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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An 8-year-old student brought a gun to Aiken Elementary School on Wednesday, according to Isabel De La Cruz, a spokesperson for the Brownsville Independent School District. De La Cruz said a child reported to a teacher that the 8-year-old had a ...
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The city’s seal is seen as stakeholders from downtown gather at McAllen City Hall Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) A t McAllen’s final budget workshop, officials recommended that the city maintain its tax rate, rather than raising it by ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — High pressure, that's stubbornly not breaking down anytime soon, is in full force across the Four Corners, keeping the Valley sunny, rain-free and hot! This is what Meteorologist Lexie Walker and Forecaster Craig Verley talked about in this week...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz is ready to return from injury to defend his U.S. Open title. “Here we go,” Alcaraz posted on his social media pages Thursday, with one picture showing him in front of the U.S. Open logo. The seven-time Grand Slam champion has been sidelined since A...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) —It Takes A Village is a weekly ValleyCentral+ series that covers all things parenting; from real, honest conversations about daily routines and challenges to funny moments, lessons learned and balancing work and family life. August is National Br...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Brownsville Police Department is issuing an alert after seeing an increase in Jeep thefts. The department says thefts are increasing for newer-model Jeep Gladiators and Jeep Wranglers. Police advise Jeep owners to take extra precautions, suc...
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T he Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash that happened early Thursday morning north of Elsa. In a news release, DPS said the crash happened at approximately 4:57 a.m. on Farm-to-Market Road 88 south of Mile 20 north of Elsa. “A preliminary...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The tractor-trailer driver involved in an Alamo expressway crash in June has been cleared of charges after a Hidalgo County grand jury declined to indict him, according to District Attorney Toribio "Terry" Palacios. There wasn't enough evidence ...
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When a 2021 Supreme Court decision let loose a tidal wave of cash to pay college athletes for endorsement deals, some nonprofit leaders held out hope that charities would benefit. Many of the organizations created to raise money for that compensation — name, image, and likeness c...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Public Safety is searching for a driver accused of being involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash that occurred early Thursday morning north of Elsa. The crash occurred at approximately 4:57 a.m. on FM 88, south of Mile 20 ...
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission’s annual public hearing kicked off Wednesday with an unusually festive scene outside the agency’s Austin offices: a tailgate party where hundreds of people from around the state cooked out, shared cold drinks and talked about the reason the...
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro will host the opening match and the final of the Women’s World Cup next year, FIFA announced Thursday. Brazil is the first South American nation to host the tournament and will play in the opener on June 24 against a ye...
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IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER EDITOR’S NOTE: This story continues our position-by-position look at the top returning high school football players in the Rio Grande Valley. Follow the series in the coming weeks as we count down to the release of our annual Top 30 players list. The ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Open singles champions will earn $5.5 million, the highest winnings in Grand Slam tennis history. Overall compensation for the final major of the year is rising to a record $108 million, a 20% increase from last year and a 44% jump since 2024. The financi...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Struggling across parched earth, this trio of young alligators marches toward a remnant of receding wetlands. Throughout South Texas wildlands, ephemeral wetlands are steadily vanishing as relentless drought prevails. This tepid pool provides te...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Grand Slam tennis tournaments have created a player council, giving players greater input into matters involving the biggest events in the sport. The Grand Slam Player Advisory Council was announced Thursday by the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon a...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The ugly combination of higher temperatures and humidity will continue to make anything outdoors a bit challenging Thursday and the next several days. Heat index values will approach 110 in some areas of the Valley this afternoon. That leads to ...
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From the cliffs atop this border city's famous bluffs, newly installed orange border buoys could be seen Wednesday in the Rio Grande.
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The recalled blueberries had been shipped to stores in eight states.
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STAFF REPORT Check out the first RGVSports.com Top 10 volleyball rankings of the season as voted on by our staff. The post RGVSports.com Volleyball Top 10 Rankings (08/20/26) appeared first on MyRGV.com ....
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Boston Bruins and Edmonton Oilers will each play two regular-season games in Germany next year as part of the NHL and NHLPA’s efforts to grow hockey in the country, the league announced Thursday. The Bruins are to play two games in Munich, while the Oilers wil...
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LONDON (AP) — West Ham has called on its fans to stop singing a chant “containing an anti-Palestine message” as the club prepares to host its first home game of the season in England's second-tier Championship. In a long statement published Thursday, West Ham said it was “aware o...
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio performed slightly better than Vice President JD Vance in multiple hypothetical 2028 presidential matchups against Democratic candidates, according to a new poll....
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GENEVA (AP) — A collection of soccer fan groups from around the world launched a petition Thursday calling for Gianni Infantino to resign as FIFA president after he tried to sell future World Cup profits to private investors. The petition with the hashtag InfantinOut also calls f...
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ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen has extended his contract with Red Bull to 2030, he and the team announced Thursday. The announcement ahead of Verstappen's home Dutch Grand Prix this weekend ends speculation he could seek a blockbuster mo...
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STARBASE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The city of Starbase plans to approve a 46% property tax hike in September. Mayor Robert “Bobby” Peden and the City Commission discussed the tax hike during a meeting on Wednesday night. “My opinion is that we should move forward with this,” Pede...
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Major League Baseball now uses technology to confirm or overturn balls and strikes. Is it time for something similar around the foul poles? The Baltimore Orioles certainly felt aggrieved Wednesday night against the New York Yankees after Pete Alonso's deep fly to...
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Peyton Watson is heading from Denver to Cleveland as part of a four-team trade that will also have the Cavaliers sending Max Strus to the Los Angeles Clippers. A person familiar with the trade said Wednesday night that Watson, a restricted free agent who spent hi...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A federal judge in Brownsville on Wednesday ordered an in-person hearing next week to consider Minnesota's request for a temporary restraining order seeking the extradition of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent arrested in Harlingen. U...
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HAMPTON, Tenn. (AP) — Two members of a university cycling team were killed and seven others were injured Wednesday when a car collided with a group of riders in northeastern Tennessee, state officials said. Milligan University, a private Christian school with just over 1,200 stud...
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T he Brownsville Independent School District confirmed that officials at Aiken Elementary School, 6290 Southmost Blvd., had located a weapon on school grounds on Wednesday. The BISD Police and Security Department responded immediately, located and secured the weapon, and the situ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A broad stretch of high pressure continues to dominate Texas, keeping our pattern locked into hot, dry, triple‑digit days. Throughout the rest of the week, this setup holds firm, meaning little to no rain and temperatures staying well above aver...
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MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The FBI is warning parents about a growing threat targeting children online, with officials saying some victims are as young as 10 years old. Joe Pena Jr., the FBI’s assistant special agent in charge of the San Antonio-South Texas Branch, says age...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pat Murphy doesn’t sound like the manager of a team with the best record in the major leagues as he discusses what the Milwaukee Brewers have accomplished thus far. “I don’t think we’ve played great,” the two-time reigning NL manager of the year said Wednesday, o...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The City of Brownsville is searching for a new chief of police. The search comes months after Brownsville police Chief Felix Sauceda was promoted to co-deputy city manager as part of a new organizational structure. According to the city, Sauceda...
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EDWARD SEVERN | STAFF WRITER EDITOR’S NOTE: This story continues our position-by-position look at the top returning high school football players in the Rio Grande Valley. Follow the series in the coming weeks as we count down to the release of our annual Top 30 players list. The ...
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San Benito Mayor Pedro “Pete” Galvan S AN BENITO — Mayor Pete Galvan’s calling on the new city commission to work through “growing pains” a day after a closed-session meeting in which the board was set to discuss City Charter issues including “forfeiture of office.” After a two-h...
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T he city of Brownsville’s budget for the upcoming year is getting a bump thanks to a steady tax rate and expanding property values. Commissioners voted unanimously to advance the 2026-2027 Fiscal Year budget during their Tuesday night meeting, approving a first reading with addi...
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E dinburg is in a race against time as it works toward earning the Bird City Texas certification. If their application proves successful before the Sept. 1 deadline, Edinburg will be the first city in the Rio Grande Valley to receive the designation. “My goal with this isn’t nece...
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Whistling ducks waddle in the pond for food at the Edinburg Scenic Wetlands and World Birding Center Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Edinburg. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) Whistling ducks wade in the pond at the Edinburg Scenic Wetlands and World Birding Center Tuesday, Aug....
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Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — Year 2 of UTRGV Vaqueros football is 10 days away as we wind down our RGVSports.com position room breakdowns before shifting focus to kickoff against UT Permian Basin on Saturday, Aug. 29. Entering the offseason, the Vaqueros had multiple hol...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A parent was charged after a firearm was recovered on Wednesday from Aiken Elementary School in Brownsville. The Brownsville Independent School District said the parent was charged with one count of making a firearm accessible to a child and aba...
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dallas Wings guard Azzi Fudd is set for season-ending surgery on a sore knee that has sidelined this year's No. 1 overall pick for the past five games. The team said Wednesday that Fudd will have arthroscopic surgery on her right knee next week in Connecti...
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Christian Castro T he state of Minnesota filed a proposed temporary restraining order to prevent a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent from being released from the Cameron County Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center as the state seeks to have him extradited to face charg...
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Houston Texans receiver Jayden Higgins is expected to miss the season with a torn ACL, according to a person with knowledge of his injury The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the Texans haven’t announced the severity of his injury. ...
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RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks and cornerback Trevon Diggs are working on a contract, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the contract, which is expected to be a one-ye...
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A deputy with the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office showed up at the University of Colorado campus last week to serve civil papers to Deion Sanders while the coach was at an open practice and inaccessible. The officer was informed that the Buffaloes coach was “unavailable at the ti...
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By Matthew Adams | Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TNS) W hen people think about the quintessential Texas food, barbecue ranks high, jostling with Tex-Mex for the top spot. And if you’re eating barbecue in Texas, brisket is what you want. Rising prices, though, are making it harder to ...
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Rosalba De Hoyos E dcouch-Elsa ISD and its new Superintendent Rosalba De Hoyos agreed to a three-year contract with an annual salary of $225,000. The contract began on July 31 and will end on July 31, 2029. Beginning on the first anniversary of the commencement date, the super’s ...
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By Alejandro Serrano | The Texas Tribune L t. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday vowed to pass legislation punishing public schools that do not remove graphic books from their shelves by knocking them down a notch in the state’s annual school performance ratings, which the state uses ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Humane Legislation Network is collaborating with the Palm Valley Animal Society to host "Unleash Change", a discussion tackling issues impacting animals in South Texas. The event takes place Wednesday from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the La...
