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Traffic reported in Alamo following car accident
ALAMO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Traffic is backed up on the expressway in Alamo due to a car accident. A white vehicle can be seen with damage to its rear side. Law enforcement and fire officials are on the scene. Traffic can be seen backed up on the expressway near the Alamo Road exit. ValleyCentral has […]
Police investigate ‘potential threat’ on PSJA campus, students evacuated
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include a statement provided by PSJA ISD Administration.SAN JUAN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Law enforcement agencies are investigating a potential threat that was made toward a San Juan school Wednesday morning. The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District was notified of a threat at PSJA Early College High School. […]
‘Major gas leak’ reported in Alamo, firefighters association says
ALAMO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Alamo Firefighters Association is reporting that a major gas leak is causing neighborhoods to be evacuated. Alamo city officials told ValleyCentral the leak occurred at the 800 block of S. 13th Street, where a pipe was busted while moving a mobile home. In an update, city officials stated situation was […]
Docs: Edinburg teen charged with hit and run that hospitalized pregnant woman
HIDALGO COUNTY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Edinburg teenager was jailed after allegedly fleeing the scene of a crash that hospitalized a pregnant woman, law enforcement documents show. Juan Francisco Uribe was booked into the Hidalgo County Jail on April 25 on a charge of accident involving injury/death, according to jail records. A criminal complaint stated […]
Restaurant sees success after Top Performer recognition, expands menu
WESLACO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Food Patrol is heading down memory lane by checking in on a kitchen our viewers loved and surprising a team that has already earned a Top Performer sticker. Uncle Chops is keeping it clean and keeping it puro que rico!. We checked in on...
Harlingen woman had 9 beers before fatal crash, docs show
MERCEDES, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Harlingen woman told authorities she had nine beers before a crash that left a woman dead, a criminal complaint stated. Imelda Velez was arrested on one count of intoxication manslaughter, according to Hidalgo County Jail records. At 6:36 p.m. on Dec. 15, 2023, a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper […]
Class 3A teams keep Valley’s sub-5A hopes alive
Edinburg IDEA Quest started out Class 3A’s area round with a loss in a single-game playoff against Corpus Christi London on Wednesday night as another Valley sub-5A program was eliminated. Only Santa Rosa, Lyford and Rio Hondo remain from the sub-5A teams after round one and a night of...
Hundreds of miles away from home, East Texas teen is desperate for permanent family who supports his dreams of service to others
McAllen, Texas (KLTV) - After 10 years in the foster care system, Raymond, 15, can only be described as compassionate, protective and hopeful. “I’m doing pretty good actually,” he said with a eager smile over our zoom interview. Raymond joined us digitally from a library in McAllen, Tx....
PD: Man ‘intentionally’ ran over man’s legs during car repo
ALAMO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Alamo police arrested a man after a high-speed chase following an assault with a vehicle. Juan Lopez is expected to face a “multitude of charges” after allegedly running over a man Tuesday morning, according to the Alamo Police Department. At 8:15 a.m., police responded to an auto-pedestrian accident at the intersection […]
VA to hold McAllen enrollment event for new law
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A new law makes all veterans exposed to toxins or other hazards while serving the country at home or abroad — including all veterans who served in Vietnam, the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan or any other combat zone after Sept. 11, 2001 — now eligible for VA health care.
Man charged in Progreso drug case pleads guilty
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS (ValleyCentral) — On Tuesday morning, Gregorio Salinas said the word he’d been avoiding for more than two years: “Guilty.” Salinas worked with several people from Progreso — including former school board President Francisco “Frank” Alanis and former Mayor Gerardo “Jerry” Alanis — to ship cocaine from the Rio Grande Valley to Houston, according […]
Leader, members of smuggling organization sentenced
MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The leader of a smuggling organization and five members were sentenced for human smuggling, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. On July 6, 2021, 42-year-old Houston resident Saul Torres-Martinez, also known as Cobra, 32-year-old Mexican resident Ernesto Mata Pioquinto, 31-year-old Mexican resident Marcelino Navarro Sanchez, 26-year-old Fresno resident Robert Hernandez, 36-year-old Wimauma, […]
Mandatory water restrictions underway for Edinburg residents
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Edinburg residents will now be required to minimize their outdoor water usage due to drought conditions in the area, according to city officials. “Several factors, including a lack of rainfall, Mexico’s scarce delivery of water under the terms of a 1944 treaty and the combined water level at the Falcon and […]
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