Miguel Monrreal B ROWNSVILLE — A 24-year-old Los Fresnos man pleaded guilty to murder Monday and was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Miguel Monrreal admitted to shooting and killing Clemente Medina on Oct. 3, 2025. He also pleaded guilty to shooting another woman during the incident and was sent...
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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 After suffering a disappointing loss to 3A Rio Hondo (26-21) the previous week, the 4A Port Isabel Tarpons were looking for redemption against the visiting 3A Raymondville Bearkats. What was to be a bounce-back win instead turned out to be a devastating...
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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...
