EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — May is Mental Health Awareness Month and school districts across the Valley are taking this time to focus on the mental health of their students. The Office of Counseling and Mental Health, based in Region One, has only been around for a little over a year. Region One received a grant []
PHARR, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An 8-year-old boy will be laid to rest on Thursday after being struck and killed by a truck last Friday while riding his bike. His heartbroken mother has been trying to get answers from Pharr police on how inaccurate information was released to the media and not corrected for days despite []
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Officers responded to a barricade situation Wednesday night after a man shot a homeowner in Harlingen with a BB gun, police said. According to Harlingen police, a man shot the homeowner on Marchita Avenue. The homeowner walked to a neighbor's house to call for help. While he was being treated, it []
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 []
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 []
DONNA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Mexican man living in Donna was sentenced to six years in federal prison for downloading child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced. Angel DeJesus Torres, 32, pleaded guilty to his charges on Jan. 19. At his hearing, the court learned that Torres used several peer-to-peer applications to download child porn. []
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 []
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Harlingen physician's medical license was reinstated after he was found not guilty of a manslaughter charge. The Texas Medical Board reinstated Dr. Ameer Hassan's medical license last month, according to state records. On April 18, the executive director of the Texas Medical Board entered an order that rescinded the temporary []
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 []
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Have you been suffering from a scratchy throat, watery eyes, or a runny nose lately? Odds are your body is reacting to the smoke in the air. It is a common thing this time of year for the farmers in Mexico to burn their fields. Huge swaths of Mexico farmland are []
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Illinois woman charged in a fiery crash that left two people dead was potentially under the influence and wanted to flee to Florida, according to a criminal complaint. Amanda Bender was charged with two counts of criminal negligent homicide in connection to an April 23 crash that left 29-year-old Sergio []
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. []