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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A driver is in custody after allegedly leading the Texas Department of Public Safety on a high-speed chase Tuesday morning, according to a DPS spokesperson. DPS said a trooper attempted to stop a vehicle, but for unknown reasons, the driver did ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — September 22nd marks the arrival of the Fall Equinox, the moment the sun crosses directly over the equator, bringing nearly equal amounts of daylight and darkness around the world. In the Rio Grande Valley, the equinox will occur Tuesday at 7:04...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- City leaders gathered at the McAllen Convention Center on Monday to announce new details on its annual holiday parade. The McAllen Holiday Parade is an annual event known for its displays of giant floats, lights and festive cheer. The theme of ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- City leaders in Harlingen are inviting the community to its upcoming town hall. The town hall will serve to keep residents informed and engaged about city developments in Harlingen. Harlingen Mayor Norma Sepulveda and the Harlingen City Commiss...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Our ValleyCentral Game of the Week is Edinburg Vela at Los Fresnos! We are hitting the road on Friday to bring you live coverage and full highlights starting at our 6 p.m. newscast. And don't forget to submit your vote for our Team of the Week! ...
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A request by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) for an emergency injunction to halt a land swap between SpaceX and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was rejected on Monday by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The land in question is part of the L...
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A 77-year-old San Benito woman died in a fatal Harlingen crash on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (Courtesy: DPS) A 30-year-old man has pleaded guilty to causing a fatal two-vehicle crash in Harlingen that killed a 77-year-old San Benito woman in 2024. Jose De La Cruz pleaded guilty on Se...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Alamo man was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for the deadly shooting of a McAllen Masonic Lodge member. Julio Diaz, 38, appeared in the 139th District Court on Monday, where Judge J.R. "Bobby" Flores sentenced him to life in prison for...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A federal judge on Monday denied conservation groups' attempt to pause a land swap between the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge and SpaceX. In a 27-page order, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. ruled that the Center for ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Two adults and three kids were hospitalized following a crash involving a U.S. Border Patrol unit in La Grulla Monday afternoon. The crash happened at about 2:46 p.m. on US 83 west of FM 2360 by Border Patrol lane, according to the Texas Departm...
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SpaceX rolled its Super Heavy booster, tail number B21, out to Pad 2 late Sunday night, Sept. 20, in preparation for the launch of Starship Flight 14 no earlier than Sept. 28. Image: SpaceX SpaceX placed a Super Heavy booster on the launch pad at Starbase in Texas Monday, as it c...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Valley Sports Central has nominated three high school football teams for Team of the Week. The nominees are Mission Veterans, McAllen High and PSJA North. Here are some recent highlights of our nominees. Mission Veterans Starting with Mission Ve...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A father and son were killed in a two-vehicle crash north of McAllen Sunday morning, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The crash happened around 11:38 a.m. on Ware Road north of McAllen, south of 6 Mile Line. According to DPS, ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Hot temperatures continue across the 7-day forecast, but thankfully, no extreme conditions are anticipated. The calendar may say tomorrow is the first official day of Astronomical Fall, however, Mother Nature says otherwise. We'll stay in the mi...
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One UTRGV student says National Suicide Prevention Month means awareness, taking action, looking after friends who are struggling The post ‘You’re not alone’: UTRGV Counseling offers a variety of services for Vaqueros appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
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Supervised work training T he Rio Grande Valley is expanding workforce development through programs that connect education to real jobs. South Texas College’s current catalog highlights workforce partnerships and registered apprenticeship, while regional healthcare training is de...
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A n inmate at the Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center died Sunday following what Cameron County Sheriff Manuel Treviño referred to as a medical emergency, triggering a Texas Rangers investigation. The detention center is located at 7100 Old Alice Road in Olmito. The sheriff said i...
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By Bethany Jean Clement | The Seattle Times (TNS) F irst things first: Yes, Matt Broussard is completely charming in person — maybe even more so than he is online, if such a thing is possible. Broussard went from six years in the kitchens of Tom Douglas’ Seattle restaurants to @ ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Cameron County jail inmate was pronounced dead Sunday morning while in custody. Cameron County Sheriff Manuel Trevino said in a statement that the inmate was suffering from a medical emergency Sunday morning while in custody at the Carrizales ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Several statewide candidates visited the Rio Grande Valley this past week looking to rally support ahead of the November election. Gov. Greg Abbott made an appearance at the Harlingen Convention Center representing the Texas Veterans Commission ...
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org. HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The c...
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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. RELATED: Watch live high school football games on ValleyCent...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros beat the McNeese State Cowboys 27-10 in their Southland Conference home opener at the Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium in Edinburg Saturday night. Starting quarterback No. 13 Garret Rangel left t...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Authorities arrested two men and seized drugs during a raid at a San Benito home on Friday. Members of the San Benito Police Department SWAT team, Special Investigations Unit and Cameron County Sheriff's Office SWAT team executed a narcotics sea...
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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. A suspect accused of killing four people near San Benito...
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sept. 19, 2026, carrying 27 satellites into orbit on the Starlink 15-27 mission. Image: SpaceX. An early-evening Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base Saturday added another 27 satelli...
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L a Unión del Pueblo Entero reports that membership, and participation are up in the Rio Grande Valley, especially among younger residents. Leaders of the community activist group say more people attended LUPE’s membership summit in August, forcing it to move the event from is Sa...
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L eticia Hinojosa made history 40 years ago. When she was 31 years old, Hinojosa was sworn in as the Hidalgo County Court-at-Law #4 Judge on Sept. 18, 1989 — marking the first time a woman was elected judge in the Rio Grande Valley. During that year, only eight of 98 appellate ju...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — After Friday’s limited showers, the weekend brings only a slight chance for a stray shower or two. Nothing significant is expected, but a few areas could still see a brief sprinkle. Otherwise, conditions will remain mostly dry across the Valley....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Valley Sports Team has chosen to highlight the PSJA North Raiders and the Weslaco High School Panthers for the Week 4 segment of Game Changers. Game Changers features our Valley Sports Team where they select two players that they think will...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The City of Brownsville celebrated the unveiling of its two new micro-pantries. Micro-pantries are a new initiative by the city's Parks and Recreation Department to provide the community with access to food and supplies, no questions asked. The...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this edition of Mic'd Up, Photojournalist Diego Tijerina follows Rio Hondo Head Football Coach Rocky James as the Bobcats take on St. Joseph's Academy in their homecoming game at their newly renovated stadium. The Bobcats started off with two...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A new free online course aims to help parents and caregivers protect children against online grooming, sextortion and AI-enabled exploitation. Ricardo A. Barrera, a Harlingen attorney and the developer of ProtectTexasChildren.org's Digital Safeg...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A brush fire that ignited in Starr County has been fully contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. Approximately 590 acres burned along Las Brisas Road, located northeast of Rio Grande City. The Starr County Precinct 4 San Isidro Fir...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Compudopt, a nonprofit organization that addresses the digital divide —the gap between those who have access to technology and those who do not —is hosting a device drive in the Rio Grande Valley. Compudopt Vice President of Strategic Initiative...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The North Main Drain Project in Cameron County is nearing its final phase. Crews are regrading the North Main Drain Channel, a 17-mile-long channel that starts in Primera and flows to the Arroyo in Rio Hondo. The project launched in 2025. Phase ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A registered sex offender was sentenced to prison after officers discovered child pornography on his phone during an inspection at the Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge. According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Souther...
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U TRGV announced that all operations and classes on the Edinburg campus are canceled for the remainder of the day due to an AEP power line serving the campus going down in the morning. The restoration efforts continue and the cancellation applies only to the Edinburg campus. No o...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Every week, CBS Rio Grande Valley works to find a forever home for a Rio Grande Valley foster child as part of our Forever Family partnership with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Meet a remarkable group of four talented a...
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The Port Isabel Tarpons Varsity Football Team was shut out, 39-0, as they battled the Raymondville BearKats at home Friday night. (Port Isabel-South Padre Press/Ray Quiroga) By: Constancio Martinez Jr After suffering a disappointing loss to 3A Rio Hondo (26-21) the previous week,...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Rio Grande City High School student is in custody Friday morning after he allegedly told a teacher he had a gun in his backpack, according to Hugo Garcia, chief of police at Rio Grande City Grulla ISD. Officials found no weapon when they searc...
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The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) has opened applications for four upcoming eBridge Business Academy cohorts beginning Oct.7.
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R URAL HIDALGO COUNTY — On a particularly humid Thursday morning, Ana Carolina “Caly” Fernandez drove a U-Haul truck full of provisions down the street of a colonia, where she would be delivering food to one of the most impoverished areas in the Rio Grande Valley. With the curren...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — As we wrap up another work/school week, many of us will be focused on tonight's high school football games. Our Game of the Week is in Weslaco between the Panthers and the PSJA North Raiders. We are expecting partly cloudy skies and a temperatur...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced Friday that it canceled all Edinburg campus operations, including classes, due to a power outage. According to Melissa Vasquez, the UTRGV Director of External Communications and Media Relations...
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La Unión del Pueblo Entero reports that membership, and participation are up in the Rio Grande Valley, especially among younger residents. Leaders of the community activist group say more people attended LUPE’s membership summit in August, forcing it to move the event from ...
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Mission Veterans Memorial’s Roman Reyna, left, drags Los Fresnos Aaron Saldana, right, as he lunges for a score during a game at Tom Landry Stadium Thursday Sept.17, 2026 in Mission. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) Mission Veterans Memorial’s Fabian Ruiz, right, with a cat...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The showers in the Thursday forecast stayed mostly offshore, as the atmosphere across the Valley remained relatively dry due to lingering Saharan dust and pockets of dry air. A similar setup is expected on Friday, with rain chances remaining at...
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By DIANTÉ MARIGNY editor@portisabelsouthpadre. com A celebration born alongside the opening of the Queen Isabella Causeway more than half a century ago is returning to Port Isabel after a 41-year absence. The City of Port Isabel will revive Queen Isabella Days Oct. 3–10, bringing...
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By DIANTÉ MARIGNY editor@portisabelsouthpadre. com Port Isabel Fire Chief Jim Pigg joins fellow first responders during Monday’s ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Queen Isabella Causeway collapse. The annual observance honors the eight people who died, three surv...
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By JACQI LEYVA-HILL Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel City Commission moved forward with final action Sept. 10 designating 765.695 acres of Long Island as an industrial district, despite another round of opposition from Long Island Village residents who urged commissioners to ...
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Steve Hathcock is a local historian, treasure hunter, and columnist for the Port Isabel South Padre Press, where he authors “Moments in Time,” a historical collection of recovered Rio Grande Valley newspaper briefs. A member of the Cameron County Historical Commission since 2010,...
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By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS The Laguna Madre Park men’s softball ball league wrapped up its third week of action this past Wednesday, Sept. 9 with plenty of movement in the standings as teams jockeyed for position and tournament seeding. After three weeks of ...
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T wo people were arrested Wednesday morning after attempting to smuggle nearly 92 pounds of cocaine through the Valley International Airport in Harlingen. Tamya Jones and Shmair Williams were attempting to board a flight from Harlingen to Houston when the baggage inspection revea...
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I ndian cuisine has officially arrived in Brownsville. Thank Leo and Latha Titus, who opened Leo’s Grill in Port Isabel less than two years ago to rave reviews and just recently launched a takeout location next to 7th & Park coffee/bike shop at 1554 E. Seventh St. in Brownsville,...
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H ARLINGEN — The city’s property tax rate won’t be going up this year. Amid some residents’ opposition to a proposed half-cent tax hike , commissioners voted 4-1 to keep the tax rate at 0.5260 per $100 valuation, two weeks after the board proposed the first tax rate increase in s...
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T here will be acronyms. Rio Grande Valley Linking Economic and Academic Development (RGV LEAD) are teaming up with the Rio Grande Valley Builders Association (RGVBA) with a memorandum of agreement to establish the RGV LEAD Architecture and Construction Workforce Pipeline Initiat...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — New opportunities for artists and creatives could come as a new state designation brings more funding and resources to Brownsville. The Texas Commission on the Arts officially designated the Mitte Cultural District a Texas Cultural District. The...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A tractor-trailer flipped on the southbound expressway in Harlingen, causing traffic delays and detours, police said Thursday afternoon. The curved southbound expressway near Valle Vista Mall is closed as crews work to clear the scene. Harlingen...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral is partnering with school districts across the Rio Grande Valley to bring live high school football games to our viewers at the click of a button. ValleyCentral is the only news station in the region to bring you live broadcasts fr...
