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UTRGV and the Harlingen school district announced a new campaign called “Living Longer by Design” to prevent diabetes in young people on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (Courtesy of Harlingen CISD) HARLINGEN — We’re a fast-food nation. We love our Whataburgers, our Big Macs, and our peppe...
EDWARD SEVERN | STAFF WRITER EDITOR’S NOTE: This story continues our position-by-position look at the top returning high school football players in the Rio Grande Valley. Follow the series in the coming weeks as we count down to the release of our annual Top 30 players list in Au...
Texas A&M University-Kingsville is starting a College of Nursing and Health Professions in an effort to help address the healthcare needs in the area including expanding services in South Texas. Denise Neill, inaugural director of nursing, who will serve as the executive director...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A former Donna Independent School District employee took office as the new president of the Texas State Teachers Association on Wednesday. According to TSTA, Linda Estrada was born in Weslaco and grew up in Donna, where she went on to have a 3...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Dozens of law enforcement officers, many wearing full riot gear, gathered at Hanna Early College High School Tuesday morning as the Brownsville Independent School District partnered with multiple agencies for a full-scale active attack training ...
McALLEN — After two days of trial, federal prosecutors and defense attorneys have rested in the trial of a Mission businesswoman accused of bribery over an energy company’s contract with the Mission school district. Opening arguments began Monday in the long-awaited trial of Vero...
On the sandy shores of South Padre Island, a pair of talented East Texan high school sweethearts have found a home abundant in hope, resilience, community and music, but life-altering health struggles have impacted their livelihoods. However, hope is on the Laguna Madre horizon. ...
With abortion laws in Texas causing confusion among patients and physicians, the Asking for a Mom campaign, a nonpartisan public education campaign, is hoping to provide clarity for pregnant women and their rights during pregnancy emergencies. For Dr. Todd Ivey, an OBGYN practici...
IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER EDITOR’S NOTE: This story begins our position-by-position look at the top returning high school football players in the Rio Grande Valley. Follow the series in the coming weeks as we count down to the release of our annual Top 30 players list in Augus...
McALLEN — Opening arguments began Monday afternoon in the federal trial of a Mission businesswoman accused of bribery and attempting to intimidate a witness in a corruption probe involving the Mission school district. Veronica Inez O’Caña has pleaded not guilty to money launderin...
Weslaco native Alex Solis was drafted in the 14th round of the Major League Baseball draft, 418th overall, by the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. The right-handed pitcher played collegiately at the University of Houston for three seasons after a standout high school career at Wes...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The next generation of law enforcement officers were welcomed on Monday at the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office's inaugural teen academy. Approximately 25 students across the Rio Grande Valley were selected from a pool of 50 applicants to get a l...
It’s been four years since the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was signed into law. My Senate colleagues and I carefully crafted this legislation in response to the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, where 19 children and two teachers died on May 24, 2022. I am proud of the work ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — IDEA Public Schools in the Rio Grande Valley is hosting six free back-to-school backpack giveaways throughout July and August across its Valley campuses. According to a news release from IDEA Public Schools, the statewide initiative is designed ...
HARLINGEN — Diana Padilla is breathing a sigh of relief … sort of. Padilla, executive director of the nonprofit Holistic Organic Practical Education, or HOPE, is breathing a sigh of relief because she may soon receive the $7.5 million grant which the U.S. Department of Agricultur...
(TestMiles) - Toyota’s pickup strategy just made a sharp turn back toward Texas. The automaker has approved a $3.6 billion expansion at its San Antonio manufacturing campus, a move designed to bring Tacoma production back to U.S. soil after years of relying on Mexico for the mids...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District is partnering with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in an effort to fight against diabetes in the region. The 'Live Longer by Design' initiative is a collaboration between both ins...
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an effort to revive the Texas Dream Act, leaving in place a ruling that ended in-state tuition for undocumented students at Texas public colleges and universities....
The NCAA wants to know what the University of Cincinnati knew about former quarterback Brendan Sorsby and his gambling issues during his two seasons with the program. According to reports by multiple media outlets, the NCAA has sent an official letter of inquiry to the school reg...
Grammy Award-winning Tejano music star and Democratic congressional candidate Bobby Pulido is responding to reports about a 2018 school benefit concert he performed at with a former bandmate who is a registered sex offender. The performance in question occurred on May 24, 2018 at...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Five cities in the Rio Grande Valley ranked as the least educated in America via a WalletHub report. Out of 150 large metropolitan areas, Brownsville and Harlingen ranked 148 for educational attainment and received a 14.81 score. McAllen, Edinbu...
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Rio Grande Valley is home to a massive pet population - a fact that Yaqui Animal Rescue knows all too well. “We actually did a study at Donna North High School, where we asked 300 students how many pets they had in their homes," said Alyssa Ce...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The legendary heavy-metal band Metallica is helping students at South Texas College build their careers through its nationally recognized scholarship initiative. South Texas College is one of 18 schools selected from across the country to receiv...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley received a generous donation of cereal boxes on Tuesday from the Valley Baptist School of Vocational Nursing. The donation is part of the Valley Baptist's annual Healthy Over Hungry Cereal Drive to help loc...
The Supreme Court ruled states can bar transgender girls from competing on girls’ and women’s school sports teams, upholding bans in Idaho and West Virginia on Tuesday in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines that is set to impact similar laws passed in more than half the countr...
HARLINGEN — Everybody’s talking about it. And there’s a lot to talk about. They’re talking about Lauren Elliot taking home three championships from the 2026 National Speech and Debate Tournament in Richmond. They’re talking about Jocely Coto and her partner Alisha Dorado from Har...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The South Texas Independent School District Science Academy Dragons are now national champions after competing at the 2026 Esports Series Championship in Orlando, Florida. The games were held June 25 through the 28 at Full Sail University and br...
Degrading education For 30 years, Texas has let high‑stakes testing distort our public schools. Now Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Education Agency (governor‑appointed leadership) are using that same flawed system to justify state takeovers that erase local control. One campus wi...
After another school year, superintendents across Texas are not just packing up classrooms; we are staring down spreadsheets, trying to piece together next year’s budgets. It is a grueling annual puzzle, but lately, the pieces provided by Austin simply do not fit. As we look ahea...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — With school out and summer underway, the city of Brownsville is reminding homeowners that renting out their private pools is prohibited. Renting out private residential pools to third parties for events violates the city's Unified Development Co...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial Early College High School pianist recently performed at the Teatro Colón in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Francisco Rocafuerte, a distinguished Mexican artist who resides in McAllen, told ValleyCentral he h...
Serena Williams keeps on commenting half-jokingly about how “it’s summer” and “the kids aren’t in school” as the reasoning for her tennis comeback at age 44. Turns out family might really be the biggest factor behind Williams’ decision to return to the pro game after nearly four ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An affidavit obtained by ValleyCentral reveals why a former Edinburg High School coach is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. Christian Roxburgh, 38, of Edinburg, was charged with having an inappropriate relationship ...
Rivera Early College High School’s National History Day team is back in Brownsville after winning the group performance national championship last week in College Park Maryland. Team members Damian Ledesma, a 2026 Rivera graduate, and rising juniors Karol Arriaga, Isabella Castan...
Less than 24 hours after the NCAA Division I Cabinet approved a monumental change in eligibility rules, a group of 15 college basketball players filed a lawsuit in an Ohio state court claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition. The NCAA will n...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Texas Southmost College representative Sophie Vega stopped by our NBC 23 studio to spread the word about two free, family-friendly events coming up on the Brownsville campus. Kicking off their summer events is Movie on the Lawn. Join the commun...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District, in partnership with the University of Texas San Antonio, is launching a new Film Studies Academy that will allow high school students to earn up to 18 college credit hours towards UTSA's Unde...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The United Way of Northern Cameron County, alongside Texas State Technical College and Matt's Building Supplies, held its annual Build-A-Bed event. The event helped provide more than 120 wooden bed frames to students in need across the Willacy a...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Alexa Nichols, a former ophthalmic technician and rising third year medical student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, knows firsthand how much information the eyes can hold. Nichols is part of a group of students at UTRGV's School of...
Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District (HCISD) culinary arts program students at Gutierrez Middle School cook smash burgers Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Miguel Roberts | The Brownsville Herald) HARLINGEN — The gloved hands sliced through tomatoes and gathered chopped le...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer WESLACO — The top high school baseball seniors from across the Rio Grande Valley took the diamond one last time at the Baseball Coaches Association of the Rio Grande Valley (BCARGV) 5A-6A All-Star Game on Thursday at Weslaco High School. The all-star ga...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Raymondville Independent School District Health Clinic is set to close its doors in July. The decision to close the clinic was announced on Monday in a social media post. "As a health clinic, you need to have a certain amount of patients to...
