HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The city of Brownsville is inviting the community to a meeting to learn more about its newly approved drainage utility system. Earlier this month, the Brownsville City Commission voted to establish a city utility system. City leaders voted in favor of a city dra...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- US House District 15 Democratic nominee Bobby Pulido hit the polls on Monday, surrounded by community members celebrating the official start of early voting. Pulido cast his vote in his hometown of Edinburg, one of the cities zoned within Texas...
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By Greg Riddle | The Dallas Morning News (TNS) G irls flag football, which has grown rapidly in Texas the last two years with support from the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans, will now be a UIL sport. The University Interscholastic League’s legislative council approved Monday a...
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By Alex Lubben | The Advocate , Baton Rouge, La. (TNS) Gilberto Salinas is pictured Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in downtown Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald) B ROWNSVILLE — Elon Musk hadn’t yet flown a single person to space when he approached local leaders here wit...
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By Apurva Mahajan and Taylor Goldenstein | The Texas Tribune I n June, as public opinion on data centers soured, Gov. Greg Abbott took his first big swing at reining in the industry, issuing a round of regulatory recommendations to the Legislature that included his call to end a ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — High pressure over México will make the weather across the Valley mostly quiet and dry. This weather pattern will create low rain chances, temperatures in the mid-80s, mostly dry conditions, and gorgeous weekend weather. The 8–14-day temperature...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Given the way Golden State defended Angel Reese and Allisha Gray down the stretch in the WNBA Finals opener, Atlanta coach Karl Smesko was determined to find a way for the Dream to be more active and get better scoring chances in Game 2 on Monday night so his...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The state has rested its case in the capital murder trial of Rogelio Martinez, the man convicted in the 2023 deadly shooting of San Benito police Lieutenant Milton Resendez. The punishment phase for Martinez began on Monday, just days after a C...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is expected to miss the rest of the season because of blood clots in his lungs, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because o...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Yandy Díaz’s guarantee that the Tampa Bay Rays would win Game 6 of the AL Championship series didn’t turn into bulletin-board material. The Rays led the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 in the best-of-seven series and had a chance to close it out Monday night t...
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The NFL on Monday suspended Buffalo Bills safety C.J. Gardiner-Johnson for one game without pay for spitting in the direction of Las Vegas Raiders players on the field during a game a day earlier. Gardiner-Johnson was ejected late in the second quarter f...
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B ROWNSVILLE — Opening arguments got underway here Monday during the sentencing phase in the trial of a 21-year-old man accused of shooting and killing a San Benito police officer during a high speed car chase three years ago. Rogelio Martinez was found guilty of capital murder i...
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Chuck Amato, the longtime Florida State assistant football coach who went on to lead his alma mater at N.C. State for seven seasons, has died at the age of 80. Amato died early Monday at his Raleigh home under hospice care, the school announced on its athletics website. Amato had...
