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By Alex Nguyen | The Texas Tribune Christian Castro G ov. Greg Abbott has asked a federal judge to reject Minnesota’s effort to force the extradition of an immigration officer arrested in Texas, saying he has “serious concerns” whether the officer is actually a fugitive from just...
A custodial death report reveals that Mission police were called to a home in the 1600 block of Oblate Avenue over mental health issues prior to a fatal shooting. That document says that the man who was shot and killed — 39-year-old Juan Adolfo Osornio — “placed one arm around th...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A mother and her two daughters were taken into custody after a police officer was assaulted in a Walmart parking lot during a traffic stop, according to a Harlingen Police Department news release. Lily R. Mata was charged with driving while lice...
Esai Longoria A 37-year-old man is hospitalized, but in custody, for the fatal stabbing of a 58-year-old woman in McAllen on Saturday night. In a news release, police said officers were called at 10:28 p.m. to a residence in the 1500 block of Redwood Avenue by a person who called...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man is facing a murder charge after he allegedly stabbed a woman on Saturday night, according to the McAllen Police Department. Esai Longoria, 37, of McAllen, is facing charges of murder, resisiting arrest/search/transportation, assault on a p...
San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York was arrested over the weekend in Ohio and pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and possessing criminal tools. York was arrested Sunday in East Palestine, Ohio, and was released after posting a $5,000 bond. He was sente...
BROWNSVILLE — Los Fresnos is on fire to start the season. After winning McAllen’s Poundfest, the Falcons won the Brownsville ISD tournament for the third-straight season on Saturday by defeating Brownsville Veterans in two sets. The Chargers had the Falcons on the ropes a couple ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Brownsville firefighters spent part of their week saving a cow that was stuck neck-deep in mud at the bottom of a ditch. According to a news release from the Brownsville Fire Department, earlier this week fire crews responded to a call about a f...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson fired back at his detractors, calling the booing he heard from some Cleveland fans during Saturday's home preseason loss against Buffalo “disrespectful” and "personal." Watson, who has a complicated relationship with Cleveland fa...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Buffalo Bills are giving defensive tackle Ed Oliver support and space following the accidental death of his 2-year-old son. Oliver has been grieving throughout training camp and many of his teammates only learned of the tragic accident on Friday. Following Sa...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In 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. A man accused of killing another man in a head-on motorcy...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — One person was taken to the hospital for "heat-related concerns," following a building fire in Weslaco. According to city officials, the Weslaco Fire Department responded to a fire at 1212 South Bridge on Saturday. Fire crews successfully stoppe...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Rio Grande City Fire Department is on the scene of a house fire Saturday afternoon. According to a social media post from the RGC Fire Department, crews responded to a house fire in the South Midway Road area in Rio Grande City. The La Rosit...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The City of Mercedes has appointed Fire Chief Javier Campos Jr. as Interim City Manager. The appointment follows the resignation of manager Alberto Perez, who stepped down on Aug. 14. According to the city of Mercedes, Campos has built his caree...
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens said Friday they are aware of Rashod Bateman's arrest in June in Georgia over a domestic violence incident and have been in contact with their receiver. The Ravens have informed the NFL, and league spokesman Brian McCarthy says the case is un...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — South Texas Health System honored three Edinburg Police Officers with its Hometown Heroes Awards, following their life-saving actions. On March 24, 2026, Edinburg officers responded to a call involving an unconscious two-year-old child who was p...
MANNHEIM, Germany (AP) — A German Cup match between Waldhof Mannheim and Kaiserslautern was halted for about half an hour on Friday as fans threw fireworks and other objects and invaded the pitch. The match was tied at 0-0 and heading into extra time when fans at both ends of the...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The San Juan Police Department is investigating a multi-vehicle crash that occurred on the expressway Friday afternoon, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. The crash occurred near the westbound Raul Longoria Road exit. At least ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — La Grulla city officials announced Friday that the city has activated Stage 5 emergency water conservation measures and are asking residents to discontinue nonessential water use until further notice. According to the mayor's emergency order iss...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Lamar Elementary was evacuated after a fire alarm was activated Friday morning, according to a spokesperson for the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District. No injuries were reported and regular operations have returned to normal. Acc...
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — World champion runner Jenny Simpson revealed it was a rare heart condition that threw her into cardiac arrest at a race in June and that she will not return to running. In an Instagram post Thursday, the 39-year-old Simpson said she was diagnosed with Arrhyt...
STARBASE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Starbase Police Department is preparing for launch. Starbase began soliciting applications for two police sergeants and six officers in August. They will report to police Chief Glenn Bennett, who accepted the job in June. “I’m confident we’ll...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The husband of a former employee accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a Harlingen cancer treatment center turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday, according to the Harlingen Police Department. Police say a bank account belonging to ...
T wo additional people have been arrested in connection to the Chinese national who defrauded a woman in the Rio Grande Valley. Yuchen Wang and Xi Zhou, who are residents of Los Angeles, are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud after Kang Ye was arrested at the Falfurrias...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Brownsville Police Department is issuing an alert after seeing an increase in Jeep thefts. The department says thefts are increasing for newer-model Jeep Gladiators and Jeep Wranglers. Police advise Jeep owners to take extra precautions, suc...
T he Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash that happened early Thursday morning north of Elsa. In a news release, DPS said the crash happened at approximately 4:57 a.m. on Farm-to-Market Road 88 south of Mile 20 north of Elsa. “A preliminary...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The tractor-trailer driver involved in an Alamo expressway crash in June has been cleared of charges after a Hidalgo County grand jury declined to indict him, according to District Attorney Toribio "Terry" Palacios. There wasn't enough evidence ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Public Safety is searching for a driver accused of being involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash that occurred early Thursday morning north of Elsa. The crash occurred at approximately 4:57 a.m. on FM 88, south of Mile 20 ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A federal judge in Brownsville on Wednesday ordered an in-person hearing next week to consider Minnesota's request for a temporary restraining order seeking the extradition of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent arrested in Harlingen. U...
HAMPTON, Tenn. (AP) — Two members of a university cycling team were killed and seven others were injured Wednesday when a car collided with a group of riders in northeastern Tennessee, state officials said. Milligan University, a private Christian school with just over 1,200 stud...
T he Brownsville Independent School District confirmed that officials at Aiken Elementary School, 6290 Southmost Blvd., had located a weapon on school grounds on Wednesday. The BISD Police and Security Department responded immediately, located and secured the weapon, and the situ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A broad stretch of high pressure continues to dominate Texas, keeping our pattern locked into hot, dry, triple‑digit days. Throughout the rest of the week, this setup holds firm, meaning little to no rain and temperatures staying well above aver...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The City of Brownsville is searching for a new chief of police. The search comes months after Brownsville police Chief Felix Sauceda was promoted to co-deputy city manager as part of a new organizational structure. According to the city, Sauceda...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A parent was charged after a firearm was recovered on Wednesday from Aiken Elementary School in Brownsville. The Brownsville Independent School District said the parent was charged with one count of making a firearm accessible to a child and aba...
Felix Sauceda T he city of Brownsville is looking for a new top cop as its current chief transitions into focusing full-time as one of the city’s two deputy city managers. Brownsville Mayor John Cowen Jr. confirmed via a text message that Chief Felix Sauceda remains in charge of ...
Editor's note: The video above is from the date of the incident. HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Mission Police Department released a statement Wednesday morning regarding a deadly officer-involved shooting that happened over the weekend. According to a city spokesperson, ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A pre-trial hearing was held on Tuesday for a Donna father accused of killing his 3-year-old daughter. Jose Manuel Uresti was arrested in November 2024 and has been charged with murder, two counts of injury to a child, and aggravated assault of ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Border Patrol agent who hit a Mexican man with a vehicle during an immigration operation in 2025 has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Border Patrol Agent Raymundo Ramos Jr., 41, was arrested on the second-degree felon...
H ARLINGEN — City commissioners are proposing a general fund budget of about $71.7 million, covering $69.6 million in expenditures, with about $3 million going to fund a three-year police officers’ union collective bargaining agreement. Based on the city’s next property tax rate,...
STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A Georgia man burglarized former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle's home after learning Biffle and his family died in a plane crash, a North Carolina sheriff said Tuesday. Terrell Williams, 44, has been charged with second-degree burglary, safe cracking, money l...
T he Texas Department of Public Safety said Tuesday that a third person has died following a head-on crash near Palmview on Friday evening. The crash occurred at around 9:26 p.m. on Texan Road south of Freedom Avenue north of Palmview, DPS authorities said in a news release. Auth...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A judge on Tuesday denied a bond reduction for a man accused in a fatal motorcycle crash. Apolonio Perez's bond will remain at $3.25 million. Perez's lawyers argued during a court hearing in the 332nd District Court Tuesday morning that Perez is...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A third person is dead following a head-on crash in Palmview over the weekend, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Efren Garcia Saldivar, 22, of Mission died from his injuries on Monday, according to DPS. At approximately 9:26 p....
ZURICH (AP) — FIFA's chief operating officer, Kevin Lamour, has reportedly left his role at soccer's governing body just weeks after saying its president, Gianni Infantino, had deceived staff with his World Cup sell-off plan. Lamour, who is based in Zurich, all but invited Infant...
MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The family of a San Juan man killed in a motorcycle crash is asking a judge to keep the man accused in the deadly collision behind bars. John Andrew Alonso, known to friends as “Zuki,” was killed in a head-on motorcycle crash in Mission on May 3. ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Jury selection is still underway in the capital murder trial for Rogelio Martinez Jr., who is accused of fatally shooting San Benito Police Lt. Milton Resendez during a 2023 vehicle pursuit. According to a district clerk, the court is still cond...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Combes Police Department is recognizing one of its officers who is being credited with saving the life of a 2-year-old child during a call for service. On Friday, Officer B. Echavarria responded to a call regarding an unresponsive child. Whe...
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER | Associated Press W ASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department finalized a rule Monday that will pave the way for people who’ve been barred from owning firearms because of criminal convictions to apply to have their gun rights reinstated. The process launche...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A grass fire that broke out Saturday night at South Padre Island near the Margaritaville Beach Resort was caused by sky lanterns, according to South Padre Island Fire Chief Jim Pigg. Witnesses at the scene told officials that sky lanterns with c...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Transportation issued a traffic alert as FM 2556 between US Bus. 83 and I-2 in La Feria is expected to close Tuesday through Friday. Crews will be working on emergency repairs to railroad tracks, TxDOT said. Drivers are b...
A spokesperson for the Mission Police Department said officers shot and killed a man who was “armed with a knife” early Sunday morning. According to a news release, the shooting occurred at about 12:04 a.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of Oblate Avenue after officers responded to a c...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Five people, including three children, were taken to a hospital following a two-vehicle collision, according to city of Rio Hondo officials. At approximately 5:26pm on Saturday, the Rio Hondo Volunteer Fire Department responded to a crash in the...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Police have made one arrest after a security incident caused transportation delays for fans and athletes leaving Alexander Stadium following Saturday night’s session at the European track-and-field championships in Birmingham. Medal ceremonies were post...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a deadly two-vehicle crash that took place Friday night. At approximately 9:26 p.m., DPS troopers responded to a fatal two-vehicle crash on Texan Road south of Freedom Avenue north of Palmvi...
T wo people were killed and as many hospitalized following a head-on collision near Palmview on Friday evening, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The crash occurred at around 9:26 p.m. on Texan Road south of Freedom Avenue north of Palmview, DPS authorities said...
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge sided with Madison Square Garden in its lengthy legal battle with Charles Oakley on Friday, saying that the former New York Knicks All-Star had not proven he was assaulted when he was removed from a game he attended in 2017. Oakley was handcuffed and arres...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A teen wanted in connection with a 2023 murder case was arrested on Thursday, according to the Brownsville Police Department and the Cameron County District Attorney's Office. According to the Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz, in F...
