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T he city of McAllen was ranked among the nation’s top 30 best places to live by the U.S. News & World Report’s 2026-27 Best Places to Live ranking. The city ranked at 27th and is among 11 other Texas communities that also ranked in the top 30, including Flower Mound, Leander, Fr...
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Scottie Scheffler is not opposed to the return of LIV Golf players who chased after Saudi money, but with some form of a penalty. Rory McIlroy could see unification at some point, though he paused when asked Wednesday about the value they would bring to the PGA Tour. “I mean, I’d...
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Jose Alberto Jimenez Jr. A Pasadena man involved in a fatal shooting outside a McDonald’s in Alamo pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday and has been sentenced. Jose Alberto Jimenez Jr., 28, pleaded guilty to the murder of Raul Cantu Jr. who was shot and killed in a McDonald’s parking...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Texas Southmost College is hosting "Sting Day," a back-to-school bash where students celebrate the start of the fall semester. This year, TSC is welcoming students, their families and the community to celebrate with food, music, games and giveaw...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The City of Harlingen will hold a memorial ceremony on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. The city is inviting the community to honor and remember the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, and recognize the courage and sacrifice of the first responders who a...
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Felix Sauceda T he city of Brownsville is looking for a new top cop as its current chief transitions into focusing full-time as one of the city’s two deputy city managers. Brownsville Mayor John Cowen Jr. confirmed via a text message that Chief Felix Sauceda remains in charge of ...
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By Megan Menchaca | The Texas Tribune T exas public schools couldn’t sponsor H-1B visas to hire foreign workers under a ban Gov. Greg Abbott proposed Tuesday. As part of an effort to target foreign influence in the state’s education systems, Abbott said he wants legislation to en...
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Since President Trump returned to office in January 2025, his administration has renewed efforts to erect border barriers in parts of the U.S.-Mexico border that don’t currently have any. That includes the Big Bend region in far West Texas, home to the Big Bend National Park and ...
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IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER LOS FRESNOS — Diego Torres entered his junior year with high expectations for himself. As a sophomore, the speedster established himself as a force on the football field for Los Fresnos while also setting school records on the track. He showed flashes...
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — For the second Brownsville City Commission meeting in a row, the chamber was packed with residents voicing their opposition to data centers in the city. More than two dozen people signed up to speak at Tuesday's meeting. Before the public comm...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars acquired guard Daniel Faalele from the New York Giants on Wednesday following a rash of injuries at the position. The Jaguars gave up an undisclosed, late-round 2027 draft pick, according to a person with knowledge of the trade. The person...
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Nneka Ogwumike says she is retiring after this season, her 15th, putting an end to one of the most decorated careers in WNBA history. The 36-year-old eight-time All-WNBA forward, who is back with the Los Angeles Sparks this season after two years in Seattle, announced her intenti...
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Editor's note: The video above is from the date of the incident. HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Mission Police Department released a statement Wednesday morning regarding a deadly officer-involved shooting that happened over the weekend. According to a city spokesperson, ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A very strong, somewhat stubborn, upper-level ridge sitting over the Four Corners is going to enforce hot and rain-free conditions through the entire forecast period. All week long, look for morning clouds giving way to afternoon sunshine. Each ...
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MADRID (AP) — José Mourinho is confident Real Madrid will be fine without Rodri despite admitting the club made “a very good offer” to try to sign the Spain captain. Rodri officially signed with Madrid rival Barcelona after a transfer from Manchester City on Tuesday. Mourinho, ba...
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GENEVA (AP) — Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios revealed on Wednesday he tested positive for cocaine, and cited the doping case as a wake up call after feeling “helpless and alone” as injuries derailed his career. The 31-year-old Australian with a checkered disciplinary reco...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong made MLB history with a leadoff home run and Alex Bregman's RBI single gave the Chicago Cubs a second straight walk-off win over the Chicago White Sox, 4-3 on Tuesday night. Carson Kelly led off the bottom of the ninth with a double to left off ...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The long ball hasn’t been the Milwaukee Brewers' strength this season, but the team with the best record in the majors put its power on full display on Tuesday night in a record-matching 22-0 rout of the Seattle Mariners. The Brewers equaled baseball’s modern-era...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. favors robbing homers over hitting them. Tatis' glove and bat were on display Tuesday night in a 5-2 win over the Mets as the 27-year-old robbed New York's Francisco Lindor of a grand slam in between hitting two homers. “Tough challenge,” Tatis ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. robbed New York's Francisco Lindor of a grand slam and hit two homers, leading the San Diego Padres to a 5-2 win over the Mets on Tuesday night. Tatis hit the first pitch from Zac Thornton 452 feet into the second deck in left field for his team...
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DENVER (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit a two-run shot to reach 30 homers for the sixth straight season and Freddie Freeman had two hits and two RBIs as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 7-6 on Tuesday night. Teoscar Hernandez had a triple and double, and Tommy Edman doub...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Rio Grande Valley is known for stretches of hot weather in summer and the next few days will be no exception. A dome of high pressure is sitting atop Texas, and the entire region, providing the perfect conditions for sunny, hot weather. Tho...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers matched baseball's modern-era record for the biggest shutout, beating the Seattle Mariners 22-0 on Tuesday night behind three-run homers from Christian Yelich, David Hamilton and Luis Lara and a two-run shot by Jake Bauers. The major league-...
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TORONTO (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell scored 16 points in the first quarter and finished with 29 before sitting out the fourth, Caitlin Clark added 24 points and the Indiana Fever beat the Toronto Tempo 101-95 on Tuesday for their fifth straight victory. Clark and Mitchell have each sco...
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Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — The countdown to Year 2 of UTRGV football, as does RGVSports.com ’s position room breakdowns of the 2026 Vaqueros. Today’s visit takes us into the trenches with the UTRGV defensive line, a unit featuring run stuffers on the inside and a group...
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B ROWNSVILLE — The middle of the afternoon can often wear on the soul with its drab stillness and its quietness and the aching fatigue. The stillness and the fatigue can feel more draining when you walk into a fine and elegant Italian restaurant like La Gondola — and you’re the o...
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T he Mission City Council voted 3-2 to initiate the search for a city manager. Mayor Norie Gonzalez Garza and councilwomen Marissa Ortega Gerlach and Jessica Ortega voted for the search, while Mayor Pro Tem Ruben Plata and councilman Jose Alberto Vela voted against. The council p...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Harlingen Neighborhood Food Pantry is inviting the Harlingen community to its weekly food distribution event. Residents are asked to being a photo ID and a document showing proof of residency. The distribution will take place at 8 a.m. on W...
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ROMA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Starr County rancher says his newborn calf is recovering after becoming the first confirmed New World screwworm case reported in the Rio Grande Valley. Lucio E. Gonzalez Jr. says the calf, Milagro Starr, is now healthy and back with her mother and ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A pre-trial hearing was held on Tuesday for a Donna father accused of killing his 3-year-old daughter. Jose Manuel Uresti was arrested in November 2024 and has been charged with murder, two counts of injury to a child, and aggravated assault of ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Border Patrol agent who hit a Mexican man with a vehicle during an immigration operation in 2025 has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Border Patrol Agent Raymundo Ramos Jr., 41, was arrested on the second-degree felon...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Raymodnville man who killed his 70-year-old boyfriend in 2025 has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, according to Cameron County court records. A court docket entry shows that Bernabe Vanegas Jr. waived his right to a jury trial and took a ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five of the six children of former Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss still intend to sell their remaining minority ownership of the NBA team despite the opposition of their sister, Jeanie. Johnny, Jimmy, Janie, Joey and Jesse Buss reiterated their stance Tues...
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Joseph Villarreal T he Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District on Monday approved an employment contract naming Joseph Villarreal as the district’s new superintendent of schools. The action came at a special called LFCISD Board of Trustees meeting. It followed the bo...
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BOSTON (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said he has been told that Ketel Marte traveled back to Phoenix for tests on his left knee and was a bit surprised at the lack of communication with the All-Star second baseman. Asked if he thought Marte would play for Ariz...
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OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Growing up in the suburbs of Dallas, Von Miller's parents were an embodiment of the “love ‘em or hate ’em” reaction the Cowboys create in seemingly every NFL fan. One of his formative memories was seeing his father celebrating the Cowboys' success watching a...
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H ARLINGEN — City commissioners are proposing a general fund budget of about $71.7 million, covering $69.6 million in expenditures, with about $3 million going to fund a three-year police officers’ union collective bargaining agreement. Based on the city’s next property tax rate,...
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T he city of Brownsville is initiating steps toward development of a new comprehensive plan to serve as a long-range policy guide for growth, development, investment and community priorities. The idea is for the new plan to “build upon existing city planning efforts, reflect curr...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Stefano's Brooklyn Pizza, a local joint known for its signature 30-inch pizza, is preparing for a fundraiser to help out one of their own. The pizza joint announced on Monday that one of their team members, Eli, was recently diagnosed with leuke...
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McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A businessman with Gulf Cartel connections turned himself in last week after more than three years on the run. Rigoberto Brown, 41, of Brownsville allegedly worked for Carlos Favian Martinez, the son-in-law of Gulf Cartel boss Osiel Cardenas Guill...
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M cAllen’s ongoing attempt to diversify its water portfolio — a multi-million dollar groundwater desalinisation plant — is slowly becoming more concrete, and also, more expensive, as the city tries to figure out how it will dispose of the facility’s waste. The brackish groundwate...
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STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A Georgia man burglarized former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle's home after learning Biffle and his family died in a plane crash, a North Carolina sheriff said Tuesday. Terrell Williams, 44, has been charged with second-degree burglary, safe cracking, money l...
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A former Venezuelan baseball player working for the San Diego Padres was detained by U.S. immigration officers after arriving in Texas on a work trip for the club, his family said Tuesday. Oswaldo Pirela, a catching coach in the Padres' minor league system, was being held in a de...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — McDonald's has revealed its cutest monstrosity collaboration where "kawaii meets kaiju." McDonald's released its Hello Kitty and Friends x Godzilla Happy Meal on Tuesday, featuring beloved Hello Kitty characters and iconic Godzilla monsters. The...
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E mpowering. This is the word used by Miriam Cepeda-Gelman, founder and executive director of the downtown San Juan Cultural Arts District, to describe how she felt knowing Hidalgo County would officially be recognizing August as Breastfeeding Awareness Month on Tuesday. As a mot...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District employees gathered at the Bert Ogden Arena on Tuesday to highlight the successes of the 2025-2026 school year and introduce new ongoing initiatives for the upcoming year. According to a PSJA spoke...
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E DINBURG — UTRGV football fans are set to see some changes to their available food options such as fajita as the university rolls out a Rio Grande Valley-inspired menu. UTRGV Dining Services held an event on Saturday at the Robert & Janet Vackar Stadium to showcase the food avai...
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — NFL veteran Calais Campbell knew he wanted to keep playing, even after a family tragedy this summer resulting in his mother’s death and his brother being charged with murder. “I love the game of football a lot … it brings me joy,” the 39-year-old Baltimor...
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E ducation in the Rio Grande Valley has long fought negative characterizations, both of the schools and of the families whose children need a good education to help improve their future prospects. Absenteeism in the past was high, higher education offerings were inadequate, and p...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Trey Mancini, the AL Comeback Player of the Year in 2021 for his return from colon cancer who then helped Houston win the 2022 World Series, announced his retirement Tuesday after his latest comeback lasted five games with the Los Angeles Angels. “Thank you...
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's attorney general sued the governor of Texas on Tuesday, seeking to compel the extradition of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent charged with wounding a man and then lying to justify the shooting during the agency's crackdown in Minneap...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority is proposing to move forward with a 22-mile construction project that will lead to a second access at South Padre Island. The Outer Parkway project proposes to construct a new highway from I-69E to ...
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Hosted by The Maternity Center at STHS Edinburg and STHS McAllen, the fourth annual Baby Bump & Beyond Expo will connect expectant and new parents with expert guidance and resources for pregnancy, childbirth and newborn care. The journey to parenthood is filled with excitement, a...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The WNBA All-Star Game is coming to the Bay Area next summer. League Commissioner Cathy Engelbert made the announcement Tuesday that the WNBA showcase game will be held July 31, 2027, at Chase Center after a weekend of All-Star activities around the San Franc...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Venus Williams was given a U.S. Open singles wild card on Tuesday and the tournament is keeping one on hold — perhaps in case her sister Serena wants to join her. Sloane Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open champion, was one of six other women to receive a wild card, and ...
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C ristina Gonzalez, a wife and mother of four, has tried a handful of times to go back to school and obtain her high school diploma but life just kept getting in the way. “As a teenager, I was very rebellious,” Gonzalez said. “Definitely needed a lot of counseling when I was a yo...
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy joked Tuesday that he had the blessing of his wife, Mia, to return to the team after she was shot at their Virginia home because, well, “I know I was driving her and a bunch of my family members crazy i...
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T he Texas Department of Public Safety said Tuesday that a third person has died following a head-on crash near Palmview on Friday evening. The crash occurred at around 9:26 p.m. on Texan Road south of Freedom Avenue north of Palmview, DPS authorities said in a news release. Auth...
