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EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Hidalgo County man was arraigned Friday afternoon after he confessed to fatally shooting his neighbor. 34-year-old Antonio Garcia Garza appeared before Judge Jaime Munoz. The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s office said at around 3 a.m. Thursday deputies responded to the 6700 block of Argentine Road in rural Edinburg, in reference to […]

ALTON, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Mission woman was arrested after leaving her dogs in a hot car, police said. Evelyn Pamela Flores was arrested on a charge of cruelty to non-livestock animals, according to Hidalgo County Jail records. ValleyCentral spoke with Alton Police Chief Jonathan Flores who said that at 2:21 p.m. Monday, officers responded […]

SAN JUAN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating an officer involved shooting that happened Thursday afternoon in San Juan. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 1600 block of E. 7th St. at approximately 1:28 p.m. in reference to an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon warrant. According to the HSCO, a deputy […]

DONNA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man awaiting trial in an attempted kidnapping case in Donna was arrested again, this time for assaulting his mother, records show. Roy Anthony Yanez, 39, was arrested Wednesday on charges of aggravated robbery, according to Hidalgo County Jail records. Yanez is also awaiting trial after allegedly attempting to kidnap a […]

Did you know that McAllen-Edinburg-Mission takes the crown for the city in Texas with the highest number of people relying on food stamps? Yeah, it's true. According to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, a whopping 30.9% of households in this metro area received SNAP benefits in 2021. That's pretty significant when you consider that the overall SNAP recipiency rate in the entire state of Texas is 12.2%.

MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) –A once beautiful golf course is now looking more beat up and filled with weeds. ValleyCentral visited the Cimarron neighborhood where residents are upset about the conditions of the club. The City of Mission tells us the Cimarron district is a planned unit development – that’s what governs the golf course and […]

The Hidalgo County Courthouse will remain closed for the third day in a row as crews continue to work on fixing a faulty cooling tower. The courthouse closed Wednesday after the frame of the building’s cooling tower collapsed, preventing water from cooling the courthouse building, according to a news release.

EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Growing up in the 956, there are two things we have had on every occasion: tacos and beer. In tonight’s Food 4 Thought, the Food Patrol is visiting taquerias and checking out what’s que rico and what’s que asco! The Food Patrol stopped by Calacas Tacos and Beer located at 500 […]

The number of people hospitalized with fungal meningitis in the Rio Grande Valley keeps rising, weeks after state officials confirmed an outbreak linked to two clinics in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. A Cameron County health officials says there are eight patients hospitalized with the infection, and that one of the three deaths...

HIDALGO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Criminal charges against Hidalgo Early College High School’s former head football coach have been dismissed, district officials announced. Monty George Stumbaugh was arrested in March on a charge of assault causing bodily injury. On Thursday, it was announced by the Hidalgo Independent School District that the charges were dismissed by a […]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Thursday morning’s rain brought power outages to Hidalgo County. The storm knocked power out in some RGV cities. Magic Valley Electric Cooperative is reporting no outages in Hidalgo County, 25 in Cameron County, 2 in Willacy, and none in Starr County. AEP is reporting 117 outages in Hidalgo County, 13 in […]

The Texas Department of Public Safety and Michigan State Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a victim from a 1997 murder. On November 19, 1997, a farmer in Blissfield Township, Michigan found a body in a farm field. Michigan State Police said the body was found naked with its head and hands missing, according to WTVG 13 Action News station based out of Toledo, Ohio.

MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Driscoll Health Plan is partnering with a non-profit organization to bring an affordable CPR program to Rio Grande Valley residents. The health plan presented $10,000 to the Capable Kids Foundation, an RGV-based organization to create the Capable Kids Save-A-Life CPR training program. The program will provide free CPR training to families, […]

EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The duo behind the Valley-known Bert Ogden Auto Group received an award on Wednesday. Bob and Janet Vackar were presented for their philanthropic efforts across the Rio Grande Valley. “It’s great to get back involved because we’ve went a little bit out of it because of COVID,” Bob Vackar said. The […]

Note: The following story was first published in The Advance News June 19, 2013. The advice given in this story – be aware of who your neighbors are – still rings true today.Any way you cut it, six tons of marijuana is a lot of pot. Even by South Texas standards.Last October, there was a 3,000-pound pot bust in Pharr. Quadruple that, and you’ve got what San Juan police discovered when they executed a search warrant last Thursday night at a home on a street corner just south of the expressway, adjacent to the San Juan Shrine.“No one was inside ...

MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Small Business Administration is providing loans to Rio Grande Valley residents recovering from severe storm damages. The disaster loan program from the SBA Office of Disaster Recovery Resiliency covers renters, homeowners, nonprofit organizations, and businesses of any size. “Homeowners can get up to $200,000 to repair or replace their home, […]

SAN JUAN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — First responders from across Hidalgo County gathered Wednesday morning for Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle. The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office invited local agencies including police departments, fire departments, emergency medical services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers. […]

The Hidalgo County Sheriff's is investigating an armed robber that occurred at a meat market in Donna a week ago. Deputies responded to the Los Amigos Meat Market on the 6200 block of Browning Street. The victim told deputies he was in the parking lot when two Hispanic men got out of a white Chevrolet 4-door Sedan.

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HIDALGO COUNTY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An evidence technician with the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office was arraigned Monday on 22 charges relating to tampering with records. Miguel David Soliz was formally arraigned on 21 counts of tampering with government records and one count of theft of property between $30,000 and $150,000, records show. According to previous […]