HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A woman was charged in connection with a deadly Brownsville crash that happened in June. Pamela Ruth Taylor was charged with driving with an invalid license without motor vehicle financial responsibility, causing serious bodily injury/death, acc...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Caitlin Clark had 26 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for her fourth career triple-double, and the Indiana Fever won their their fifth straight with a 112-98 victory over the Portland Fire on Friday night. Kelsey Mitchell also had 26 points for the Fever (...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants are suspending payment to injured outfielder Harrison Bader after he aggravated his injured left foot during a scooter accident last weekend. Bader has been out since late May dealing with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. The team said...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man is facing drug possession charges after police found cocaine, marijuana and Sildenafil inside his vehicle during a traffic stop on Thursday, according to a news release from the San Benito Police Department. Edward N. Hernandez of Harlinge...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — As if two-way player Travis Hunter doesn't already have enough on his plate. The week before the Jacksonville Jaguars opened training camp, Hunter was photographed wearing a police vest posing with Sheriff T.K. Waters and members of the Jacksonville Fire...
Romo, 46, was arrested last week on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence.
B order Patrol agents arrested a Mexican citizen illegally present in the United States after he admitted to smuggling people for about three months and harboring 22 people in a house in Edinburg. Misael Dominguez-Penagos, who was born in 1985, was charged with conspiracy to tran...
Paola Monserrat Reyes T he 27-year-old McAllen woman who hit and killed a man in Alamo earlier this year has been indicted on a charge of intoxicated manslaughter. Paola Monserrat Reyes was indicted on June 30 for the death of 20-year-old Elian Ramses Ramirez. She is scheduled to...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Mission Fire Department responded to a house fire in south Mission on Thursday afternoon. Crews were dispatched to the fire at approximately 5:30 p.m. near Solera Street. According to a spokesperson for the city of Mission, no one was insid...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Alton Police Department issued an alert on Tuesday about a phone scam targeting senior citizens. Police say scammers will call from a blocked or private number, claim a loved one has been kidnapped and demand money in exchange for their rele...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Deputies and the Criminal Investigation Division are investigating a shooting at an apartment, the Willacy County Sheriff's Office said Thursday. At 9:30 a.m., WCSO dispatch was informed by the Kingsville Police Department that a "male subject" ...
Summer heat is expected to hit a large swath of the country this weekend, prompting an emergency alert.
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An early morning fire that heavily damaged six vehicles at a Brownsville used car lot is under investigation, Brownsville Fire Marshal Joey Garcia said Thursday morning. Garcia said the fire occurred at Top Choice Used Cars located on the 300 bl...
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Two court appearances scheduled for the 27-year-old son of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy in connection with the shooting of his mother at their Virginia home have been delayed pending a mental health evaluation. Elijah Bieniemy was ...
Jorge Gonzalez Martinez A 49-year-old McAllen pastor was arrested by Edinburg police for multiple counts of indecency with a child. Jorge Gonzalez Martinez was arrested Monday on four counts of indecency with a child, according to a press release from the city of Edinburg. Invest...
A fter McAllen firefighters pulled Bella the beagle out of a burning building earlier this week, her owners can officially say the pup has been rescued twice now. On Monday, the McAllen Fire Department responded to a structure fire in a neighborhood near Memorial High School, whe...
Investigators are working to identify victims from across the country after a Texas man was arrested for child sex crimes.
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — New details surfaced Tuesday about the arrest of a couple accused of running an illegal ropa usada business in Pharr. Fernando Mireles, 32, of San Juan and his wife, Yarely Sanchez Carbajal, sold used clothing — known in Spanish as ropa usada — fr...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Police arrested a wanted registered sex offender who failed to comply with sex offender registration requirements, according to a news release from the Harlingen Police Department. An arrest warrant was issued for Lino C. Oliva after he allegedl...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos on Wednesday hit the field for the first time this summer after welcoming back a player and a coach who've had run-ins with the law. Linebacker Jonathon Cooper, who faces an Aug. 31 arraignment on several domestic violence charges follow...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The city of Combes is asking drivers to avoid the southbound expressway in Combes as crews work to clear the scene after an 18-wheeler carrying cement bags caught fire on Wednesday. Combes city officials are asking residents from the following a...
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A local pastor has been charged with indecency with a child, according to the Edinburg Police Department. Police say Jorge Gonzalez Martinez, 49, was arrested Monday without incident following a police report that was filed earlier this month. Ac...
T hree United States citizens were arrested Sunday after Border Patrol agents discovered 26 people illegally present in the country being smuggled further north in a trailer at the Javier Vega Jr. checkpoint near Sarita. Mario Armijo, Jose Pena Jr. and Victoria Garza were all cha...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Rio Grande City is inviting the community to its Memorial Stair Climb event in honor of the first responders who sacrificed their lives on 9/11. The climb is designed to represent the same number of steps that firefighters and other first respon...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan took the blame for the car crash that left him with a concussion and other injuries, saying he took his eyes off the road to reach for his fallen cell phone before hitting another vehicle. Shanahan crashed into a ...
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...
A Catholic nun from Nigeria who had been arrested and briefly detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in June while walking to church in McAllen, met with ICE on Tuesday and was allowed to remain free....
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...
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Federal agents raided a ropa usada warehouse, arrested the owner and detained two workers on Friday. Agents charged the owner — Fernando Mireles, 32, of Pharr — with smuggling, laundering money and hiring people who lacked permission to work in th...
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...
Two married pastors who were here in the U.S. on religious visas were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the McAllen airport last week as they were trying to fly to a Billy Graham marriage conference....
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...
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...
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...
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...
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The son of Chiefs assistant coach Eric Bieniemy has been arrested and charged with the shooting of his mother, Mia Bieniemy, the wife of the Kansas City offensive coordinator, authorities in Virginia said Monday. The Loudon County Sheriff's Office said depu...
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...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Coach Kyle Shanahan walked onto the practice field and stood next to general manager John Lynch, watching his San Francisco 49ers practice for about 30 minutes. Shanahan's presence that has been a constant the past decade was a welcome sight on Sunday f...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan suffered a concussion and other injuries in a car crash earlier this month that will limit his participation at the start of training camp, the team announced Saturday, when camp opened. The two-car accident happe...
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...
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — This week, DHR Health and the Valley Athletic Trainers Association teamed up for the 4th annual Texas Emergency Athletic Management Seminar. The training was sponsored by DHR Health at no cost to participants in an effort to increase student safe...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — CBS NFL analyst and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has been arrested on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence. According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office’s arrest report, Romo performed poorly on field sobriety tests afte...
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...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A woman is facing charges of driving while intoxicated after crashing her vehicle into a Mission EZ Cuts building, according to an update from the Mission Police Department. At approximately 11:34 a.m. on Friday, Mission police and the Mission F...
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...
Former Dallas Cowboys star Tony Romo was arrested Thursday night in Milwaukee for allegedly driving while intoxicated.
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...
Texas crime rate continues to drop, with McAllen seeing its lowest levels in decades Herald-Banner
SYDNEY (AP) — Cristian Volpato, who represented Australia at the World Cup, has allegedly tested positive for cocaine and also for speeding, New South Wales state police said Friday. They said the the 22-year-old Volpato, who switched allegiances from Italy to Australia before th...
CHICAGO (AP) — Brianna Turner said on social media that her former team, the Indiana Fever, fired a male employee last season for sexual harassment. Turner, who was with Indiana last season but now plays for the Las Vegas Aces, also said Fever players were encouraged not to discu...
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man who hit a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the head with a Yeti cup pleaded guilty Thursday. Reynaldo Cisneros, a 47-year-old truck driver, was building a house in Donna when ICE showed up and began arresting the construct...
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) — 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...
Six academy cadets officially join ranks of McAllen Fire Department dailydispatch.com
Texas reports biggest drop in crime rate in five years The Texas Tribune
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 ...
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...
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Cardinals offensive lineman Isaiah Adams was arrested in Canada recently on four weapons charges. Adams, 25, was charged with possession of a firearm obtained in a crime, possession of a restricted/prohibited firearm, no license while in possession of ...
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...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Georgia running back Dante Dowdell was injured in a recent off-campus accident, and Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart told reporters Tuesday at SEC media days that he will be indefinitely sidelined. Smart didn’t offer specifics. ESPN reported that Dowdell was involved...
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