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 ahead to the upcoming...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A 67-year-old Alamo man convicted of sexually abusing three children under the age of 14 will spend 50 years in prison. A Hidalgo County jury found Florentino Garcia Lerma guilty of two counts of continuous sexual abuse of a young child, two cou...
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By Gabby Birenbaum | The Texas Tribune E DINBURG — In years past, the march toward Election Day brought discord to Carlos Cancino’s home in Edinburg. “My wife and I used to get into big old arguments during the elections, because she doesn’t like Trump,” Cancino said. “And I was ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — McAllen police are searching for a man accused of stealing a vehicle and burglarizing three others. Carlos Alberto Moran, 27, whose last known address is in McAllen, is wanted on charges of auto theft and three counts of burglary of a vehicle. M...
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San Benito police Lt. Milton Resendez B ROWNSVILLE — Both the state and defense rested Thursday following testimony from the wife of a San Benito police officer who was killed after being shot by a 21-year-old man during a high speed car chase three years ago. Lt. Milton Resendez...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton visited Brownsville on Thursday as part of his statewide "Come and Take It" bus tour. Paxton made a stop at Palenque Grill, located at 2600 Frontage Rd, in Brownsville. Paxton's second stop will be at the Cit...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Closing arguments began Thursday in the sentencing phase for Rogelio Martinez, the man convicted in the 2023 killing of San Benito Police Lt. Milton Resendez. The defense rested its case Thursday morning. The prosecution called rebuttal witnesse...
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JJ Watt thought the call he was getting from David Berson on Monday was about potentially breaking Jim Nantz's hand while doing a demonstration during the Buffalo Bills-Las Vegas Raiders game. Not only did Nantz turn out to be fine, although a bit sore, but the Chairman of CBS' a...
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'You Can See Everything' Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim Staring Nathan Fielder, Elizabeth Holmes, Billy Evans ★★★★1/2 HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) - There's an inherent irony in the title of Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's mind-shattering new documentary:...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — On today's episode of Valley Storm Team, forecaster Craig Verley and Meteorologist Lexie Walker sat and talked about the drier and sunnier weather anticipated this weekend, with the pleasant conditions as highs look to stay around average for en...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Ron Duguay, who played nearly 1,000 games in the NHL from the late 1970s through the ’80s, has died of cancer. He was 69. A spokesperson for the New York Rangers said Thursday that Duguay's family informed the team of his death. Duguay played his first six seasons...
