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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — With summer break officially underway, children may be spending more time online. Whether they're using the internet for gaming or social media, local law enforcement and government agencies are advising parents to be aware of who their children...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Two drivers were killed in an early Friday morning collision, according to the McAllen Police Department. At approximately 5:30 a.m., McAllen police responded to the crash on the 6400 block of South McColl Road. Police say two vehicles were invo...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — CBS 4, NBC 23 and KGBT 4.1 are temporarily off the air on Friday as crews conduct tower work. The interruption in programming is expected to happen through 2:30 p.m. But don’t forget you can catch all of our latest coverage on news, weather and ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Once we push through a hot and humid Friday afternoon, we will move into a new rainy period for a few days. Highs on Friday will range from the upper 90s in Starr County to the lower 90s for much of the eastern portions of the Valley. A stray sh...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Roma Independent School District's mariachi program had the opportunity to shine and represent the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday at Carnegie Hall in New York City. "It's a tremendous opportunity for a musician, especially as a student musicia...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In 2003, John Allen Rubio and his common-law wife, Angela Camacho, beheaded their three young children in Brownsville. We’ve broken down the crime, the case, the countdown to execution, along with an exclusive look at the evidence on ValleyCentr...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — On Thursday, the Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery laid to rest a U.S. Navy Veteran Fireman Apprentice. Robert Joseph Ruggeri, born on March 13, 1949, served from October 1968 to June 1970. FA Ruggeri received the National Defense Servic...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) —El Niño is officially here, and NOAA has confirmed it’s developing in the Pacific. But what exactly is El Niño? It’s natural climate pattern that happens when ocean waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become warmer than normal. That e...
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File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands in the launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned liftoff of the Starlink 6-61 mission on Oct. 22, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now SpaceX will mark its historic launch o...
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By DIANTÉ MARIGNY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Multiple fire departments responded to a large fire early Sunday morning that destroyed four boats and a building near a Port Isabel marina. According to Port Isabel City Manager Jared Hockema, the Port Isabel Volunteer Fire Depar...
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By JACQI LEYVA-HILL Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District Board of Commissioners discussed future growth opportunities, property boundaries and grant funding during its June 4 regular meeting. Commissioners approved moving forward with a request for ...
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By DIANTÉ MARIGNY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island City Council approved several measures during its regular meeting on June 3, including support for a statewide designation effort, improvements to a city park, and updates to local parks regulations. Council...
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(Port Isabel 7on7 team picture after securing their place at the state tourney. June 5, 2026. Picture by Felix Bennett) By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Friday, June 5 Port Isabel held its annual “Battle By The Bay” 7-on-7 Football Tournament. The event...
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Padre Island hints that another land fraud is likely to be perpetrated Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications, compiled by local historian, Steve Hathcock, offering a look back at the history of the Rio Grande Valley. Steve Hathcock...
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By DIANTÉ MARIGNY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Electric vehicle owners will soon have more charging options on South Padre Island as the City of South Padre Island moves forward with the installation of 16 new universal electric vehicle superchargers at the Island Metro Mult...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The saying goes, "Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime." That’s the theme behind this year’s “Fishing with the Friendly Judge” event hosted by Cameron County Justice of the Peace Pct. 1 Judg...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The city of Raymondville will be distributing sandbags to residents over the weekend in preparation for upcoming storm rain events, the city announced Thursday. The sandbag distribution event will be held behind City Hall on the north and south ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Cameron County Irrigation District No. 2 is working to clean up the resaca in San Benito. Workers with Cameron County Irrigation District No. 2 and Cameron County Drainage District No. 3 are removing water hyacinths from the water. Hyacinthus is...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Pharr man was sentenced to 30 years in state prison on Tuesday in connection with the death of his 2-month-old infant, according to Hidalgo County court records. Miguel Ortiz, 38, of Pharr, was indicted on charges of capital murder of a person...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — June is Men's Health Awareness Month, and local health specialists are offering prevention strategies and proactive steps for a healthier lifestyle. Dr. Benjamin Fano, MD, at South Texas Health System McAllen, said the most common health problem...
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The Brownsville Animal Regulation and Care Center is inviting yoga enthusiasts and animal lovers to take part in a fun and heartwarming morning of Puppy Yoga on Saturday, June 13, at The Broken Sprocket, located at 6305 Paredes Line Road....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Well, we started off this Thursday with a few spotty showers across the Valley, and this activity will continue into Friday. More rain is on the way as we head into the weekend, due to remnants of Cristina and a low-pressure system in the Bay of...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum kicked off its two-day education experience on Wednesday for students with the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District. The two-day experience will welcome more than 300 elementary students from t...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- A ceremony will be held in Brownsville on Friday to honor and remember the 49 lives lost in one of the deadliest mass shootings in the U.S. Friday will mark 10 years since the Pulse Orlando nightclub shooting, referred to as one of the deadlies...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Rio Grande Valley faces some of the highest rates of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the world, and researchers at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are working to understand why. Doctors and scientists at the UTRGV Institute of ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- A ceremony was held on Wednesday to celebrate the next chapter of a major development coming to the city of Pharr. City leaders gathered for the official groundbreaking of the city's new multi-center facility, a project that has been in the mak...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Comptroller's Office on Wednesday released sales tax allocation numbers for the month of May. The numbers show a snapshot of where consumer spending was the strongest across the Rio Grande Valley last month. The allocations are based o...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In the latest edition of Valley Voices, CBS 4's Marco Ramirez sits down with Professional Wrestler Matt Robledo, most commonly known as "El Matatan" Mateo Ozuna. Robledo is from Santa Rosa and has always aspired to be with the WWE. Robledo is on...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It Takes A Village is a weekly ValleyCentral+ series that covers all things parenting, from real, honest conversations about daily routines and challenges to funny moments, lessons learned and balancing work and family life. Each week, host Met...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) —The Port of Brownsville Police and Security Department on Wednesday identified a woman whose body was recovered from the water at the Port of Brownsville last week. Ana Idalia Reyes, 60, of El Salvador, was found unresponsive and later pronounced...
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The City of Brownsville invites residents to participate in an upcoming community meeting to learn about the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 Budget and review the results of the City’s recent Community Survey....
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The City of Brownsville Department of Health, Wellness and Animal Services is continuing its proactive efforts to reduce mosquito populations and protect public health through scheduled mosquito spraying operations this week....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The city of Alamo celebrated the completion of renovations at the Chief Rolando Espinoza Fire Station No. 2 and the arrival of a new fire engine on Tuesday. The city of Alamo also celebrated the creation of its new Emergency Operations Center. T...
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The Brownsville Public Library System invites children and families to unleash their creativity at its upcoming Pasta Fossils event, where participants will transform ordinary pasta into extraordinary prehistoric creations....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The DHR Health Transplant Institute held an event on Tuesday highlighting the story of a successful kidney transplant between a father and son. After facing kidney disease and challenges waiting for a transplant, Luis F. Gonzalez received a kidn...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — As inflation rises to its highest level in three years, the Rio Grande Valley is seeing prices at the pump jump sharply. New data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Wednesday shows the Consumer Price Index (CPI) jumped 4.2% in ...
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The next cleanup event is scheduled for Friday, June 26, in the Acacia Lake Gardens neighborhood in District 1, giving residents an opportunity to properly dispose of unwanted items and help improve their community’s appearance....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Middle and high school students from across the Rio Grande Valley gathered in Brownsville on Tuesday for a Regional P-Tech Expansion Summer Camp. Over 100 students from about 13 Valley school districts had an opportunity to explore TSC's program...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday morning indicated a 10% chance of tropical development in the Bay of Campeche or the Gulf in the next seven days. This would be from the remnants of Tropical Storm Cristina after crossing over Mexico fr...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Conditions will remain mostly hot and dry through the rest of this week, but changes may arrive as we head into the weekend and early next week. Tropical Storm Cristina is currently located along the Central American coastline (Tuesday, June 9, ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The City of San Benito named an interim city manager during a special commission meeting on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson from the city. Carlos Yerena was appointed as interim city manager and is expected to begin immediately. On June 3, ...
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City Manager Gabriel Gonzalez (Courtesy: City of Harlingen) HARLINGEN — As part of the city’s new “succession plan,” commissioners are giving pay increases to City Manager Gabriel Gonzalez and most of his management team. In a meeting, Gonzalez requested commissioners give pay in...
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Edinburg native and arts enthusiast, Brisa Areli Muñoz, is making her annual return to her hometown to host a summer theatre camp in an effort to continue inspiring creativity in the area. Muñoz, 37, has previously partnered with the city of Edinburg to enter the national campaig...
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A company that manufactures cutting and grinding thin wheels is celebrating 50 years in Brownsville. Saint-Gobain Norton Abrasives began operations in the city in 1976 as the Norton Company in a nearly 200,000-square-foot plant. It was acquired by Saint-Gobain in 1990. Today, the...
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SAN BENITO — Only a few cars sit in the parking lot. I find it rather odd. I had thought that cars would fill the parking lot of Mayan Taqueria on a Friday night. Lights and exciting décor fill the area outside, but it is strangely quiet. A walk through the outside dining area is...
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The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation, in partnership with the Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Program, is hosting a free disaster preparedness and recovery session for small business owners on Thursday, June 25, at 2:00 PM....
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With children and teenagers enjoying summer break and looking for ways to cool off from the South Texas heat, many families are heading to pools, beaches, resacas, and other waterways for recreation....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Mission police are investigating a fatal crash. The crash occurred at approximately 2:35 a.m. Tuesday on Angus Street and Glasscock Road. According to Mission police, one person is dead after striking a pole. The crash remains under investigatio...
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The Brownsville Animal Regulation and Care Center is inviting residents to come together for a day of fun, compassion, and community support at its upcoming Raise the Woof Event on Saturday, June 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Police activity was seen in Harlingen on Tuesday morning. A spokesperson with the Harlingen Police Department confirmed a raid took place on the 800 block of W. Buchanan St. Photos provided to ValleyCentral show that at least two Harlingen units...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Monday to appoint an interim superintendent. Jimmy McDonough will begin serving as Los Fresnos CISD interim superintendent on July 2 as the Board of ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- High pressure in the Gulf will settle in over the next few days leading to a warmer and mostly dry weather pattern for us here in the Valley. Throughout Tuesday, we'll see highs climb into the low 90s in the east to upper 90s out west. Factor i...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Harlingen Area Crime Stoppers is asking the for the public's help to identify two people suspected of committing multiple thefts at a Home Depot location. Anyone who recognizes the people in the image below is asked to contact the Harlingen...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) —The familiar rhythm of daily afternoon showers from last week is taking a break. A strong high‑pressure system settles in Monday night and keeps a tight grip on our weather for the next several days, dramatically cutting down rain chances across ...
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ALTON, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Concerns over the spread of screwworm in Texas are extending beyond cattle ranches and into the Rio Grande Valley’s hunting industry. Just days after the first screwworm case was confirmed in Texas, the number of infected animals has increased, rais...
