Snake farm R ene Torres’s commentary of Oct. 16 mentioned the Snake King Zoo and it brought back some fond memories. As a youngster I was privileged to visit this unique and amazing place many times. For spending money, my older brother Eloy shined shoes in downtown Brownsville and delivered The...
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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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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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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...
