Co-Interim City Manager Andy Garcia addresses the city council during a regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. M ISSION — The city is still negotiating a meet-and-confer agreement with the local firefighters union here. During a regular meeting Tuesday, the Mission Ci...
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Jalen Williams has a fractured fibula and a dislocated ankle and will need surgery, the Oklahoma City Thunder announced Monday. “We'll have a timeline for everybody once we get through the surgery,” general manager Sam Presti said at a news conference in Oklahoma City. Williams w...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- An employee with the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District who was arrested has been placed on administrative leave, district officials announced on Monday. The school district did not immediately disclose the employee's name, campu...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) - To celebrate National Pumpkin Day, Wellness Coach Jessica Molina stopped by our news studio on Monday to share some delicious pumpkin snack ideas. For some perfect spooky season recipes, Molina shows us how to build a charcuterie board to terrif...
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President Donald Trump looks to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he speaks at a roundtable event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo) P eter Hegseth has decided, in some sordid, sadistic and shadowed part of his so...
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I am among the many Americans who did not vote in our elections at one time. I I was wrong not to do so and I will attempt to convince you current non-voters to change your mind. And there are many of you. Even among those registered, 10% do not cast ballots. In the 2024 national...
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San Benito police Lt. Milton Resendez A jury on Monday sentenced a 21-year-old man to death for the fatal shooting of a San Benito police officer more than three years ago. Rogelio Martinez Jr. had been convicted of killing San Benito police Lt. Milton Resendez on Oct. 17, 2023, ...
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LONDON (AP) — Call it an own goal. Organizers of the Ballon d’Or event mistakenly published multiple “winners” of the men’s award on its website Monday hours before the ceremony. One announcement read, in part, “Harry Kane wins 2026 Ballon d'Or” — and similar articles described L...
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If you love sports, Oct. 26, 2026, will be tough to beat. Five professional leagues in North America are in action at the same time on Monday night, a phenomena known as a sports equinox. Major League Baseball and the NFL will compete for the most viewers while the NBA, WNBA and ...
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The WNBA has moved Game 6 of the finals between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries to a 12:30 p.m. tipoff Thursday at the home area of the Atlanta Hawks so that the NBA can keep its previously scheduled primetime contest that day. The WNBA worked with the NBA to move th...
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U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a five-term Democrat who defeated Republicans in all five general elections, faces his toughest campaign yet after his South Texas district was redrawn to favor the GOP. President Donald Trump won the new district by 10 points, giving Republican Eric F...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Voto Latino held a rally on Sunday in Weslaco, where statewide and local candidates made their final pitch to voters during early voting. State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, running against incumbent Greg Abbott for governor, and State Rep. James Talarico...
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Christopher Lee Soto T he 43-year-old Donna man who spoke of Satan prior to fatally slashing a woman’s throat in Alamo and found incompetent pleaded guilty Wednesday and has been sentenced. Christopher Lee Soto pleaded guilty to murdering 38-year-old Brittany Kay Ireland and was ...
