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A mother and her two daughters were arrested Saturday for allegedly assaulting a Harlingen police officer following a traffic stop. Lily Mata, 59, of Weslaco, was arrested and charged with driving while license invalid without financial responsibility and had her bond set at $2,5...
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Heading into the NASCAR Chase, Denny Hamlin is feeling good about his “bad” days. By his high standards for the No. 11 Toyota, middling performances might be enough for the Joe Gibbs Racing star to capture his first Cup Series championship. With a seventh place Sunday at New Hamp...
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By Alex Nguyen | The Texas Tribune Christian Castro G ov. Greg Abbott has asked a federal judge to reject Minnesota’s effort to force the extradition of an immigration officer arrested in Texas, saying he has “serious concerns” whether the officer is actually a fugitive from just...
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A s recently seen on these pages, the commentary “ Pentagon makes us poorer ” — authored by the national co-director of Code Pink — argues that taxpayers are being “betrayed” by lawmakers using tax dollars to fund the Department of War. To put a measure on this “betrayal,” the au...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) - In the modern world, it can be almost impossible for someone without a personal computer to accomplish important daily tasks. But not everyone can afford to have a device that would empower them to have better opportunities. That’s why Spectrum ...
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WASHINGTON — Texas is set to receive $7.5 billion from a federal fund to reimburse states for border costs incurred when Joe Biden was president, Sen. John Cornyn told The Texas Tribune in an interview, shedding light for the first time on the Lone Star State’s haul more than a y...
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A custodial death report reveals that Mission police were called to a home in the 1600 block of Oblate Avenue over mental health issues prior to a fatal shooting. That document says that the man who was shot and killed — 39-year-old Juan Adolfo Osornio — “placed one arm around th...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A mother and her two daughters were taken into custody after a police officer was assaulted in a Walmart parking lot during a traffic stop, according to a Harlingen Police Department news release. Lily R. Mata was charged with driving while lice...
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NEW YORK (AP) — As the WNBA heads into its final week before the FIBA World Cup break, the postseason picture is becoming clearer. Seven teams have already clinched spots in the playoffs with Minnesota, Golden State and Las Vegas leading the way. Atlanta, Indiana, New York and Wa...
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H ARLINGEN — A lonely boy seeks validation. Clara’s Nutcracker defeats the Mouse King. And the Jazz Age of 1920s Chicago dances onto the stage at the Harlingen Performing Arts Conservatory. Everyone is excited about the upcoming fall season at the distinguished venue, said Eddy C...
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Esai Longoria A 37-year-old man is hospitalized, but in custody, for the fatal stabbing of a 58-year-old woman in McAllen on Saturday night. In a news release, police said officers were called at 10:28 p.m. to a residence in the 1500 block of Redwood Avenue by a person who called...
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T he Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District earned an A accountability rating from the Texas Education Agency for the 2025-2026 school year and received the Post-secondary Readiness Distinction in results announced by TEA last week. The district’s 2025–2026 accounta...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — U.S. Senate hopeful Representative James Talarico visited the Valley over the weekend. The Democratic hopeful hosted a rally in Harlingen on Sunday evening for about 600 supporters at the Harlingen Convention Center. Local Democratic leaders lik...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man is facing a murder charge after he allegedly stabbed a woman on Saturday night, according to the McAllen Police Department. Esai Longoria, 37, of McAllen, is facing charges of murder, resisiting arrest/search/transportation, assault on a p...
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San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York was arrested over the weekend in Ohio and pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and possessing criminal tools. York was arrested Sunday in East Palestine, Ohio, and was released after posting a $5,000 bond. He was sente...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The big old heat dome that has driven weeks of unseasonably warm temperatures will keep its grip on the Rio Grande Valley this week. That means more hot, humid days with mostly sunny skies. Highs today will break into the triple digits across mo...
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Former Ole Miss tight end Dae’Quan Wright is heading to LSU if he clears waivers after being released by the Cleveland Browns, agent Drew Rosenhaus told The Associated Press on Monday. Wright signed with the Philadelphia Eagles following the NFL draft and joined the Browns after ...
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson has won the competition to be the Cleveland Browns starting quarterback for the Sept. 13 opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars, a person familiar with the move told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity beca...
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HOUSTON (AP) — General manager Dana Brown and the Houston Astros have mutually agreed to part ways, the team announced Monday, when it was tied for first place in the AL West. Brown’s contract was set to expire at the end of the season. Senior adviser Jeff Bagwell and assistant g...
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BROWNSVILLE — Los Fresnos is on fire to start the season. After winning McAllen’s Poundfest, the Falcons won the Brownsville ISD tournament for the third-straight season on Saturday by defeating Brownsville Veterans in two sets. The Chargers had the Falcons on the ropes a couple ...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Ten years after he retired as commissioner, Tim Finchem and his wife are donating $13 million to help launch a new charity strategy at a time when so much emphasis in golf is on profit in the new commercial enterprise of the PGA Tour. The tour on Monday revealed pl...
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STAFF REPORT Less than one week remains before the start of the 2026 Texas high school football regular season, with games officially set for Aug. 27. As the first kickoff of the year draws closer, we continue our countdown with our annual preseason Top 30 players list, featuring...
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Comments critiqued O K Mr. Rodriguez, here are the answers you requested in your letter of Aug 6 . There is no evidence that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is an antisemite. He may not agree with the war, nor Zionist Israel, nor Benjamin Netanyahu — neither do I — but that does no...
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As the season winds down, Houston slugger Yordan Alvarez will have to worry about two sets of spoilers. The first is the more traditional type — teams that will try to beat the Astros in key games and deny them a spot in the postseason. The other includes individual spoilers — pl...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored 37 points and Kelsey Mitchell had 30, helping the Indiana Fever pull away from the Chicago Sky for a 113-90 victory on Sunday night. Clark made a career-high eight of Indiana's franchise-record 18 3-pointers. She also had 10 assists. The Fever ...
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers added depth at linebacker by acquiring Deion Jones in a trade with the New Orleans for running back Zamir White. The two sides reached the deal Sunday night, a person familiar with the trade told The Associated Press. The person ...
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MIAMI (AP) — Klay Thompson has signed his deal with the Miami Heat, who waited patiently for weeks to see if they would get the chance to add the sharpshooter to their reworked roster. Thompson — who is No. 4 on the NBA's all-time 3-pointers made list — cleared waivers Sunday aft...
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Diminutive Japanese star Miyu Yamashita matched the LPGA Tour's 72-hole scoring record Sunday in a wire-to-wire, nine-stroke victory in the CPKC Women’s Open at Royal Mayfair. The 4-foot-11 Yamashita made an 8-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th for a 4-un...
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MASON, Ohio (AP) — Coco Gauff defeated fellow American Jessica Pegula, 6-2, 6-4, to capture her second women's Cincinnati Open title on Sunday, and Arthur Fils of France defeated American Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 1-6, 6-0, in the men's final for his first Masters 1000 title. In Saturd...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from Sunday night's Indiana-Chicago WNBA game after Sky guard Natasha Cloud yelled and pointed in his direction late in the third quarter. Freedom was sitting along the baseline. He had on a black shirt that read “W...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham called it just another game. Chicago Sky coach Tyler Marsh felt the same way. Indiana played Chicago on Sunday night for the first time since Cunningham was taken down by DiJonai Carrington on a hard foul on a fast break earlie...
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WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Jon Rahm finished the LIV Golf season Sunday in style — claiming his third straight season points title and his second team crown in a row at the revised season finale in suburban Indianapolis. Now the 31-year-old Spaniard and the other full-time tour playe...
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LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Ryan Blaney and his team wound up making the most of a major mistake Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The Team Penske star just needed a moment to vent on his team radio about a pit crew blunder before charging from 17th to first for his second consecut...
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LONDON (AP) — UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin says he won't run against FIFA President Gianni Infantino but warned the beleaguered head of world soccer that he must either quit or face a leadership challenge in March. Infantino has come under increasing pressure to step down ov...
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Wyndham Clark had Scottie Scheffler with him in the final group at the U.S. Open and Rory McIlroy at his side at the BMW Championship. Both times he started with big leads and watched them vanish. And both times, there was no mistaking who the gallery wanted to w...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — All Philadelphia slugger Kyle Schwarber could do was smile as he surveyed the situation while heading to the plate Sunday in the bottom of the ninth inning of a tied game with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Phillies had pieced together an unlikely rally from a f...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A horror film directed and starring a Valley native is now in production in the Rio Grande Valley. Robert Longoria, a Brownsville native and director of the film "El Jardin," told ValleyCentral the film is inspired by El Chapo's escape with a ho...
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By Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — Before embarking on a coaching career that would take him across Texas, and into Washington and Florida for stops at the NCAA DI and NFL levels, UTRGV running backs coach Marco Regalado first fell in love with football right here in the 95...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Harlingen Water Works System announced that there will be a water and wastewater rate increase, which will raise residents' water bills. According to a news release from HWWS, in April 2024, the city approved a phased rate increase. However,...
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MADRID (AP) — Ferran Torres scored twice in his Paris Saint-Germain debut to help the French defending champion draw 2-2 at Rennes in its league opener on Sunday, while Barcelona began its defense of the Spanish league title in style with a 5-0 rout of Elche. Manchester City left...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz will have to wait a little longer to learn their first opponent in the U.S. Open mixed doubles championship. Williams and Alcaraz were drawn Sunday to face one of the teams that advances from the eight-team qualifying tournament ...
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Scottie Scheffler wrapped a most ordinary performance by his standards with his 13th bogey of the week in the BMW Championship. Turns out it was a most extraordinary week given his health. “I'm sick,” Scheffler said while turning down an interview request Thursda...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyle Kirkwood gave the Freedom 250 an American winner, racing to his second victory of the IndyCar season on the streets of downtown Washington in a dominant performance Sunday. In a race set up as part of the country's 250th birthday celebration, President Dona...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Brownsville firefighters spent part of their week saving a cow that was stuck neck-deep in mud at the bottom of a ditch. According to a news release from the Brownsville Fire Department, earlier this week fire crews responded to a call about a f...
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Houston-based Salata Dressings is recalling jalapeño product due to potential Salmonella contamination. In our link, where it's been sold and how to get your refund....
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B aseball was the first competitive sport to come to the Rio Grande Valley — unless you consider bullfighting and cockfighting competitive. According to “Doc” Osborn, sports editor of The Brownsville Herald of the early years, baseball was king. America’s game was being played in...
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle was taken off the physically unable to perform list on Sunday, providing hope that he might be able to return from a ruptured right Achilles tendon before the season opener. The 49ers got good news on the...
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Manchester City marked Enzo Maresca’s first Premier League game in charge with a stirring late rally, scoring twice in the final 10 minutes to grab a 2-1 victory at home to Bournemouth on Sunday. Josko Gvardiol placed a finish into the bottom corner in the first minute of stoppag...
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Six Nordic national soccer associations piled more pressure on embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Sunday by saying they had “lost confidence” in his leadership. The associations from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland and the Faeroe Islands issue...
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STAFF REPORT Less than one week remains before the start of the 2026 Texas high school football regular season, with games officially set for Aug. 27. As the first kickoff of the year draws closer, we continue our countdown with our annual preseason Top 30 players list, featuring...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Erling Haaland's famed flowing locks are no more. The Manchester City superstar has a new hairstyle for the new Premier League season: A buzz cut that went viral on social media on Sunday ahead of the team's opening match against Bournemouth. The Norway...
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ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Lando Norris is aiming for another Formula 1 win as he heads into Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix on pole position with George Russell and Kimi Antonelli close behind. McLaren's Norris found some unexpected extra pace in qualifying to snatch top spot ahead...
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Voter mentality has varied through time. From choosing a leader after becoming independent from England, through a colonial war. Electing a president to unite the states into one nation where a Civil War emerged and thousands died. Freedom from slavery began to move forward when ...
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Many Rio Grande Valley residents welcomed news of a planned desalination plant that will produce up to 100 million gallons of drinking water for this critically dry region. Some, however now are expressing concerns that the plant will be operated by a private company. Such worrie...
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PHOENIX (AP) — JJ Bleday knew he needed a home run to complete a cycle Saturday night. But he wasn't sure how to approach that at-bat. “I just thought, keep doing what I’ve been doing the first three at-bats and I was able to put a good swing on it," the Cincinnati Reds left fiel...
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SEATTLE (AP) — Well before Kade Anderson threw his first MLB pitch, the Seattle Mariners’ prized left-hander took some time to make a few fans’ days. The 22-year-old Anderson got done with his warmup routine on Saturday quicker than usual before his much-ballyhooed big league deb...
