L abor Day has come to represent many things, including the unofficial end of summer, just and yet another reason to have special mattress and furniture sales. It’s a far cry from the original focus of the day. Today the holiday commonly is said to celebrate the American worker, ...
PORT ISABEL — Rio Hondo head coach Rocky James and senior star quarterback Matthew Lopez said their 26-21 win over Port Isabel was ugly. Rio Hondo won 56-0 the week prior, so the standards were high, but Friday night was a rivalry game and it was physical. It might not have been ...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — One week after falling in a defensive slugfest on the road against a tough Corpus Christi Veterans team, the Edinburg Vela SaberCats bounced back with an impressive offensive performance in a 55-25 non-district victory over the San Benito Gre...
NEW YORK (AP) — Serena and Venus Williams were once again the main attraction at the U.S. Open. Carlos Alcaraz sure wasn’t going to miss it. “I think there is no better plan (than) to watch the doubles, the Williamses once again, while getting a treatment,” the defending men’s ch...
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney took almost no time to show how lethal a combination they can be this season for Miami. Mensah threw five touchdown passes in his Miami debut, Toney set a school-record with 234 yards receiving and the seventh-ranked Hurrica...
eslaco High defensise back Seth Moya (0) celebrates his touch down against McAllen Memorial in a game at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in McAllen. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com) Weslaco High’s Malachi Rodriguez (4) is grabbed by the helme...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jayden Maiava passed for 349 yards and threw two of his three touchdown passes to freshman Trent Mosley, and No. 14 Southern California rolled to a 39-0 victory over Fresno State on Friday night. Tanook Hines also had a TD reception, and freshman Kayden Dixon-W...
IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER McALLEN — After watching McAllen Memorial rack up 547 rushing yards and eight touchdowns in its season opener, Weslaco High head coach Roy Stroman challenged his defense to step up. The Panthers responded by holding the Mustangs to 206 total yards and...
LSU did not place one-time pros Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris on its roster in advance of its season opener, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Friday night. The move appears to avoid an immediate confrontation with the Southeastern Conference,...
Edinburg Vela’s Caidyn Hoover sprints past the San Benito defense on his way for a touchdown during a game at Richard R. Flores Stadium Friday Sept. 04, 2026 in Edinburg. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) Edinburg Vela’s Jace Mendoza is tackled by San Benito defenders during...
NEW YORK (AP) — “Welcome to the Williams Show," read one fan's sign in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday night, as Venus and Serena Williams took the court for their doubles match, a quarter-century after first facing each other in the 2001 U.S. Open final. A quarter-century of playi...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) —In this weekend’s weather tale, two stubborn characters step into the spotlight: Triple‑digit heat; loud, confident, and already used to running the show, and a quieter challenger, sea‑breeze showers drifting in from the Gulf, hoping to steal a l...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It's Week 2 of High School Football, and the ValleySportsCentral continues to feature some high-scoring games. Thursday's game included PSJA North taking it to Mission Vterans 56-14 in a top-10 matchup. The Patriots trailed 35-0 at the Half, and...
NEW YORK (AP) — Feeling better than he expected after a four-month absence, Carlos Alcaraz is planning to take more breaks during the tennis season. Alcaraz returned to play at the U.S. Open after being sidelined since April by a right wrist injury. The defending champion advance...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — On this week’s edition of ValleyCentral Weekend Report, Anchor Alejandra Yanez breaks down all the news of the week. Starting with the biggest stories of the week, in case you missed them. In one of the biggest stories of the week, 49-year-old E...
NFL career rushing leader Emmitt Smith is being sued by a Native American investment company over claims that the former Dallas Cowboys running back and his business partners misappropriated a $2.5 million loan that was supposed to fund a wind farm project in Texas. Kituwah LLC c...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams' entire roster will travel to Australia for their regular-season opener next week, but coach Sean McVay still isn't sure whether unretired defensive tackle Aaron Donald will play. McVay announced his plans Friday for the Rams while they beg...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has lifted quarantine restrictions for two previously listed "infested" zones in Texas where the New World screwworm had been found, a South Texas congressman says....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts has seized a Pharr Crunch Fitness gym for nonpayment of taxes, according to Kevin Lyons, an agency spokesperson. The Crunch Fitness building, located at 500 N Jackson Road in Pharr, had a notice taped to ...
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is retiring at the end the year, bringing to a close her seven-plus years at the helm of the league and a stewardship that has been transformative and at times tumultuous. Engelbert is the second-longest tenured WNBA president or commissioner, an...
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio, Texas, sector say they recently rescued eight migrants, including a child, who had been locked inside a train car....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — McAllen police are searching for a man wanted on several felony warrants stemming from a domestic-related investigation. Jakobie Deanthony Harris, 23, of McAllen, is wanted on two counts of violation of certain court orders, a third-degree felon...
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter says a lawsuit filed by former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom is “meritless and frivolous.” Freedom is alleging that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was ejected from the Sky's WNBA game against the Indiana Fever on A...
Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain were dealt their first losses in their domestic leagues on Friday when Kylian Mbappé had an injury-time penalty saved in La Liga and PSG coughed up a lead in Ligue 1. Madrid fell at Real Betis 1-0 for its first defeat since the return of coach ...
A 68-year-old Penitas man has died after the driver of a Ford F-250 blew a stop sign and hit his vehicle in a crash that also involved a FedEx truck. In a news release, the Texas Department of Public Safety said the three-vehicle crash happened at approximately 1:47 p.m. on Texan...
P HARR — Moments before the city unveiled its new exhibit Wednesday evening, Francisco Guajardo, chief executive officer for the Museum of South Texas History, offered a few words to a small crowd gathered inside the Pharr Memorial Public Library. Standing before a wall of curtai...
M cALLEN — September is Deaf Awareness Month and starting just a few months ago, Texas residents can now get their identification cards or driver license with a new deaf or hard of hearing designation. The new option aims to improve communication between law enforcement, first re...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Penitas man was killed and two people were hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash north of Palmview Friday afternoon, according to an update from the Texas Department of Public Safety. At approximately 1:47 p.m., DPS troopers responded to a ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka finally found something that could stop her at the U.S. Open: the smell of marijuana. The two-time defending champion complained to the chair umpire that it was bothering her early in her third-round victory over Kamilla Rakhimova on Friday. Sabale...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have arrived in Melbourne for their season-opening NFL game against the Los Angeles Rams at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sept. 11. It is expected to be the first of many regular-season NFL games in front of a growing Australi...
W ith the city inching closer to finalizing its budget for the upcoming fiscal year, Mission’s new proposed tax rate will be increasing by less than a cent. The city council is set to vote on the budget Sept. 15, while the tax rate’s public hearing and adoption are scheduled for ...
Why the banking industry is spending on a South Texas Democrat's competitive race San Antonio Express-News
D eath and taxes are the only certainties in life, according to Benjamin Franklin, though if he lived today he might add “and road construction.” The Texas Department of Transportation’s Brownsville Interstate 69E preventive maintenance project, which began in February, has neces...
Dr. Salil Mangi M cALLEN — The Rio Grande Valley is among the first areas in the U.S. selected to introduce a new treatment for kidney disease known as hemodiafiltration, or HDF, an advanced form of dialysis that filters slightly larger toxins than conventional dialysis. Freseniu...
B ROWNSVILLE — They represent those who have no representation. The poor, the homeless, the AIDS sufferers of the 1990s, gay couples, straight couples, the addicts, the angry and the bitter joy in the midst of fear and loss and desperation. The musical “Rent” gives all of these p...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It’s week two of high school football in the Rio Grande Valley, and Valley Sports Central has your Thursday night highlights. Our high school football coverage continues Friday in Harlingen, where our Valley Sports Central team will be closely f...
A s disdain for Flock Safety cameras continues growing across the United States, several states and cities have been rolling back on their implementation of these systems due to public mistrust. However, as one Austin-based tech attorney put it, these are uncharted waters and leg...
BERLIN (AP) — Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers made the most of their World Cup debuts to help the United States rout China in the opener of the tournament. Clark had 14 points and 11 assists and Bueckers added another 14 points as the Americans topped China 94-61 on Friday. It w...
Ben Simmons is making a comeback to the NBA after sitting out last season with injuries, agreeing to a one-year contract with the Sacramento Kings. A person familiar with the deal confirmed to The Associated Press that he will sign with Sacramento. The person spoke to the AP on c...
AUSTIN, Texas (FOX 44) - The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is reminding boaters not to leave safety at the ramp this Labor Day Weekend. With the hot temperatures, lakes, rivers and coastal waters offer a welcome place to cool off. Texas Game Wardens will be on patrol...
Texas A&M University Higher Education Center at McAllen Names First Chief of Staff Texas Border Business
NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Osaka usually does not have a problem focusing on playing tennis and blocking out the crowd when she's on the court. Her first-round match at the U.S. Open became a notable exception. “There was a moment where there was people shouting and stuff," Osaka said...
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A judge on Friday set bond at $75,000 for a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Venezuelan immigrant — and allegedly lied about it. ICE Deportation Officer Christian J. Castro, 52, of McAllen shot a Venezuelan man on Jan. 1...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Every week, CBS Rio Grande Valley works to find a forever home for a Rio Grande Valley foster child as part of our Forever Family partnership with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Meet Sylvia, a 16-year-old girl who is rea...
McAllen Gears Up for Fiesta de Palmas October 16–18 Texas Border Business
Staff Report The Edinburg High defense held strong late to pull out a 13-12 win over Weslaco East in non-district action Thursday night at Richard R. Flores Stadium in Edinburg to send the Bobcats to 2-0 on the year. The Wildcats drew first blood in the first quarter as quarterba...
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is overhauling the selection process by eliminating a separate category for senior players, cutting the selection committee nearly in half and returning to in-person meetings. The new procedures were approved by the Hall of Fame board following discu...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — As we head into the Labor Day holiday weekend, we are seeing some small chances for rain in the forecast. We are finally getting enough moisture back in the atmosphere to give the sea breeze something to play with each day, starting Saturday. Th...
After days of deliberation, the judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case announced Friday afternoon that he was declaring a mistrial.
BERLIN (AP) — Caitlin Clark had 14 points and 11 assists to help the United States beat China, which was led by 7-foot-3 Zhang Ziyu, 94-61 in its women's basketball World Cup opener Friday. Rhyne Howard also scored 14 points and Jackie Young added 12 for the Americans, who have n...
BERLIN (AP) — Opponents are looking up to China during the women’s basketball World Cup, starting with the United States. The Americans and everyone else have to navigate around and over some of the tallest women on the planet: China’s 19-year-old Zhang Ziyu stands 7-foot-3. The ...
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IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER HARLINGEN — Manny Gomez and Israel Gonzalez have been around the Bird Bowl for a long time. Gomez has been a part of Harlingen High’s coaching staff since 1995, when the Cardinals and Hawks met for just the third time. Meanwhile, Gonzalez took the fie...
MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany says it wouldn't be “a big deal” if star attacking midfielder Jamal Musiala were to collapse again as he copes with a neurological issue which causes seizures. Musiala went public with his diagnosis of “absence seizures caused by ...
HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez is one of baseball’s biggest stars: the frontrunner for AL MVP with a strong chance of becoming baseball's first Triple Crown winner since Miguel Cabrera in 2012. Comfortable as the Cuban-born slugger looks driving in runs for the Houston Astros, his...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Lane Kiffin’s chances of fielding former NFL players improved Thursday night when a Louisiana judge issued a preliminary injunction against the NCAA in a high-profile eligibility case. East Baton Rouge Parish Judge William Jorden issued his rulin...
U.S. striker Folarin Balogun has been left out of Monaco’s squad for the Conference League amid uncertainty over his future after the collapse of his proposed transfer to Everton this week. Balogun also will miss Monaco’s match at Paris Saint-Germain in the French league on Frida...
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Eala and her fans are headed to the weekend at the U.S. Open, along with two-time champion Naomi Osaka and 2023 winner Coco Gauff. So are Madison Keys and men's top seed Alexander Zverev — just barely — but not No. 3 Felix Auger-Aliassime, who became the high...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teoscar Hernández hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the ninth inning off Riley O'Brien, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers over the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Thursday night to avoid a sweep. With one out, Tommy Edman singled to left and stole second and Mookie Be...
ATLANTA (AP) — Colorado freshman quarterback Julian Lewis hit tight end Charlie Williams for a 20-yard touchdown with 42 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, lifting the Buffaloes to a last-minute, 14-13 win against Georgia Tech on Thursday night in the season opener. Georgia...
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