H idalgo County voters decided on 32 different school district board member positions with 20 new people, or 62.5%, elected to those seats. Out of the 32 races, incumbents ran for reelection in 23 of them with 11 resulting in a loss and 12 reclaiming their positions, according to unofficial elect...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A former Donna High School teacher was arrested Wednesday on a child lewd visual material charge, according to Donna police Chief Gilbert Guerrero. Police said Eddie Lorenzo Garcia, 40, resigned from his teacher position on Tuesday before turnin...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo's glorious Portugal career ultimately ended in acrimony. What a contrast to his great rival Lionel Messi, who also retired from international soccer this year, but only after leading Argentina to back-to-back World Cup finals. As has b...
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — LIV Golf is shuttering after five years that fractured the sport's landscape, announcing Thursday in bankruptcy court it plans to wind down operations instead of launching a new version because it didn't have enough support. “The debtors are not currently pro...
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This screenshot taken from a criminal complaint shows the broken window of a Border Patrol van that Roberto Arnoldo Sanchez-Hernandez is accused of breaking in an escape attempt on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026 in Starr County. (MyRGV.com screenshot) A Guatemalan man was charged with ...
government
Fred Perez S AN BENITO — The school board here is giving Superintendent Fred Perez “good” marks on his job performance while planning to boost student test scores and enrollment as he enters his third year in office, board President Orlando Lopez said Wednesday. After giving Pere...
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Angel L. Figueroa Jr. T he city of Brownsville has hired a new police chief, Angel L. Figueroa Jr., formerly of the New York City Police Department. He officially starts work in Brownsville on Dec. 14, and will succeed former chief Felix Sauceda, who transitioned out of the role ...
government
Coming off a historic win in the Texas midterm election, Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa will hold her first press conference on Thursday afternoon.
government
Bill Belichick again is among five coaching candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Tom Coughlin, Mike Holmgren, Dan Reeves and Mike Shanahan join Belichick in the Coach category for possible election into the Hall’s Class of 2027. The list was announced Thursday by the Can...
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NAVAHERMOSA, Spain (AP) — Spain's national soccer coach and the president of Real Madrid joined the family and teammates of Jesús de Miguel on Thursday at his funeral after the Spanish player died following an on-field collision. The 30-year-old De Miguel died on Tuesday, a day a...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Thursday will be warmer than Wednesday as highs climb back to either side of 90° this afternoon. Light southeast winds all day under partly cloudy skies. Isolated showers are possible with coverage on the low side at 20%. Some new developments i...
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy was handed a two-shot penalty after his first round at the Abu Dhabi Championship on Thursday, with officials ruling he improved his lie on a hole where he made double-bogey to spoil his card. McIlroy's score of 6 at the par-4 1...
