HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Good news comes with a persistent easterly breeze across the Rio Grande Valley. That east wind helps form a boundary between the hot air over land and the cooler air flowing in from the Gulf. This boundary then acts as a trigger for showers, periods of steady ra...
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BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox are adjusting the schedule of their weekend series against the Chicago Cubs because of a significant storm that's expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds to the Boston area. The team said it was moving the Sunday afternoon game to Friday to create ...
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Gabriel Gonzalez (Courtesy: City of Harlingen ) H ARLINGEN — City Hall is shaking up, leading City Manager Gabriel Gonzalez to cut a key management position as he develops a succession plan. After about a year on the job, Deputy City Manager Oscar Garcia has returned to his forme...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky State University women’s basketball player from Senegal was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month when she arrived at the airport in Louisville to fly to New York for a tournament. Aminata Seck, 26, is from Dakar, the capital...
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B ROWNSVILLE — A judge has dismissed a charge against a former San Benito Drainage District No. 3 board member after he paid restitution fees, records show. On Aug. 17, in Cameron County’s 107th state District Court, Judge Arturo Nelson dismissed a charge against former drainage ...
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By Gabby Birenbaum | The Texas Tribune F or the first time since announcing she was divorcing Ken Paxton, State Sen. Angela Paxton appears to be wading into the U.S. Senate race, encouraging a group of conservative women to vote for Republicans “even if we’re mad at them.” Angela...
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D owntown Brownsville is going to totally space out Thursday through Saturday as Space Fest descends on the city’s historic heart for the third consecutive year. The first two Space Fests were one-day events. This year it’s three days. Nathan Burkhart, director of the Brownsville...
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M ISSION — The council here unanimously adopted its new property tax rate. Mission’s no-new-revenue tax rate will be $0.5653 per $100 valuation in the upcoming fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1 — a less than a cent increase from the previous year of $0.5580 per $100 valuation. Als...
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PHARR, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Declining enrollment is becoming an ongoing challenge for public schools across Texas, including several major school districts in the Rio Grande Valley. Fewer students can mean less state funding for school districts, putting additional pressure on...
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Brian Schottenheimer announced several picks from the 2026 draft will be key components when the Cowboys play the Ravens on Sunday.
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A woman accused of coordinating the delivery of narcotics into a Texas jail was arrested on Wednesday in Los Fresnos. Maria Guadalupe Nelson, 68, was arrested in a joint investigation by the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Board of...
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FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — Darrell Waltrip, who parlayed a Hall of Fame driving career in NASCAR into a long-time broadcasting stint at Fox Sports, has stepped away from public life due to a progressive brain disease. Waltrip and his family shared a statement on Wednesday that noted ...
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MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — Only four years ago, Jackson Koivun played in the Junior Presidents Cup as a high school senior and wandered around Quail Hollow Club a little star struck being around the likes of Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas. It was only 112 day...
