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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A judge on Tuesday denied a bond reduction for a man accused in a fatal motorcycle crash. Apolonio Perez's bond will remain at $3.25 million. Perez's lawyers argued during a court hearing in the 332nd District Court Tuesday morning that Perez is...
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Running back Najee Harris is signing with the New York Giants, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the deal had not yet been announced. The 28-year-o...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A third person is dead following a head-on crash in Palmview over the weekend, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Efren Garcia Saldivar, 22, of Mission died from his injuries on Monday, according to DPS. At approximately 9:26 p....
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Christian Castro T he state of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against Cameron County Sheriff Manuel Treviño and Governor Greg Abbott after the state says they failed to extradite a federal immigration officer charged in the shooting of a Venezuelan man earlier this year. Christian...
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Texas leads all team s with four players named to the preseason Associated Press All-America team announced Tuesday and the Southeastern Conference has 14 of the 27 first-team selections on the eve of the college football season. The Big Ten has eight players on the first team, l...
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MADRID (AP) — In an unusual ceremony closed to the media and fans, Real Madrid officially presented coach José Mourinho on Tuesday. The event took place at the club's headquarters in Madrid, with president Florentino Pérez welcoming the coach. The only images of the presentation ...
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A federal judge is keeping in place a temporary order preventing border wall construction through Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in Alamo, Texas, at least for a couple weeks....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — While a big area of high pressure in the upper atmosphere centered over the Southwestern United States is the main culprit behind the heat dome effect bringing us a hot few days, it is getting a bit of an assist from a little helper. That helper...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — SpaceX announced Tuesday morning that Starship Flight 13 was successfully guided to a location off the coast of Christmas Island after efforts were made to recover it from the Indian Ocean. According to SpaceX, the recovery team successfully dir...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Monday marked the first day back to school at the McAllen Independent School District. To start the school year on a positive note, students from Thigpen-Zavala Elementary had McAllen ISD Superintendent Rene Gutierrez ride along with them on the...
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STAFF REPORT HOUSTON — Red Owl Boxing today announced the complete, six-bout main card, including the return of 2020 Olympian Shakilya Ellis, for the much-anticipated “Boxfest XX” event at Payne Arena in Hidalgo, Texas, on Friday, Sept. 11, live on DAZN. The 31-year-old Ellis of ...
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GENEVA (AP) — FIFA’s removal of the senior official who said Gianni Infantino deceived staff with his World Cup sell-off plan was unacceptable, Norway soccer president Lise Klaveness said on Tuesday while urging other leaders at the governing body to resist potentially damaging o...
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DENVER (AP) — Maybe just as encouraging for the Los Angeles Dodgers as their bats finally waking up Monday night was the status report on Shohei Ohtani's knee following his most recent bullpen session. “Felt good the next day,” Ohtani said through an interpreter after the Dodgers...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his first career walk-off homer, a two-run shot in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 7-5 win over the crosstown White Sox Monday night at Wrigley Field. The All-Star center fielder and MVP contender hit his fifth leadoff ho...
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MASON, Ohio (AP) — Serena and Venus Williams played their first doubles match together since the 2022 U.S. Open and lost a thriller, 2-6, 6-1 (10-8) to Marta Kostyuk and Peyton Stearns on Monday night at the Cincinnati Open. The sisters nearly recovered from a 6-0 deficit in the ...
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ZURICH (AP) — FIFA's chief operating officer, Kevin Lamour, has reportedly left his role at soccer's governing body just weeks after saying its president, Gianni Infantino, had deceived staff with his World Cup sell-off plan. Lamour, who is based in Zurich, all but invited Infant...
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BOSTON (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks have placed All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte on the restricted list after he went AWOL for the second straight season. Marte failed to show up for Arizona's game at Boston Monday night and manager Torey Lovullo was still searching for ans...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Another high‑pressure system parked over the Four Corners is once again steering more heat into the Rio Grande Valley, keeping our pattern locked into dry weather, sinking air, and plenty of sunshine. With this northwest‑positioned ridge strengt...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Dry conditions continue to dominate the Rio Grande Valley as another strong high‑pressure system settles over the Four Corners, reinforcing a pattern of sinking air, no clouds, no showers, and lots of sunshine. Temperatures surge into triple di...
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At least three fans were asked by WNBA security personnel to cover shirts that had messages about transgender women participating in women's sports during Sunday's game at Atlanta between the Dream and the Indiana Fever. The league said in a statement Monday that the fans should ...
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MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The family of a San Juan man killed in a motorcycle crash is asking a judge to keep the man accused in the deadly collision behind bars. John Andrew Alonso, known to friends as “Zuki,” was killed in a head-on motorcycle crash in Mission on May 3. ...
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Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — The countdown to Year 2 of UTRGV Vaqueros football continues, as does RGVSports.com ’s fall camp position room breakdowns leading up to Week 0. Through spring ball, summer workouts and fall camp, the biggest question surrounding the Vaqueros ...
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — O.J. Brigance, who won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens before waging an unyielding battle against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, has died. He was 56. The Ravens announced Brigance's death on Monday. “We are devastated by the awful news that we have...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Jury selection is still underway in the capital murder trial for Rogelio Martinez Jr., who is accused of fatally shooting San Benito Police Lt. Milton Resendez during a 2023 vehicle pursuit. According to a district clerk, the court is still cond...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Rio Grande Valley Humane Society is inviting all pet owners to bring their furry friends for low-cost essential vaccinations and services at the end of the month. The RGV Humane Society hosts its vaccine clinic on the last Saturday of each m...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — IDEA Palmview welcomed its first-ever senior class on Monday for the first day of school. The campus first opened in 2020 and added one grade level each year. Six years later, the campus is fully scaled and is celebrating its first-ever senior c...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — More than 250 law enforcement officers from across Texas were welcomed to South Padre Island on Monday for a Law Enforcement Sexual Assault Training Conference. The conference is presented annually by the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault...
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Samuel Uvalle Sr. A 49-year-old Mission man has pleaded guilty to fatally beating a man who went missing in early May 2024. Samuel Uvalle Sr. was charged with the murder of Juan Carlos Hernandez de Leon after he was found buried in a barrel at a residence in Edinburg and beaten t...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Buss family has voted to sell its 17.8% minority ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers to new majority owners Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, ESPN and The Athletic are reporting. The decision Monday by the six children of late owner Jerry Buss will end the family'...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Combes Police Department is recognizing one of its officers who is being credited with saving the life of a 2-year-old child during a call for service. On Friday, Officer B. Echavarria responded to a call regarding an unresponsive child. Whe...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A judge set bail at $50,000 for a man accused of stabbing his friend multiple times. Heriberto Cazares, 33, attended a bail hearing at the Palmview Municipal Court where he was formally charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, accor...
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LIV Golf is ending its season one week earlier than planned, announcing Monday it will not hold the team championship in Michigan next week and instead crown the team champion this week 20 miles north of Indianapolis. The 12 events this year — New Orleans was previously postponed...
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EDWARD SEVERN | STAFF WRITER Every single team across the Rio Grande Valley is officially back on the practice field this week as the countdown to kick off of the 2026 Texas high school football season continues. Management With Week 1 of the regular season less than two weeks aw...
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER | Associated Press W ASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department finalized a rule Monday that will pave the way for people who’ve been barred from owning firearms because of criminal convictions to apply to have their gun rights reinstated. The process launche...
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All construction activity at Big Bend National Park has been paused, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott announced Monday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it is temporarily pausing construction of a contentious border construction project in Texas' Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building the wall visits to do an “on-the-ground evaluation.” The p...
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Dr. James Berry, DO, a neurosurgeon with Rio Grande Valley Brain and Spine in Brownsville, stopped by the NBC 23 studio Monday morning to discuss the expansion of access to complex nerve reconstruction for brachial plexus injuries. Dr. Berry d...
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Joey Logano has three championships in the NASCAR Cup Series but none in the Chase system that has returned this season. The Team Penske driver is embracing the challenge of proving he can win a title in the format that puts a greater emphasis on banking consistently strong finis...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A grass fire that broke out Saturday night at South Padre Island near the Margaritaville Beach Resort was caused by sky lanterns, according to South Padre Island Fire Chief Jim Pigg. Witnesses at the scene told officials that sky lanterns with c...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The expansion Toronto Tempo are struggling for wins in their first season, but help could be on the way soon with the return of Brittney Sykes. The Tempo guard has been out for two months with a left plantar fascia injury she suffered in a June 16 game against the...
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Major League Baseball's team owners unanimously have approved the sale of the San Diego Padres to an investor group led by private equity billionaire José E. Feliciano and his wife and business partner, Kwanza Jones. The league announced the approval Monday after a vote. Felician...
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C ameron County commissioners approved a 5% salary increase for elected officials, matching across-the-board pay increases for county employees, during their regular meeting last week. The raises are part of the county’s five-year plan to bring its wages closer to those of simila...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this week's episode of Inside Valley Politics, host Brian Svendsen breaks down changes to U.S. Navy policies and border wall construction and sits down with U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico for a discussion. The United States Navy announc...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District announced it has officially approved the employment contract of Dr. Joseph Villarreal as Superintendent of Schools. According to a news release from Los Fresnos CISD, the Board of Trustees...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Transportation issued a traffic alert as FM 2556 between US Bus. 83 and I-2 in La Feria is expected to close Tuesday through Friday. Crews will be working on emergency repairs to railroad tracks, TxDOT said. Drivers are b...
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T op officials within the USDA’s New World screwworm response say the parasite’s northern spread into the U.S. has slowed this August, but it is still important for the public to remain vigilant and informed. The widely coordinated attack on the parasitic creature comes with a pl...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office invites the community to its Back-to-School Bash happening on Tuesday. An evening filled with fun, food and school-supply giveaways starts at 6 p.m. The event will take place at the Precinct 2 CRC located at 5...
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EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings safety/linebacker Jamal Adams was placed on injured reserve Monday, two days after leaving a preseason game on a cart with a right knee injury. Adams, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, is expected to have season-ending surgery. The 30-year-old...
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McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The judge had a warning for John Diaz. Border Patrol had caught Diaz with about 3.5 kilograms of cocaine — and seized the drugs. “Somebody’s going to come asking for payback on the three keys when you get out,” Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Cran...
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Ohio State and Oregon are 1-2 in the AP Top 25, giving the Big Ten Conference the top two teams in the preseason rankings for just the second time ever. Georgia, Notre Dame and Texas round out the top 5. The Southeastern Conference gets bragging rights with nine ranked teams, but...
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Bernabe Vanegas Jr. A 41-year-old Raymondville man pleaded guilty last Thursday to a lesser charge of murder for killing his husband at a senior citizen housing complex. Following his guilty plea, Bernabe Vanegas was sentenced to 25 years in prison, court records show. Vanegas ki...
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Ohio State and Oregon were 1-2 in The Associated Press Top 25 released Monday, giving the Big Ten Conference the top two teams in the preseason rankings for the first time in 65 years and just the second time ever. The Buckeyes received 40 first-place votes and Oregon received 14...
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MADRID (AP) — Spain's World Cup-winning captain Rodri is set to arrive in Barcelona on Monday to seal his transfer from Manchester City to the Catalan club. Rodri was expected to undergo a medical as Barcelona and City exchanged documentation to finalize the agreement. Barcelona ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It is the middle of August and the forecast does not look to stray away from the hot and mostly dry conditions through the extended forecast. Over the next seven days, we are anticipating temperatures to stay near to slightly above normal, with ...
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Reporting attacked A h, to be a Democrat: Your sins are always (white)washed clean by the corporate media. You’re like a cross between Robin Hood and Mother Teresa. Examples: Hunter Biden’s fictitious-but-since-verified laptop. Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo. Kilmar Abrego-Garcia’s...
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The middle of the American League standings has turned into a medicore mess. It might make for a fascinating playoff race. There are seven teams fighting for the final AL wild-card spot and all of them have a record below .500. The Baltimore Orioles would make the playoffs if the...
