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H UNTSVILLE — John Allen Rubio, the father who brutally murdered three children with the help of his common-law wife in Brownsville 23 years ago, was executed via lethal injection Thursday evening. Rubio, 46, was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. inside the state’s execution chamber, ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The state of Texas has executed death row inmate John Allen Rubio. Rubio died by lethal injection at 6:47 p.m. in Huntsville. The execution comes more than two decades after Rubio and his common-law wife, Angela Camacho, beheaded their three chi...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Valley View Senior Living in Harlingen hosted a free event on Thursday to educate people about brain health in support of Alzheimer's Awareness Month. Neurologist Mario Cerdan was a guest speaker at the event, sharing a presentation about how to...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The 2026 midterm election is one of the most historic races in modern U.S. history, with outstanding voter turnout and Democrats sweeping the nation, including Texas. Inside Valley Politics host and CBS Rio Grande Valley anchor Brian Svendsen to...
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E lon Musk’s SpaceX has announced plans to build a massive data center on recently annexed land near the Starbase city and rocket launch facility, even as several Rio Grande Valley cities and the state of Texas as a whole have imposed moratoriums on their development. The $24 bil...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — John Allen Rubio is set to be executed at 6 p.m. Thursday in Huntsville, Texas. Barring any last-minute stay, Texas will have 162 remaining death row inmates, including nine from the Rio Grande Valley, according to the Texas Department of Crimin...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — You can help give back to our veterans in a very special way this holiday season. Wreaths Across America is accepting donations and registering volunteers for its annual wreath-laying event. This year, the event is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 1...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A jury will soon decide whether a man accused of fatally shooting another man in the head inside a Brownsville public library in 2024 is competent to go to trial on a murder charge. Humberto Paz, 35, was charged with murder and aggravated assaul...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Alton teenager is dead after a two-vehicle crash on FM 676 east of Los Ebanos Road in Palmview on Wednesday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. DPS identified the teen as Maximiliano Torres, 17, from Alton. The crash occurred...
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By JACQI LEYVA-HILL Special to the PRESS Cameron County’s Isla Blanca Park RV campground improvements have a contractual completion date of Dec. 5, 2026, but officials have not announced when the interior campground will reopen to Winter Texans and other visitors. Benjamin L. Wor...
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(Port Isabel team captains, Grayson Estes, Bryan Ramirez, Tristan Green, and Logan Bennett during Kingsville matchup. Nov. 6, 2026. Pictured by Constancio Martinez Jr) By: Constancio Martinez Jr On Friday, November 6, the (4-6, 3-4) Port Isabel Tarpons hosted the (4-6, 4-3) Kings...
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(Port Isabel JV team secures a 50-33 win against Rio Hondo. Nov. 7, 2026. Picture by PIECHS) By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Saturday, Nov. 7, the Port Isabel Lady Tarpons hosted the Rio Hondo Lady Bobcats in a non-district basketball game. Rio Hondo wo...
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Beach Water Park on South Padre Island is planning a $750,000 project to reconstruct its go-kart track and add a 19,200-square-foot shade structure. Courtesy photo By DIANTÉ MARIGNY editor@portisabelsouthpadre. com Beach Water Park is planning a $750,000 construction project that...
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SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Cameron County continues to expand as the company proposes a $24 billion data center and natural gas power plant on approximately 444 acres near the Port of Brownsville. By DIANTÉ MARIGNY editor@portisabelsouthpadre. com STARBASE— SpaceX is planning ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- DHR Health honored its veteran staff and community members on Wednesday at its annual Veterans Day ceremony. Retired service members Greg and Belinda Sumner said it's important to honor all those who have served and remind them of the community...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has outlined the process leading up to John Allen Rubio's execution. Rubio's fate was determined by a jury after he was sentenced to death for decapitating his three children in their Brownsville home ba...
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HARLINGEN (ValleyCentral) — The Mission Police Department has opened the application window for its Spring 2027 Crime Victims Assistance Internship Program to eligible college students. According to Mission police Chief Cesar Torres, the purpose of the internship is for students ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A cool air mass continues to dominate the Rio Grande Valley, keeping temperatures below average and giving us a taste of fall. Thursday temperatures will struggle to reach the low 80s, while cloud cover helps maintain the pleasant conditions. Th...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In less than 24 hours, John Allen Rubio will be executed for the brutal murder of his three children. It has been 23 years since the killings of the three children in that old Brownsville apartment, a crime that's haunted the community for decad...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Adults who have not earned their high school diploma have another chance to complete it while starting up their careers. Through partnerships with Texas Southmost College and Texas State Technical College, anyone between the ages of 18 and 50 is...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Lyford Consolidated Independent School District hosted its 38th annual Veterans Day celebration in Lyford on Wednesday, welcoming more than 75 veterans from the area to participate in a commemorative ceremony. One of the veterans present at ...
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D’Marco Donez A 21-year-old man on Monday pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter over a fatal shooting during a handgun sale in Brownsville in 2024. D’Marco Donez had been charged with murder for the Nov. 1, 2024 shooting of 21-year-old Kevin Villafranca Torres who had...
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T he father who murdered three children 23 years ago in one of the Rio Grande Valley’s most infamous crimes is set to be executed by the state on Thursday. Barring a last-minute stay, John Allen Rubio, 46, will die by lethal injection in the state’s execution chamber in Huntsvill...
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This photo shows Eduardo Perez-Rodriguez fleeing ICE agents in Brownsville on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026 that Perez-Rodriguez had been indicted on charges of assaulting a federal...
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S TARBASE — SpaceX has plans to build a $24 billion data center on property that it asked Brownsville to disannex at breakneck speed earlier this year, confirming suspicions that local environmental activists expressed over the summer. The city of Starbase on Monday posted a publ...
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H ARLINGEN — She jumped on a fellow soldier to save his life. And sacrificed her own. This scenario is a painfully common scenario on the battlefields of the world where American troops serve. Alexis Whalen, 17, was excited about playing this role in a Veterans Day event Wednesda...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The city of Mission celebrated Veterans Day with an appreciation BBQ. A free half-chicken plate was offered to veterans, thanking them for their service and sacrifice. This is the first year the city of Mission has combined the parade with the f...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Weslaco Independent School District honored veterans in a special ceremony Wednesday morning. The event featured a special flyover of the Bobby Lackey Stadium. Robert Cisneros, a Weslaco resident, said the event served to raise awareness tha...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A candlelight vigil will take place in Brownsville on Thursday to honor the lives of the three children who were decapitated in 2003 by their father, John Allen Rubio. The vigil will honor the lives of 3-year-old Julissa, 1-year-old John Stephen...
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The national recognition underscores the system’s commitment to delivering exceptional cardiac care and life-saving outcomes for Rio Grande Valley patients. A heart attack can strike without warning, turning an ordinary day into a life-threatening emergency. While some people exp...
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Harlingen businessman grateful for advanced care at the Wound Healing Center at Harlingen Medical Center HARLINGEN, Texas – Sergio Reyna of Harlingen says that he coped with persistent “burning, stinging pain” from difficult-to-treat wounds on his lower leg — until he discovered ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Mission Fire Department is hiring firefighters. According to a notice posted by the city of Mission, the job offers competitive pay, benefits, training opportunities, and more. Starting pay for certified firefighters starts at $52,217, with ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame and Museum will host its inaugural Conjunto Hall of Fame and Music Festival in San Benito this month. The festival celebrates the museum's 25th anniversary and will take place at the San Benito Boys & Girls ...
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McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man from Port Isabel allegedly threatened to kill a U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervisor on Monday. Philip Michael Majerus II, 40, of Port Isabel attempted to cross the Gateway bridge on Monday without presenting any documents, accordin...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In honor of Veterans Day, cities across the Rio Grande Valley are hosting ceremonies, events and parades on Wednesday. ValleyCentral prepared a list of Veterans Day events happening across the Valley. Willacy County Lyford Consolidated Independe...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Cloudy and cool with highs struggling to reach the mid-70s. Light northwest winds at 5 to 15mph. Some gloom is here but we have no rain in the forecast for Wednesday A cold front that seems to wash out before it reaches South Texas, will bring i...
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The City has met the readiness threshold to advance as a Blue Zones community, completing an assessment that identified opportunities to strengthen local health and wellness efforts through collaboration, community engagement and long-term planning....
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Environmental advocates gathered outside the Cameron County Courthouse on Tuesday, calling on county leaders to oppose a proposed SpaceX data center and natural gas-fired power plant in Starbase, citing concerns over pollution, water consumpti...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Three minors were arrested and charged with arson on Tuesday in connection with a structure fire that broke out in Raymondville. Raymondville police Chief Uvaldo Zamora confirmed on Tuesday evening that each minor was charged with two counts of...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The State Board of Pardons and Parole on Tuesday denied a clemency petition filed by death row inmate John Allen Rubio, according to Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz. A clemency petition is a final attempt to appeal to an executiv...
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Motorists traveling through Brownsville are being urged to plan ahead as a major intersection will be temporarily closed Wednesday, November 11, to allow law enforcement agencies to conduct a crash investigation....
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S AN JUAN — With a cold front and fresh weather finally making its way down to the Rio Grande Valley, I found the perfect spot to grab some late-night drinks and grub at Post Oak Beer Garden at GW’s BBQ. After doing my food column more than two years ago on acclaimed GW’s BBQ , i...
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H ARLINGEN — High oil prices are driving up asphalt costs, leading officials to consider dipping into accounts to pull as much as $1.2 million to offset increases. Meanwhile, Commissioner Michael Mezmar warned “higher inflation” could end up leading to a tax rate hike. In July, c...
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U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez I t appears as if Rio Grande Valley and Texas residents who haven’t already been kicked off SNAP are now seeing their applications slow-walked. U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr.. D-Brownsville, is among 12 Texas Democratic congressional delegation members ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The city of Brownsville is offering free rides to residents attending the H-E-B Feast of Sharing, a free community holiday feast. Each year, the beloved supermarket hosts the feast across Texas and Mexico, bringing families, friends, and neighbo...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Texas educators and district leaders are coming together for a three-day summit to learn about different instructional approaches they can adapt for their own classrooms. The Texas Education Agency, Texas Tech University, UTeach Professional Dev...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Mexican man who allegedly struck two federal agents with his vehicle last month in Brownsville could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District of Texas. Mexican national Eduardo Perez...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The current rain cycle is coming to a close, leaving a fantastic forecast to round out the week across the Rio Grande Valley. Mostly cloudy skies will linger through Veterans Day on Wednesday, but temperatures will push into the upper 70s, with...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Edinburg Police Department will host a prayer vigil for an officer who is still recovering after being shot multiple times last month during a disturbance call. Officer Salvador Garcia, a four-year veteran of the Edinburg Police Department, ...
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The Brownsville City Commission will consider several items involving public safety investments and infrastructure improvements during its regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026, at 5 p.m....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Authorities are speculating arson as the cause of a structure fire that broke out in Raymondville on Monday night. The fire reportedly broke out at a building on Main Street and 6th Street. The roof of the building collapsed inside, but it is u...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Bob Mills, founder and President of Bob Mills Furniture, died at the age of 79 on Monday. Bob Mills, an Oklahoma entrepreneur, built a local shop into a Top 50 regional furniture empire across Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas. Bob Mills operates 12 lo...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — State prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing his parents and grandmother inside their Alton home over the summer, according to a court filing. The state's notice of its intent not to seek the death penalty again...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) —The Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery invites the public to attend an unaccompanied veteran burial on Tuesday afternoon. The burial for U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Private Michael E. Girardin will take place at 2 p.m. at the cemetery locate...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) —The City of McAllen will host a pet microchip clinic exclusively for the city's furry residents. Palm Valley Society staff will administer the chips on a first-come, first-served basis. The clinic will take place from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) —One of the southbound lanes of US 77 has been reopened after a bus stuck in the mud caused road closures Tuesday morning. The incident happened near the Kenedy and Willacy county line, near the Yturria Ranch gate. First responders attempted to re...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Harlingen Fire Department cleared Harlingen South High School for re-entry after a fire alarm prompted an evacuation on Tuesday morning, according to a district alert. The Harlingen Independent School District confirmed that students and sta...
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Looking to improve your computer skills or become more comfortable using technology? The Brownsville Public Library System is helping residents build their digital confidence through free Adult Computer Literacy Classes offered at both library branches....
