HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Brownsville Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a missing man. Mario Alberto Soto, 76, was last seen at his home located at the 1800 block of Palm Blvd. in Brownsville. Police believe Soto was last seen wearing a g...
BELL COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44) - The Bell County Sheriff's Office is hosting a press conference regarding the U.S. Army "Apache" helicopter crash in Salado on Wednesday afternoon. FOX 44 News has learned that this was a 1st Cavalry Division “Apache” helicopter with two soldiers on b...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A driver hit a pillar after experiencing a medical emergency behind the wheel Thursday morning, according to a spokesperson for the city of Edinburg. At approximately 9:35 a.m., emergency responders with the city of Edinburg were dispatched to t...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The cause of a fire that destroyed a home in La Feria on Wednesday is being investigated by the Cameron County Fire Marshal's Office. Cameron County Fire Marshal Juan Martinez said that the house cannot be accessed at this time because it has be...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Crews are working to repair three water line breaks that have caused water disruptions across the city of Weslaco. The city alerted residents of two water breaks on Wednesday afternoon. A third water break was reported on Wednesday evening. Tem...
T he city of Weslaco alerted the public Wednesday, at around 2:30 p.m., that they were responding to two water line breaks as communications contractors perform work in various areas of the city. During the work, inadvertently, underground water lines were disrupted, causing some...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Now that schools across the Valley are back in session, many will want a refresher course on safety in school zones. That is why Officer Laura with the Edinburg Police Department stopped by our studios on Wednesday morning. Officer Laura stress...
BELL COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44) - UPDATE: Authorities are responding to a Fort Hood military chopper crash in Bell County. FOX 44 News has learned that this was a 1st Cavalry Division "Apache" helicopter with two soldiers on board. Both have been pronounced dead. The deceased service...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Harlingen and La Feria firefighters are battling a fire at a home Wednesday afternoon. According to Harlingen Assistant Fire Chief Ruben Balboa, the structure fire is located near Bass Boulevard and Glenn Way and is 50% contained. No injuries ha...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Brownsville Fire Department on Wednesday morning welcomed two new units into service during a push-in ceremony, a fire service tradition of formally welcoming new emergency response vehicles. Brownsvillle firefighters pushed in Fire Engine 3...
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Jury selection began Tuesday in the capital murder trial of Rogelio Martinez Jr., who is accused of fatally shooting San Benito Police Lt. Milton Resendez during a 2023 vehicle pursuit. The case is expected to draw a lengthy jury-selection pro...
B ROWNSVILLE — Jury selection began Tuesday morning in the death penalty trial of a 20-year-old Brownsville man accused of fatally gunning down a San Benito police officer following an hourslong chase across Cameron County. Rogelio Martinez, who was 18 at the time of the shooting...
A 40-year-old man and 20-year-old woman accused in a fatal rollover crash in Brownsville that killed a man following a vehicular pursuit with Border Patrol have been indicted on state charges. Fernando Alejandro Rivera Rojas and Cynthia Dominique Gonzalez were indicted June 24 on...
NEW YORK (AP) — CBS Sports president David Berson said Tuesday he does not have a timeline for a decision about Tony Romo's future. Romo, the network's lead NFL analyst, is on leave following his arrest last month in Wisconsin on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the i...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels fired pitching coach Mike Maddux and two of his assistants on Tuesday after interim general manager John Mozeliak determined the team wasn't making sufficient use of the technology and analytics available to its pitchers. Mozeliak als...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Edinburg Fire Department is inviting children across the Valley to close out their summer with a free end-of-summer celebration on Thursday. The event starts at 6 p.m. at the Promenade Park Amphitheater located at 201 W. McIntyre St. 'Sparky...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Palmview Police Department is hosting its annual National Night Out event on Thursday. The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the parking lot of the Palmview Parks & Recreation Gym located at 406 Veterans Boulevard. The event promis...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Approximately 1,000 customers are impacted by the emergency water reports, according to the Brownsville Public Utilities Board. On Tuesday afternoon, BPUB announced that residents near the El Lago area may experience a water service interruption...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man was taken into custody on Sunday following a disorderly conduct call, according to the Edcouch Police Department. Kevin Contreras Ochoa was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and tampering with/fabricating physical eviden...
By Stephen Simpson | The Texas Tribune A federal judge denied an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order sought by hemp businesses and consumers, allowing the Texas ban on THC products to continue until the case is resolved. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown of Galvest...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An arrest affidavit obtained by ValleyCentral reveals what led to an Edinburg pastor being arrested and charged with indecency with a child. Jorge Gonzalez Martinez, 49, of Iglesia Internacional Poder y Gloria was arrested July 27 without incide...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The City of Donna is advising its residents that crews will be conducting an emergency water leak repair on Tuesday morning. The repairs began at 9:30 a.m. and will affect the areas from the 100 to 200 Block of S. 3rd St., including the Donna IS...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Elsa Police Department said in an update that the missing 76-year-old man was found safe. According to the update, Lauro Trevino has been found and is doing well. "We want to thank our community and everyone who shared the original missing p...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Brownsville Fire Department Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause of a fire at the C&C Wings on Central Boulevard on Tuesday. At approximately 5:30 a.m., six fire department units, two command staff officers and one ambulance resp...
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Prosecutors dropped a drunken driving charge against a former police officer last week after he completed a “Drug & Alcohol Awareness Class.” The Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office dropped the case against Joseph James Granchelli, 37, of Ne...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Cameron County Sheriff's Office arrested a man Friday following the execution of a search warrant where investigators found THC vape pens, THC-infused gummies, marijuana and money inside a Brownsville home. Leonardo Villegas, 19, from Browns...
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy returned to the team Monday for his first training camp practice since his wife was shot at their Virginia home and the couple's 27-year-old son was arrested in the shooting. Bieniemy was greeted by a h...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A woman driver crashed into a restaurant as she attempted to park, according to the Mission Police Department. At approximately 2:48 p.m., authorities responded to a crash at a parking lot located at the 2300 block of East Expressway. According ...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said Saturday he is nearly fully recovered from the car crash that has limited him this summer and is ready to coach the team's first exhibition game on Thursday night. Shanahan has been working his way back to fu...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Edinburg man was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute meth and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas. On April 27, 4...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An autopsy report has been ordered after the body of a missing Edcouch woman was found overnight during a search operation, according to an update from the Edcouch Police Department. Adela Davila was last seen at approximately 3 p.m. on Friday a...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Brownsville Police Department is advising the public to watch out for scam calls. According to a public service announcement from Brownsville police, the department has been made aware of yet another surge of scam calls. Authorities say the ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Authorities discovered a woman had three holds over her license and her vehicle was uninsured at the time of a deadly Brownsville crash in June, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by ValleyCentral. Pamela Ruth Taylor, 31, has been charged...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke died in May from the effects of heroin and cocaine, authorities said Friday. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner said the 29-year-old basketball player's death was accidental. Clarke was found dead insi...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Authorities arrested a Brownsville woman accused of stealing thousands from her employer in a nearly year-long scheme. Yuliana Perez of Brownsville is facing charges after police say she stole $750,000 from Valley Cancer Associates in Harlingen,...
Yuliana Perez A Brownsville woman has been charged with stealing $750,000 from Valley Cancer Associates in Harlingen — her former employer. The Harlingen Police Department identified the suspect as Yuliana Perez and said she was arrested Tuesday. Authorities began the investigati...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Donna police officers found migrants inside a truck parked at Love's Travel Stop on Friday morning. According to Donna Police Chief Gilbert Guerrero, at approximately 9 a.m., authorities received a welfare check from a truck owner regarding one ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man accused of robbing a bank in Brownsville told police that "voices in his head had told him to do it", according to a criminal complaint obtained by ValleyCentral. Deion George James, 32, was charged with aggravated robbery, a first-degree ...
Frequent marijuana users are increasingly turning up in emergency rooms with a condition that causes severe bouts of nausea and vomiting, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....
IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER Teams across the Rio Grande Valley returned to the practice field this week for the official start of the 2026 football season, with sub-5A teams and 5A/6A squads that did not participate in spring ball holding their first workouts of the year. With W...
LONDON (AP) — England forward Ivan Toney has been charged with assault after an incident at a nightclub, police said Friday. Authorities said Toney was charged July 31 with assault “causing actual bodily harm.” The alleged incident took place in December at a nightclub in the Soh...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Mission Police Department is investigating a bomb threat hoax that was allegedly made against the Mission Regional Hospital on Thursday. Police responded to the bomb threat call at approximately 8:10 p.m. A spokesperson with the Mission Poli...
Hidalgo County Emergency Management Coordinator Rick Saldaña speaks about disaster preparation during a hurricane preparedness fair in Weslaco on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Dina Arévalo | darevalo@themonitor.com) H idalgo County Emergency Management Coordinator Ricardo Saldana ann...
Cesar Torres speaks following his swearing-in as police chief of the city of Mission on Monday, May 2, 2022. (Courtesy photo) T he city of Mission is asking the Texas Attorney General if it can withhold complaints and grievances filed against police Chief Cesar Torres because it ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man was charged after he allegedly assaulted a Golden Corral employee in the rear parking lot Wednesday night, according to the Brownsville Police Department. William Lleo, 44, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A criminal complaint obtained by ValleyCentral reveals what led to the arrest of a Rio Grande Valley attorney accused of theft. Karina Michelle Cerda, 36, was arrested on a charge of theft of property, a Class B misdemeanor, after a warrant was ...
U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, is asking the Department of Homeland Security to prioritize the processing of religious worker visa applications and renewals. The request, written in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, comes after the recent arrests of...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham walked into practice Wednesday with every intention of talking basketball and only basketball. She still couldn't completely avoid the latest off-court firestorm — her belief that trans women should not be competing in wom...
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Police in Scotland said they had received reports that “several” athletes were unaccounted for following the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Ugandan sporting news website NBS Sport said four members of the nation's boxing squad had reportedly gone missing ...
E DINBURG — The 38-year-old Alamo man accused of fatally gunning down a member of the McAllen Masonic lodge more than three years ago used a GoPro to film the shooting before posting that video to his Instagram. The testimony came from a McAllen police investigator Tuesday aftern...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The San Benito Police Department seized approximately seven pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop, according to a news release. Daniel Cruz Cardenas, a Mexican national, is charged with manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance PG1, a fir...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Months after an immigration officer was arrested in Harlingen on charges relating to a Minneapolis shooting, a county attorney is asking the Texas governor to extradite the man to face court proceedings in Minnesota. In a letter dated July 30, H...
By SETH BORENSTEIN | AP Science Writer W ildfires are burning in North America and Europe. Deadly heat waves have parked over cities and the world’s oceans are the hottest ever recorded for this time of year. A strengthening El Nino is forecast to be off-the-charts, spiking globa...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Donna Utilities Department will conduct an emergency water leak repair Tuesday afternoon. Beginning at 1 p.m., water service will be temporarily interrupted on the 400 to 500 blocks of South 7th Street and South 8th Street as crews complete ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral)-- As the summer is winding down, three of the biggest cities in the upper Valley are holding their Police Departments National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug 4th. A National Night Out is an annual community-building event campaign that promotes police-...
San Benito police Lt. Milton Resendez B ROWNSVILLE — Prosecutors and defense attorneys are working out the final details as the 404th state District Court prepares to hold jury selection in the death penalty trial of 20-year-old Brownsville resident Rogelio Martinez. Martinez, wh...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Brownsville police say a man who robbed a bank on Boca Chica Boulevard Monday afternoon has confessed to the crime. Police say Dion George James, 32, confessed to the bank robbery while he was questioned by investigators. His formal arraignment ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Public Safety will close a portion of the westbound expressway for about an hour on Tuesday morning for a crash investigation, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. Texas DPS investigators plan to close the...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A warehouse fire broke out in rural Cameron County over the weekend, according to the Los Fresnos Fire Department. Fire officials say a large amount of charcoal was stored in the warehouse. Photos taken by the Los Fresnos Fire Department show a ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A young couple said "I do" at South Texas Health System in McAllen after a medical emergency put their wedding plans on hold. Just days before the couple's big day, 40-year-old Gabriel Garcia of San Benito rushed his fiancée, 34-year-old Adriana...
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