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...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Bertha was downgraded to a tropical depression on Thursday evening as it continued to push inland. The showers that swept across the Valley earlier have shifted south of the border, and southeasterly winds will keep flowing through the region. T...
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Thousands of people gathered at Isla Blanca Park on Thursday hoping to watch SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 lift off, but weather had other plans. Less than two hours before the scheduled launch, SpaceX scrubbed the mission because of weat...
S paceX on Thursday afternoon announced that it was scrubbing its planned launch of Starship/Super Heavy from Boca Chica Beach. Now, the company is targeting Friday with a 90-minute test window opening at 5:45 p.m., SpaceX said in a media release. Flight 13 has been scrubbed twic...
San Benito Mayor Pedro “Pete” Galvan S AN BENITO — Candidates for city boards are now facing criminal background checks following cases sparking residents’ concerns. As part of a new ordinance, the city will be running background checks through the Texas Department of Public Safe...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — If you have any outstanding fines in the city of San Juan, now's your chance to resolve issues with the court without any additional penalties. The San Juan Municipal Court has extended its amnesty program through Aug. 31. During this time, resi...
By DIANTÉ MARIGNY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Former South Padre Island Mayor Barry Patel is seeking a return to City Hall, announcing this week that he will challenge incumbent Mayor Patrick McNulty in the Nov. 4 election. Patel, who served on the City Council beginning in 2...
By DIANTÉ MARIGNY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Boaters, anglers, city leaders and community members gathered Tuesday morning to celebrate the official opening of the Marisol Laguna Madre Boat Ramp, the first new public bayside access point built on South Padre Island in more t...
By JACQI LEYVA-HILL Special to the PRESS Approximately 50 education leaders and representatives from organizations across the Rio Grande Valley gathered Tuesday, July 21, 2026, for the RGV AI + Education Leadership Collaborative at Point Isabel ISD’s new building at 101 Port Road...
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS A handful of Laguna Madre athletes will be competing in the upcoming 2026 AAU Junior Olympics. This year the event will be held in Des Moines, Iowa and is set to commence this upcoming Wednesday, July 29 and run to August 8, 2026. ...
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Wednesday, July 15, the Laguna Madre Men’s Softball League featured another night of spirited competition as the cheers and friendly jeers echoed throughout the park. After the first week of action, Cantu’s and Hopper Hau...
Special to the PRESS U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez has introduced legislation aimed at permanently protecting the name Boca Chica Beach while increasing transparency in the federal geographic naming process. The Hands Off Our Boca Chica Beach Act, introduced July 20, would officiall...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez said county leaders continue to closely monitor the New World Screwworm after the first confirmed case in the Rio Grande Valley was recently detected in a newborn calf in Starr County. Cortez issued a state...
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS 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 is a local historian and a regula...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The San Juan Memorial Library and Hidalgo County Health & Human Services Department will host a free Narcan training on Friday. The free event will begin at 10:30 a.m. Attendees will learn how to recognize an opioid overdose and how to properly ...
The Gladys Porter Zoo invites Rio Grande Valley families to celebrate the 22nd Annual Kids Appreciation Day, presented by H-E-B, on Saturday, July 25th, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM...
A fully-integrated Starship-Super Heavy rocket stands at Pad 2 at Starbase prior to the second attempt at launching the Starship Flight 13 mission. SpaceX stacked Ship 40 atop Booster 20 on July 22, 2026. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update July 23, 4:10 p.m. EDT (2010 U...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Every month, South Texas Health System tackles a different issue in South Texas Healthy Living, a 30-minute program that airs on KVEO NBC 23. System Director of Marketing & Public Relations Tom Castaneda said the latest episode will explore the ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In the latest edition of Valley Voices, CBS 4's Marco Ramirez sits down with Rome Vaughn, a country music artist from Santa Rosa, Texas. Vaughn moved to Nashville to jump-start his music career and has lived there for the past 10 years. But Vaug...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Summer is almost wrapping up, and students are getting ready to go back to school. Several events happening soon will gift school supplies to help students start the new school year prepared. ValleyCentral has gathered a list of those events: Br...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — SpaceX announced Thursday afternoon that it will reschedule its second attempt at Starship Flight 13 due to weather. The announcement was made two hours before the ship was scheduled to launch from Starbase. SpaceX posted on X that weather condi...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Rio Grande City Police Department is warning the community about scam phone calls from people pretending to be employees of the police department. According to police, the callers are telling victims that they are under investigation and are...
Editor's note: Videos and images in this article may be graphic for some viewers. HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Starr County rancher is urging people to remain vigilant after discovering the first confirmed case of the New World screwworm in a calf. Starr County officials ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Rio Grande Valley is home to more than a dozen raptors or birds of prey, from tiny screech owls at only some eight inches in length to white-tailed hawks with wingspans exceeding four feet. Lurking in the shadowy depths of South Texas woodla...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Wednesday was hot. We completely smashed old daily climatology records for the three observation sites of McAllen, Harlingen and Brownsville. Thursday will be hot too, but likely not record-breaking hot. There will be highs this afternoon reachi...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Tropical Storm Bertha is set to continue a westward track toward Texas. The storm isn't expected to get stronger, but the eventual path will bring the remnants of the storm close enough to bring the Valley some rain Thursday night. A chance for...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A little bit of everything is on tap for the Rio Grande Valley through Thursday night. Let’s start with Tropical Storm Bertha. The storm made landfall earlier today between Mississippi and Louisiana, surprisingly still as a tropical storm after ...
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — What was once a Walmart and later a shelter for undocumented migrant children could now possibly turn into a data center. An unidentified company has filed a permit request with the City of Brownsville to develop a data center at 7480 Padre Is...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A multimillion-dollar grant will fund street improvements in the city of Mission, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced Tuesday. The Texas General Land Office approved $2 million in funds from the Disaster Recovery Reallocation Progr...
The sound of violins is filling the halls of the Brownsville George Ramirez Performing Arts Academy this summer as young students discover the joy of making music through the Revival of Cultural Arts (ROCA) Violin Camp Program....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Health care leaders joined at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville to celebrate a new program and equipment designed to treat stroke patients. The facility's new bi-plane imaging equipment will help specialists treat stroke patients more...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Harlingen Parks and Recreation Department hosted a free community tree-planting event on Wednesday as part of its ongoing initiative to improve the quality of life at its city parks. The tree-planting session was held at Pendleton Park, one ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Transportation is partnering with law enforcement agencies to crack down on speeding across the state. Operation Slowdown is an annual campaign by TxDOT to ramp up enforcement statewide and target drivers traveling at hig...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) —The Food Bank RGV will host a free mobile produce distribution on Thursday. The one-day-only event will be held at Faith Fellowship Bible Church in Peñitas from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., or until supplies last. Participants will need a picture ID and pr...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Weslaco Police Department is inviting the community to a fun-filled bicycle safety rodeo on Saturday at Judge Gilbert Garza Park. Children ages 8-15 will have the opportunity to learn all there is to know about bike safety alongside Weslaco ...
Brownsville voters will decide a series of proposed amendments to the City Charter this fall after the Brownsville City Commission approved an ordinance calling a Charter Amendment Election for Nov. 3, 2026....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a wrong-way crash that killed a Brownsville woman on Wednesday morning. The crash occurred at approximately 8:52 a.m. on FM 511, south of State Highway 48 in Cameron County. Aglae Yunuen Pat...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday appointed a senior director for the Region One Education Service Center to the Early Childhood Intervention Advisory Committee. Celina Perez of San Benito will serve on the state committee that advises the Texas Hea...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An investigation is underway after a decomposed body was found in Brownsville on Tuesday, according to the Brownsville Police Department. At about 9:15 p.m., police responded to the 2100 block of Central Boulevard after a pedestrian who was walk...
The City of Brownsville Procurement Department has earned the 2026 Achievement of Excellence in Procurement® Award from the National Procurement Institute, Inc. (NPI)....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A portion of the westbound expressway lanes in Donna will be closed overnight for pavement repairs, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. The westbound lanes of Interstate 2 (I-2) are expected to have nightly closures between FM 4...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Wednesday will likely mark day three in a row for some record high temperatures to be tied or broken during the afternoon. With mostly sunny skies, most everyone will break into the triple digits, except Brownsville and the coast. The "feels lik...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Brownsville City Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to modify a proposition that would potentially increase pay for city elected officials. Proposition A is one of several proposed amendments that will be on the ballot of the special e...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The city of Alamo is reminding residents that preparation is key before a storm is in the forecast. Several locations across Alamo serve as sandbag distribution centers. "Being prepared today can make all the difference tomorrow," the city of A...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- When you're on Bertha's bad side, you can get burned or at least medium rare. Tropical Storm Bertha will be too far north to impact the Valley in any traditional way, but her position puts the Valley on her western flank, where the air is sinki...
PORT ISABEL, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Some Port Isabel residents say fear surrounding federal immigration enforcement is changing daily life in their community, with some families avoiding work, delaying errands and relying on neighbors for help. Brenda Jimenez Dumas, who owns a l...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A nonprofit organization aiming to help people overcome addictions across the nation is launching its operations here in the Valley. Transformations Program USA is set to open a recovery home in Harlingen to help anyone across the Rio Grande Val...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Six academy cadets officially joined the ranks of the McAllen Fire Department on Tuesday. After completing a nine-month academy, earning multiple certifications, and fulfilling their one-year probationary period, the graduates can now serve the ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A very special guest stopped by our studio on Tuesday. Along with Brownsville Animal Regulation Care Center adoption specialist Jordan Wally, anchor Alexia Serrata got to say hello to a very excited furry friend named Bernard. Wally explained th...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A pickup truck's exhaust ignited a fire that engulfed 50 acres of land along Val Verde Road on Monday night, according to Donna Fire Chief David Simmons. Simmons said the truck was traveling southbound on Val Verde Road when it drove off the roa...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The city of Pharr and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) partnered up to host the Texas Drought and Hurricane Preparedness Workshop on Tuesday. The workshop took place at the Jose "Pepe" Salinas Recreational Center located at 1...
Summer in Brownsville means your air conditioner is working harder than ever. The good news is that a few simple changes around your home can help you stay comfortable while keeping your energy bill under control....
Brownsville residents are encouraged to use extra caution when spending time outdoors this afternoon, as dangerous heat and humidity combine to create "feels like" temperatures of 108 to 112 degrees....
DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN STARING MATT DAMON, TOM HOLLAND, ANNE HATHAWAY, ROBERT PATTINSON, ZENDAYA, MANY MANY OTHERS ★★★★☆ HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Massive-scale movies have been part of Hollywood's DNA since the beginning. "Lawrence of Arabia." "Gone with the Wind...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley is holding a food donation drive and seeking volunteers to support families recently impacted by heavy rain and flooding in Texas. According to a news release, the Food Bank RGV is requesting the following ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — South Padre Island officials celebrated the grand opening of a $3 million boat ramp Tuesday morning. According to the city, the Marisol (Laguna Madre) Boat Ramp is the first public bay access development constructed in 30 years. The ramp feature...
The City of Brownsville’s Department of Health, Wellness and Animal Services invites the community to celebrate the start of a new school year at a free Back-to-School Block Party on Thursday, August 6, from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM at 655 E. St. Charles St....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — We have two big weather stories: the heat and hot temperatures with the possibility of breaking, if not tying, records, but also Tropical Storm Bertha in the northern Gulf. Tropical Storm Bertha Tropical Storm Bertha is the second tropical storm...
HOUSTON, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley football team participated in the Southland Conference Opening Drive media day on Tuesday at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. UTRGV football Head Coach Travis Bush selected redshirt sophom...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 21, 2026. Onboard was the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS), the main payload on Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic V...
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