II’...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — During a Saturday special meeting, the city of Brownsville approved a $220 million Memorandum of Understanding for water and wastewater infrastructure projects while the City Commission approved a final reading of an ordinance to disannex approx...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz is asking the community's help by providing information that could assist law enforcement with unsolved cases and locate wanted fugitive defendants. In a release, Saenz asks community members to...
The City of Brownsville has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that is expected to provide up to $220 million for water and wastewater infrastructure projects designed to increase water availability in Brownsville and Cameron County....
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley defensive lineman Nathan Huerta (42) a change possession in a season opener – non-conference game against UT Permian Basin at Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com) ...
B ROWNSVILLE — City commissioners voted unanimously late Saturday night to voluntarily disannex more than 444 acres of land at the request of SpaceX after a tense, six-hour special meeting. At stake was a $220 million agreement with the trillion-dollar aerospace company that city...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — We’ve served the Rio Grande Valley for more than 70 years. Bringing you the news, weather, and sports you can trust. Stories and events from Valley communities that impact you. Beginning Tuesday, we’re now giving you more choices to entertain yo...
E DINBURG — UTRGV head coach Travis Bush was mum on the Vaqueros’ starting quarterback entering the 2026 season. Junior quarterback Aidan Jakobsohn started the game Saturday night for the Vaqueros against UT Permian Basin, but transfer quarterback Garret Rangel split time with Ja...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley football program won its first home game of the 2026 season, beating UT Permian Basin 44 to 0 Saturday night at the Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium in Edinburg. The Vaqueros started off strong, 17-0, aft...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley football program won its first home game of the 2026 season, beating UT Permian Basin 44 - 0 Saturday night at the Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium in Edinburg. The Vaqueros started off strong, 17-0, afte...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A brush fire that spread across more than 2,000 miles in Kenedy County over the weekend is fully contained, according to a Monday evening update from the Texas A&M Forest Service. The weekend blaze destroyed approximately 2,003 acres. The fire s...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — McAllen city staff and first responders attended a two-day training course on how to prepare for disaster recovery. The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency's MGT-482 Disaster Recovery Public Assist...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Sports Director Megan Murray, Brett Homes and Noah Gulley bring you Overtime, a new 30-minute show that dives into extended highlights and exclusive interviews with players and coaches. In this first edition of Overtime, the Valley Sports Centra...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — On this week’s edition of ValleyCentral Weekend Report, Anchor Alejandra Yanez breaks down all the news of the week. Starting with the biggest stories of the week, in case you missed them. The Edinburg pastor accused of indecency with a child is...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — After a two-day district-wide shutdown due to a surge in COVID-19 cases and other illnesses, the San Perlita Independent School District is urging parents to keep their sick children home. In a letter sent Friday, San Perlita ISD said children w...
The City of Brownsville Department of Engineering and Public Works is advising motorists of a temporary road closure scheduled for Monday, August 31, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at 434 McDavitt Boulevard....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral is bringing you the players to watch on Football Fridays with Gridiron Game Changers. The Game Changer for Weslaco Eastis senior dl Jaden Garza. He has 77 total tackles, 4 TFL and 2 sacks. The Game Changer from Weslaco is senior db...
W ESLACO — Weslaco High may have won the Tinaco Bowl over cross-town rivals Weslaco East 30-0 in the RGVSports.com Game of the Week, but the real winner on Friday night was the City of Weslaco. The atmosphere at Bobby Lackey Stadium was electric. The community was in full force t...
IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER HARLINGEN — A year ago, Harlingen High was searching for answers after an 0-3 start to its season. Its first victory didn’t come until Week 4, when the Cardinals escaped Laredo United South by a single point. Friday, there was no waiting. Four minutes...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In week one of Texas high school football here in the Rio Grande Valley, our Valley Sports Central Team covered games in Weslaco, Mission and more. Megan, Noah and Brent have the latest from the following matchups in the video above: Weslaco Eas...
A textbook summer pattern will remain in place across the Rio Grande Valley this weekend, bringing plenty of sunshine, a few fair-weather clouds, and afternoon temperatures climbing to 100 degrees or higher. While most areas will stay dry, there is a slight chance of isolated aft...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Thursday's high school football games featured some exciting matchups; the one that caught our eye, though, was Mercedes at PSJA. The Bears led 3-0 in the first half, shutting out one of the best teams in the Valley. Three straight touchdowns in...
This new bi-plane imagine system has just been installed at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville. The equipment will enable physicians to treat stroke patients with greater speed and efficiently. (Courtesy: VBMC-Brownsville) B ROWNSVILLE — People often say that time is money...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's football season kicks off Saturday night and fans are getting ready to take over the stands for the first home game of the season. ValleyCentral spoke with local businesses that offer UTRGV merchandise...
E DINBURG — UTRGV started the Fall semester with a new first day enrollment record of 36,466 students that featured the largest freshmen class, a record amount of doctoral students and an increase in enrollment in master’s programs. From sunrise to sunset, the UTRGV Edinburg camp...
During the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in a little more than five years ago in August 2021, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez. D-Brownsville, found himself thrust into a key role in saving American-allied members of the Afghan Special Mission Wing (SMW) and families as the ...
D uring the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in a little more than five years ago in August 2021, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez. D-Brownsville, found himself thrust into a key role in saving American-allied members of the Afghan Special Mission Wing (SMW) and families as the...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — More than 1,000 pounds of alleged methamphetamine were found hidden within a shipment of leeks at the Pharr International Bridge, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. On Aug. 22, CBP officers seized the alleged meth from a tractor-tr...
T he majority of unemployed workers in the Rio Grande Valley are in “the region’s prime working-age population,” 25-44, according to an August labor analysis report prepared by Workforce Solutions Lower Rio Grande Valley. The report was intended to provide “a broader look at the ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has been making his way across South Texas, meeting with congressional candidates. The Louisiana Republican held a roundtable discussion with Republican congressional candidate Eric Flores on Thursday alongside ...
B ROWNSVILLE – The Public Utilities Board of Directors here took no action Thursday on closed meeting agenda items that included a proposed agreement with SpaceX. During the special meeting, board members spent about two hours in a closed session on two issues, one of which was “...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It's week one of high school football in the Rio Grande Valley, and Valley Sports Central has your Thursday night highlights. Valley Sports Central has highlights for Mercedes at PSJA High, Sharyland Pioneer at Edinburg North, Brownsville Lopez ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — NBC 23 is your headquarters for high school football this season. Megan Murray, Brett Holmes and Noah Gulley are bringing you Overtime, a new 30-minute show that dives into extended highlights and exclusive interviews with players and coaches. T...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Authorities arrested a former employee with the Cameron County District Attorney's Office on Friday, according to District Attorney Luis V. Saenz. Claudia Garcia is a former employee of the DA's Office, according to Saenz, and was arrested Frida...
Claudia Garcia Robert Johnathon Vargas A former paralegal with the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office has been charged with bringing drugs into a correctional facility. In a brief news release, the DA’s office said Claudia Garcia and Robert Johnathon Vargas were arrested F...
The seven-member commission will serve as an advisory board focused on sports tourism and giving the community a voice in how Brownsville continues to attract tournaments, teams and sporting events....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A McAllen man accused of fatally stabbing a woman over the weekend has been charged with murder and several other felony charges. On Monday, Esai Longoria, 37, of McAllen, was charged with murder, a first-degree felony; assault on a peace office...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) —We are not looking for any break in our streak of hundred-degree days. High temperatures across most of the Rio Grande Valley will reach at least 100 degrees. The only ones to escape that will be along the coast. With humidity, it will feel like ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Chances are if you have a hummingbird feeder in your yard this time of year, then there may not be many vacancies at the perches. Despite the Rio Grande Valley sweltering in 100-degree heat, fall migration is underway, and ruby-throated hummingb...
The Gladys Porter Zoo is proud to announce the official completion and grand opening of Phase II of El Mundo Huasteco y Totonaco, marking another major milestone checked off the Zoo’s ambitious Master Plan....
Directed by Matt Johnson Staring Dominic Sessa, Antonio Banderas, Emilia Jones, Leo Woodall ★★★★☆ HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) - There is an incredible moment around the midway point of ‘Tony’ when the young future superstar chef Anthony Bourdain (Dominic Sessa) is about to s...
B ROWNSVILLE — Brownsville Rivera has over 20 underclassmen on its roster and some of them were making plays on Thursday night. When the game was on the line in the second half, the Raiders needed upperclassmen leadership on the field to seal the win. The Raiders received that fr...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Tonight’s weather sets the stage for a perfect celestial date. Clear skies across the Valley mean our view of the “Blood Moon” will be spectacular. As the moon slides through the penumbra and umbra, it will take on that deep red glow that earns ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- A tradition that dates back generations is returning to the city of Weslaco. The Tinaco Bowl is the city's biggest football game between the Weslaco High School Panthers and the Weslaco East High School Wildcats. In anticipation of the cross-ri...
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