A 68-year-old Penitas man has died after the driver of a Ford F-250 blew a stop sign and hit his vehicle in a crash that also involved a FedEx truck. In a news release, the Texas Department of Public Safety said the three-vehicle crash happened at approximately 1:47 p.m. on Texan Road and 5 Mile...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Freddy Peralta rode his fastball to the American League Championship Series MVP award. Acquired by the Rays from the New York Mets before the trade deadline, Peralta turned around his season in Tampa Bay and helped his new team win its third AL pennant...
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The Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays will play a Suds vs. Sun World Series that will produce a first-time champion and likely baseball's first all-indoor championship. The best-of-seven showdown between low-payroll pennant winners opens Friday night in Milwaukee. It'll be the...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Freddy Peralta threw 5 1/3 gritty innings, Junior Caminero and Yandy Díaz each hit a two-run homer and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night to advance to the World Seri...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Angel Reese sent the message loud and clear to her teammates: “I need the ball! I need the ball!” In front of the Golden State Valkyries' raucous home crowd, the Atlanta star had no choice but to raise her voice — and Reese knew she had to raise her game, too...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — For yet another season, Cleveland baseball fans will have to wait. The city’s proud major league franchise still hasn’t won a World Series since 1948. After the Guardians fell a little short once again with a 7-3 loss to Tampa Bay in Game 6 of the Amer...
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy threw a touchdown pass, Christian McCaffrey ran for two scores and the San Francisco 49ers held on to beat the Washington Commanders 23-17 on Monday night for their sixth straight win to open the season. The Niners followed up an emotional w...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Chief meteorologist Bryan Hale spoke with Lt. Erick Alaniz from the McAllen Fire Department about how weather can impact and endanger your life, depending on how we respond. The Valley is transitioning from hurricane season to cold front season...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Voters gathered in San Juan on Monday to kick off early voting with LUPE Votes, the leading grassroots political organization in the Rio Grande Valley. Each year, LUPE Votes hosts a caravan event to welcome and support first-time voters going t...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Monday kicked off the official start of early voting in Texas for the 2026 midterm election. The first day of early voting saw an outstanding number of voters at the polls in what has been reported by the Texas Tribune as one of the most compet...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Catholic Diocese of Brownsville launched an election resources section on its website on Monday. The cdob.org/elections webpage is "not an endorsement of any political party", but rather, the website states, a list of Catholic election resou...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) - The city of Brownsville is teaming up with the Greater Brownsville Economic Development Corporation to host the 2026 Annual Careers and Coffee Job Expo. The event will feature more than 10,000 job opportunities from SpaceX to Spectrum ready to p...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- US House District 15 Democratic nominee Bobby Pulido hit the polls on Monday, surrounded by community members celebrating the official start of early voting. Pulido cast his vote in his hometown of Edinburg, one of the cities zoned within Texas...
