EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Clint Thomas Junior saw some action on the road last week, but the training camp standout is ready for a bigger workload in front of a home crowd. Now, the matchup is not easy at all. Southeastern Louisiana is ranked 25th in the AFC — that's UTRGV's first ranked opponent of [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral is partnering with school districts across the Rio Grande Valley to bring live high school football games to viewers with a click. ValleyCentral is the only news station in the region to bring you live broadcasts from the Harlingen, Brownsville, Weslaco, and McAllen school districts. Throughout the football season, we [...]

EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — UTRGV Men's Basketball Coach Brandon Chambers is gearing up for his first tipoff as head coach. But if you look at the character of this locker room, you wouldn't even recognize that this group's been together for just a few months. On Monday, the team held open practice for the community [...]

EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — UTRGV football had another tough outing on the road. Coach Travis Bush says there is no such thing as a layup in the Southland Conference. Every opponent will fight tooth and nail to come out on top, and the same applies to this week's matchup against Southeastern Louisiana. After falling to [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Edinburg man was sentenced to 60 years in prison after being found guilty of trying to burn his pregnant girlfriend alive and holding her against her will, according to Hidalgo County District Attorney Toribio "Terry" Palacios. Jorge Luis Ramos, 45, of Edinburg, was found guilty by a Hidalgo County Jury [...]

A 45‑year‑old Edinburg man, Jorge Luis Ramos, was sentenced to 60 years in prison after being convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, unlawful restraint, continuous family violence, and assault of a pregnant person. The crimes stem from a Dec. 2, 2024 incident in which neighbors heard Ramos beating, burning and attempting to set fire to his pregnant girlfriend, leaving her with severe facial and body injuries.

A steady stream of people on Monday signed up to register to vote in the upcoming Nov. 3 election at the Hidalgo County Elections Offices in Edinburg. Monday was the deadline to register to vote for the upcoming elections in Texas.

A steady stream of people on Monday signed up to register to vote in the upcoming Nov. 3 election at the Hidalgo County Elections Offices in Edinburg. Monday was the deadline to register to vote for the upcoming elections in Texas.

Former Edinburg school board member Miguel “Mike” Farias sued Edinburg CISD last week, alleging the district had violated the Texas Open Meetings Act several times over the course of the last year. Farias, formerly the board’s president, served as a trustee until he declined to run for reelection in 2024. In his suit,…

EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The new home of the UTRGV men's and women's tennis programs is set to be completed in early 2027. The UTRGV Tennis Complex is part of nearly $200 million in construction, renovations, and enhancements impacting all 18 UTRGV sports programs. This will mark project number 14 for the university. Both programs [...]

Editor's note: The video attached originally aired on Thursday, Oct. 1. HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The mother of a former student at a high school in Edinburg is suing the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District for $3 million over bullying and hazing allegations that resulted in her son's shattered clavicle. Juanita Ramirez, on behalf of [...]

Edinburg’s The Caffeine Library, a family‑run coffee shop and bookstore operated by the Montelongo family, is located at 1518 W. University Drive directly across from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus. The shop is celebrating its first anniversary and offers both coffee and a selection of books, a combination that local students and workers find especially convenient.

Adan Alaniz EDINBURG – Adan Alaniz, 79, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, at his Edinburg home. Aristobal Alaniz McALLEN – Aristobal Alaniz Jr., 85, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, at his home. Lucia Alaniz EDINBURG – Lucia Alaniz, 91, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, at her Edinburg home. Paul…

Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa said the city’s planning and zoning department has recommended amending the Unified Development Code to require a special‑use permit for any data‑center project within city limits. The proposal, announced on Friday, would give officials an extra review step but does not ban such facilities. Residents should note that future data centers would face this additional permitting process.

Chief Ayala’s career in law enforcement represents a full-circle journey rooted in the local community. A 1983 graduate of Edinburg High School, he began his dedication to public service in his hometown early on, working as a volunteer reserve officer and a dispatcher for the Edinburg Police Department. Prior to returning to lead the agency,…

Vanessa Denise Rico, 48, of Edinburg, was arrested Wednesday and arraigned Thursday on charges of manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance causing serious bodily injury or death and of delivering cocaine. Police say the investigation began April 10 after officers found a 39‑year‑old man unresponsive at Dove Avenue in McAllen; a search of Rico’s Edinburg home seized 1.85 grams of cocaine and she was held on a $10,000 bond.

The mother of an Edinburg teenager who was arrested by ICE earlier this month while taking a friend to enlist in the Marines and posted about it, was arrested and deported on Monday outside her work.

Daniel Alaniz ALTON – Daniel Alaniz, 58, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, in McAllen. Cesar Banda EDINBURG – Cesar Banda, 66, passed away on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, at Windsor Arbor View in Edinburg. Genoveva Becho MISSION – Genoveva R. Becho, 91, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in McAllen. Roque Cavazos…

September 18 – The Edinburg Municipal Court will host a Mobile Outreach Docket for residents with outstanding tickets or warrants at El Tule Recreational Center, 700 S. Veterans Blvd. in Edinburg, from 2 to 7 p.m. Residents with a Class C misdemeanor, such as an outstanding traffic citation or warrant, can pay their fines or…

The South Texas border towns of Brownsville and Edinburg were recently named as two of the four newest Texas arts districts in the state. In this episode of Border Report Live, host Sandra Sanchez speaks with Diane Milliken Garza, a commissioner with the Texas Commission on the Arts on the importance of these arts designations for attracting state funding and tourism to the region.