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Entrepreneurs looking to start a business or strengthen an existing one are invited to participate in the eBridge Business Academy, a free seven-session program designed to provide the tools and knowledge needed to build a successful business....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — As the summer is winding down, the Edinburg Police Department is inviting the community to attend its 30th Annual National Night Out. The free event is open to the public and takes place on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Edinburg Promenade Park, located at...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- A very special superhero swung by our studio on Tuesday. A fantastically sweet and shy young white and grey kitten who goes by the name Spiderman was brought in by Brownsville Animal Regulation Care Center adoption specialist Jordan Wally as th...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Three men were hospitalized Monday night after the ATV they were riding rolled into a canal in Elsa, according to the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office. At approximately 8:40 p.m., deputies responded to the 11400 block of Mile 17 Road North in Els...
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The City of Brownsville is currently hiring for a wide range of positions across several key departments, offering opportunities for individuals interested in public service, administration, technical fields, and hands-on work....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Police arrested a McAllen man accused of killing a dog with a hammer, according to an offense report obtained by ValleyCentral. Daniel Alberto Martinez, 36, of McAllen was charged with cruelty to non-livestock animals and tampering/fabricate phy...
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According to the National Weather Service in Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley, a combination of high temperatures and elevated humidity will push heat index values between 105 and 110 degrees for several hours this afternoon and into the early evening....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The city of San Benito is inviting the community to attend its budget session "Let's Taco Bout the Budget" on Tuesday. The community is encouraged to share ideas, projects, services and improvements from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Community Buildin...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The little blue "H" centered near the Texas Panhandle is having a big impact on temperatures across much of the country. The heat dome effect will be bringing above-normal temperatures across many areas, including the Rio Grande Valley, for seve...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- A couple of hours before sunrise, something electrical failed at or beyond the Sanchez site, producing a bright flash and a momentary power flicker across Star Factory and the offices. Despite the issue, pre-flight launch operations were not im...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The heat isn’t letting up anytime soon. A strong high‑pressure system parked over the central U.S. continues to dominate the weather pattern across Texas and the Rio Grande Valley, keeping conditions hot and stagnant. This setup is pushing in st...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An undocumented Honduran national living in Donna pleaded guilty on Monday to attempting to meet with a minor for sex, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Anael Jossue Rodriguez-Rodas, 35, was arrested after a three-day undercover onlin...
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B rownsville city commissioners discussed an amendment to prohibit e-cigarettes and “other electronic nicotine delivery system devices” in public spaces at Tuesday’s regular meeting. The amendment would also modify rules related to smoking in businesses — such as cigar or hookah ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A new program at Texas Southmost College will soon offer licensed healthcare professionals the opportunity to get certified in medical aesthetics injections. According to TSC, medical aesthetics is a branch of medicine that uses clinical procedu...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The city of Edinburg welcomed Academy Award-nominated actor Terrence Howard to City Hall on Monday, honoring the Hollywood actor with a special city proclamation. Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa officially declared July 27 as Terrence Howard Day. "The...
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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. Some people know the...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral wants to see your four-legged companion in honor of National Dog Photography Day. National Dog Photo Day was founded in 2018 to encourage pet owners and pet photographers to capture in-the-moment photos of their dogs and their uniq...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Families were displaced and a dog was rescued from a McAllen apartment building fire on Sunday, according to a news release from the McAllen Fire Department. No injuries were reported. At approximately 2 p.m. on Sunday, McAllen firefighters resp...
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The City of Brownsville's Engineering and Public Works Department – Traffic Division has activated a new Sequential Dynamic Curve Warning System along E. Price Road between Crowndridge Drive and Land O Lakes Boulevard....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Lyford Mayor Pablo Morales on Monday announced the passing of Commissioner Albert Cavazos. Morales said Cavazos was a tireless advocate for the community and cared deeply about everyone he served. "Albert loved life and gave everything he had to...
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This is probably one of the harder positions to judge in the Valley. This one of the thinner position groups in the area. Some of these players might be listed as a tight end, but because of spread offenses, they are more receiver than a traditional tight end that you watch on Sa...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A 6-year-old boy was electrocuted after stakes used to secure a water slide punctured an underground electrical wire, according to a Monday update from the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office. The boy was identified as 6-year-old Jordan Aure Buitron...
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The Brownsville Public Library System is helping local families get ready for the new school year with its annual Back-to-School Fair, taking place on Sunday, August 3, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Main Branch Library, 2600 Central Blvd....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Brownsville Police Department on Monday identified the body of a man found by a pedestrian last week in Brownsville. Police identified the man as 54-year-old Felipe Ramirez. An autopsy revealed no signs of trauma. A toxicology report is stil...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Edinburg man has been charged in connection with a shooting that occurred at a parking lot outside a nightclub in rural Edinburg earlier this month, the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office announced Monday morning. Rodrigo Castillo, 18, of Edinbu...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Brownsville Police Department is asking the public for help identifying a person accused of stealing a vehicle before taking it for a "quick burger run." According to a news release, the male is a person of interest in the theft of a Kia Opt...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — High pressure spinning in the Gulf and across the 4-corners of the continental U.S. keeps hot and rain-free conditions in place. Highs this Monday afternoon will climb into either side of 100°. There will be mostly sunny skies all day with south...
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Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer Meet The Monitor’s 2026 all-area baseball superlative winners and all-area teams, selected by the RGVSports.com staff from players across the Upper Rio Grande Valley. PLAYER OF THE YEAR: JT REYNA, JUNIOR, PSJA HIGH PSJA High’s JT Reyna is The Monitor’s ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District superintendent position continues to remain open following Saturday's scheduled special-called board meeting. The Board of Trustees met for approximately six hours to discuss superintendent c...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a child in rural Alamo that occurred on Saturday night, according to a news release. At approximately 9:36 p.m. on Saturday, deputies responded to a call of an unresponsive child ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announces SpaceX will attempt to catch Starship with the tower on the next scheduled test flight. Following the anticipated thirteenth Starship test flight, Musk posted on X that, "unless [SpaceX] discover problems after mis...
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S pot the dog got a second chance at life 34 years ago. When the Labrador retriever mix was 2 years old, he was facing execution after allegedly biting three different people: a 16-year-old in August 1991, a 17-year-old in November of the aforementioned year, and a Brownsville Pu...
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D ata centers are perhaps the fastest-growing industry at this time. More than 2,500 already are operating or under construction across the country. A few already have been announced in and near the Rio Grande Valley, and local officials are considering several requests to establ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — On this week's edition of ValleyCentral Weekend Report, Anchor Alexia Serrata breaks down all the news of the week. Starting with the biggest stories of the week, in case you missed them. To kick things off, we check in with the Starr County ran...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The City of South Padre Island announced that a Special Election has been scheduled to fill the seat for Council Member Place 1. The seat opened up following the death of City Council Member Ken Medders, Jr. As previously reported on ValleyCentr...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The 13th Court of Appeals on Friday weighed in on the wrongful death lawsuit involving a Weslaco cheerleader. The 13th Court of Appeals sent a letter directing attorneys representing the family of Larissa Rodriguez to respond to Glazer's Beer an...
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The Starlink 17-51 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 25, 2026. Image: SpaceX. A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched from the West Coast Saturday, carrying another batch of satellites for the company’s Starlink internet servic...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Down by the Border, a nonprofit organization, has launched its new Satellite Office at the Brownsville Police Department. The organization supports children with special needs through different programming such as athletic, educational, and comm...
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SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ValleyCentral) — After two scrubbed launch attempts, SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 finally lifted off Friday, rewarding thousands of spectators who waited days to witness the historic test flight. According to SpaceX, the mission achieved all of its prima...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A stretch of classic summer weather is settling in across Harlingen and the Rio Grande Valley, and it’s not letting up anytime soon. A mid-level high-pressure system parked over the region will keep skies mostly sunny and temperatures running ho...
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SpaceX’s Super Heavy-Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, blasts off on the program’s 13th test flight in another critical milestone for Elon Musk’s rocket company. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. SpaceX launched it’s 13th Super Heavy-Starship rocket Friday, with...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Mercedes man accused of selling narcotics to a man who died of a fentanyl overdose has been indicted on federal charges. Bryan Alexis Cedillo, 28, of Mercedes, made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Juan F. Alanis on Friday m...
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SpaceX’s Starship rocket lifts off for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) S tarship S40 and Super Heavy booster B20 lifted off from SpaceX’s launch pad No. 2 at Boca Chica at 5:51 p.m. on Friday after scrubbing the launch twice, yesterd...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A 27-year-old man accused of barricading himself after allegedly stabbing a woman during a family dispute appeared in front of a judge on Friday, according to an update from the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office. Noe Garza, 27, was charged with ag...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) —SpaceX aims to launch its 13th Starship flight test from Starbase on Friday afternoon. The 90-minute launch window opens at 5:45 p.m. ValleyCentral will livestream the launch in the video player above. Friday's launch comes after SpaceX scrubbed ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — San Juan police have arrested a third person in connection with a deadly shooting at an H-E-B parking lot in San Juan. Police arrested Ivory Ruiz, 24, on Thursday. Ruiz faces the following charges: Two men — 18-year-old Michael Anthony Lopez and...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An SUV crashed into an EZ Hair Cuts barber shop in Mission on Friday, photos taken by the Mission Fire Department show. Mission Fire Chief Mike Silva told ValleyCentral that crews responded to a vehicle crashing into a building on Friday at a pl...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A 74-year-old man who was reported missing earlier this week was found dead in his home on Friday, according to the Combes Police Department Jose Jesus Lara, 74, was last seen on Wednesday afternoon at a local Stripes store. Family members repor...
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T he Border Patrol agent who is accused of crashing into a pedestrian who was “walking calmly in a non-threatening manner” during a immigration operation in Harlingen was suspended and placed on administrative duties in June. Raymundo Ramos Jr., 41, was charged with aggravated as...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Homeland Security Investigations McAllen is conducting an enforcement operation in the upper Valley, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson confirmed Friday afternoon. The operation is part of an ongoing criminal investigation. ...
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The City of Brownsville is informing residents of SpaceX Starship’s potential Eighth Flight Test Launch on Friday, July 24th, with a window between the hours of 5:45 PM PM and 7:45 PM CST....
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U TRGV and IDEA Public Schools are partnering to launch an early autism intervention program dedicated to researching education delivery models, impacts of accelerated learning and that will serve as a blueprint for training educators in the Valley. The program is called Classroo...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Every week, CBS4 works to find a forever home for a Rio Grande Valley foster child as part of our “4Ever Family” partnership with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Meet four siblings, two brothers and two sisters, who are r...
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The Traffic Division of the City of Brownsville's Department of Engineering and Public Works is notifying residents and motorists of an upcoming road closure as part of a Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) bridge replacement project....
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I t’s been nearly a week since news of the New World screwworm officially made its way to the Rio Grande Valley, prompting local officials to address their handling of the flesh-eating parasite’s arrival to the region. Starr County confirmed its first case of screwworm Sunday, Ju...
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The City of Brownsville Organizational Development & Human Resources Department has received a 2026 Rosie Award and has been recognized as one of the Top 5 Public Sector Health Plans for 2026 by Health Rosetta....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Edinburg Police Department is working to identify a suspect vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that caused property damage on Thursday. Police described the suspect vehicle as a white four-door passenger car, which may have noticeable front-r...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees named a lone finalist for superintendent during a board meeting on Thursday. According to a news release, Joseph Villarreal was selected after a nationwide search and ext...
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McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A building linked to the Gulf Cartel may be sold to the highest bidder in September. The building, which is located on Military Highway in San Benito, belonged to Carlos Favian Martinez, the son-in-law of Gulf Cartel boss Osiel Cardenas Guillen. M...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- A 27-year-old man is in custody after allegedly stabbing a woman and barricading himself inside a home in the Edinburg area, according to the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office. Deputies responded to the call for a family disturbance involving a s...
