Christian Castro A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent made his first appearance in court Thursday after he was booked in the Hennepin County Jail the day prior. Christian Castro was working with ICE when he was accused of shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, a Venezuelan man, in Mi...
parks
I ndian cuisine has officially arrived in Brownsville. Thank Leo and Latha Titus, who opened Leo’s Grill in Port Isabel less than two years ago to rave reviews and just recently launched a takeout location next to 7th & Park coffee/bike shop at 1554 E. Seventh St. in Brownsville,...
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H ARLINGEN — The city’s property tax rate won’t be going up this year. Amid some residents’ opposition to a proposed half-cent tax hike , commissioners voted 4-1 to keep the tax rate at 0.5260 per $100 valuation, two weeks after the board proposed the first tax rate increase in s...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral is partnering with school districts across the Rio Grande Valley to bring live high school football games to our viewers at the click of a button. ValleyCentral is the only news station in the region to bring you live broadcasts fr...
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T wo people were arrested Wednesday morning after attempting to smuggle nearly 92 pounds of cocaine through the Valley International Airport in Harlingen. Tamya Jones and Shmair Williams were attempting to board a flight from Harlingen to Houston when the baggage inspection revea...
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ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin said Thursday that he is all “for peace and love" after the Russian hockey star appeared in an ad for a party aligned with Vladimir Putin during the offseason. The video for the United Russia party came to light this week, days before Ovechkin'...
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ReconMR/Siena finds Gina Hinojosa up 4 points on the three-term governor while James Talarico leads Ken Paxton by 6.
schools
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Rio Hondo community gathered Wednesday evening to celebrate the newly renovated Bobcat Stadium. The Rio Hondo Independent School District broke ground on the $6 million sports complex renovation in June. "It's truly a blessing just to see th...
parks
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Harlingen Parks and Recreation Department is applying for a grant to improve the city's soccer complex — and it needs input from area residents. Harlingen Parks Director Juan Mendiola is asking the community to complete the survey with sugge...
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What happened in Milan did not stay in Milan. It may have changed the course of NHL history. Since the U.S. won gold at the Olympics in February, three members of that team asked for a trade and another was the subject of serious trade talk that did not materialize. Brady Tkachuk...
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McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A high-ranking member of the Gulf Cartel who provided drug smugglers with more than 13,000 pounds of marijuana is headed to federal prison. Cleofas Alberto Martinez Gutierrez reported to Samuel “Metro 3” Flores Borrego, the plaza boss in Reynosa. ...
safety
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal immigration officer charged with shooting and wounding a Venezuelan man in January and lying about the circumstances to investigators made a brief initial appearance Thursday before a Minnesota judge after state authorities arrested him ahead of a sep...
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Investigators looking into conduct within Bill Belichick's North Carolina football program examined a range of allegations tied to potential drug use, inappropriate relationships and NCAA rule violations. They talked to the six-time Super Bowl-winning coa...
