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The Cameron County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a possible homicide that occurred north of Los Fresnos. Sheriff Eric Garza on his Facebook Page posted this morning, “a male subject was found deceased with signs of foul play in the outskirts of Los Fresnos. CCSO investigators are on the scene.”Garza is on his way to the crime scene and said he will have more information when he arrives at the location.

Los Fresnos freshman quarterback Robert Pineda racked up over 300 yards of offense to nab the RGVSports.com POTW.

Los Fresnos took over possession at the 11-yard line with 5:09 left in regulation, trailing the Bears 33-28. Led by freshman quarterback Robert Pineda, who accounted for 62 yards on Los Fresnos’ final drive, the Falcons marched methodically down the field for the go-ahead score. Pineda finished 7-of-11 through the air for 76 yards and a touchdown, adding 29 carries for 232 yards and a score on the ground. The Falcons (2-1, 0-0) return home for a tilt against La Joya High next Friday at Leo Aguilar Stadium in Los Fresnos. PSJA High (0-3, 0-0) hits the road for the first time this season next week, taking on Brownsville Hanna next Saturday at Sams Memorial Stadium in Brownsville.

Celebrations in September for a non-district volleyball victory are an uncommon sight, unless a milestone is achieved.

200 Saturday at home after her Falcons swept the Mission High Eagles 25-16, 25-20, 25-12. Vega’s serve froze the Eagles, tucking in nicely behind the Mission High team. Los Fresnos will be in Edinburg at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday against Edinburg High. Mission High takes on Brownsville Rivera at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at home. Harlingen High takes on PSJA High at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Harlingen High.

Crossing a car from Mexico and leaving it at a Walmart store in Brownsville has landed a Los Fresnos man in federal prison because authorities found methamphetamine hidden inside it, authorities said.

A Cameron County jury on Friday found a Los Fresnos man guilty of 19 counts of animal cruelty charges, officials said. The one-week trial was heard before Cameron County Court-at-Law No. How fitting the jury’s verdict was today on National Dog Day,” District Attorney Luis V. Saenz said in a press release. According to the press release, Cameron County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to assist the Cameron County Animal Control in conducting a follow-up investigation. Throughout the investigation, they encountered a foul smell at the location, which was a warehouse, officials said.

Los Fresnos on Wednesday implemented Stage 3 water restrictions when the amount of water stored in the Falcon and Amistad reservoirs on the Rio Grande fell below 25% of capacity.

Los Fresnos Consolidated School District law enforcement officers on Tuesday trained Tuesday on how to respond to active shooters on campuses. Armed officers went through hallways of Los Cuates Middle School during the training. The Raptor System is linked to a law enforcement data basis that will alert the campus if the visitor is barred from visiting a campus. All local law enforcement will be provided with a code to the box, which will provide them with immediate access to the keys. “We have MOU’s (Memorandum of Understanding) in place with all of the surrounding jurisdictions as far as the law enforcement agencies,” McDonough said.

Los Fresnos Consolidated School District law enforcement officers on Tuesday were trained on how to respond to active shooters on campuses.

If you are planning to travel on Highway 100 near Los Fresnos on Thursday, be prepared for a traffic switch on the highway.

BCARGV East-West All-Star Game hits San JuanSTAFF REPORTSAN JUAN — The top seniors from across the Rio Grande Valley will lace them up one last time at this year’s Baseball Coaches Association of the Rio Grande Valley All-Star Games tonight and Thursday. The Sub-5A East-West All-Stars get things started at 6 p.m. tonight at PSJA High. The 5A-6A East-West All Stars square off at 6 p.m. Thursday at PSJA High. Here are the rosters for the Sub-5A and 5A-6A East and West All-Star teams. Sub-5A West All-StarsSteven Martinez, Hidalgo; Jorge Molina, Hidalgo; Dante De La Rosa, Grulla; Derrick Amaro, Grulla; Kevin Cantu, Grulla; Ryan Galvan, Monte Alto; Devin Handy, Monte Alto; Jacob Garza, La Villa; Jayden Silguero, La Villa; Rene Reyna, La Villa; Keanu Escobar, La Villa; Arnulfo Contreras, La Villa.

Legendary Rio Grande Valley high school boys basketball coach Rosendo “Roy” Garcia died Monday, his family announced. Garcia, a Los Fresnos graduate, began his coaching career as an assistant at Los Fresnos High School before becoming the boys basketball head coach at Mission High during the 1970s. Garcia spent 28 years leading Mission High’s boys basketball program. Garcia was inducted into the Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor in 2015. Garcia was a multi-sport athlete as a quarterback for the Los Fresnos football team and star basketball player for the Falcons, earning All-American honors in 1961.

Herald All-Metro Softball: Chargers’ Mendoza earns MVP honorsBy EDWARD SEVERNStaff WriterNatalie Mendoza, the only senior on the Brownsville Veterans Memorial softball team, played a pivotal part in the postseason success of the Lady Chargers and is The Brownsville Herald’s 2022 All-Metro Softball Most Valuable Player. Mendoza said the best quality she brought to the Lady Chargers was her leadership. It is a blessing.”Mendoza spent time playing second base and catcher this season for the Lady Chargers. “(Mendoza), is probably a top-three player to walk through this campus,” Lady Chargers head coach Rayner Cardenas said. Rodriguez, Cardenas’ assistant coach, stepped up and took over the reins as the Lady Chargers advanced to the third round of the playoffs.

Elementary school children, middle schoolers and upcoming freshmen received instruction and attention from the Los Fresnos coaching staff and a couple of current Falcon football players during a three-day football camp. “It has been great, because you get to learn a lot more about football,” Alanis said. “The coaches here at Los Fresnos are nice and explain the game really well,” Alanis said. The coaches here at Los Fresnos help us.”The camp had more than 200 participants split between two sessions. Brownsville St. Joseph will hold a similar football camp in July.

Effective immediately, Los Fresnos is limiting when residents may water their lawns due to drought conditions.

Project Lead The Way on Tuesday unveiled research about its curriculum in the Los Fresnos school district, saying it shows a clear advantage for PTLW students in life and careers beyond high school. In 2016 the Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School Distrait launched the PTLW curricula in kindergarten through fifth-grade, middle school and high school. “Absolutely.”David Dimmett, PTLW interim president and CEO, said Los Fresnos quickly saw the program’s success and deepened it. High school programs increased to nine courses across PTLW biomedical science, PTLW engineering and PTLW computer science. At Tuesday’s celebration, Resaca Middle School sixth graders Mara Marroquin and Natalia Yanez spoke.

LOS FRESNOS — Los Fresnos is sending three girls to compete in the NAIA ranks next season. “Sara is that type of girl you cannot replace,” Los Fresnos coach Diego Luna said. Infante and Medina were part of a Los Fresnos girls powerlifting team that has won seven straight state championships. At state, Infante finished fifth and Medina finished second in their weight class. Medina joined Los Fresnos for her senior year because of how good the program is and because of Vela.

FURY Fighting Championship 61 is set to hit Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg on Sunday, May 8.

Last year, Los Fresnos made it all the way to the Region IV final, losing 3-2 to Smithson Valley. Santa Rosa will play host to Monte Alto in a single-elimination game. Harlingen High won a playoff game over Rivera to enter the playoffs and will play host to PSJA High. Brownsville Veterans Memorial begin its series with Sharyland High on Friday at home, and Porter will take on Sharyland Pioneer. The Raymondville Bearkats will play host to the opening game of their series with Corpus Christi Calallen on Friday.

HARLINGEN — East Valley softball teams are playing the bi-district round of the playoffs this week. District 32-4A will begin its playoff series Thursday. Raymondville, the fourth seed out of 32-4A will head to Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway in a single-elimination game. Brownsville Lopez made the playoffs on the final day of district play. The area’s District 32-6A teams jump into the action Friday, as San Benito and Los Fresnos will play single-elimination games on the road.

HARLINGEN — Rio Grande Valley girls golfers competed in the opening round of their respective regional tournaments Wednesday. Harlingen High’s Reagan Ramirez (93), Edinburg North’s Emilia Rodriguez (95), PSJA’s Kassandra Monroy (101) and Los Fresnos’ Camila Calderon (113) also competed from the Valley. Sharyland High is in fourth place in the Region IV-5A tournament, one stroke behind third place after the first day. She is in ninth place and one stroke behind the final individual qualifying place. La Feria’s Savannah Mendez (117), Vanessa Gonzalez (130), Maria Pizano (130), Jada Morales (133) and Leanna Perez (134) finished the day in 15th.

HARLINGEN — The Los Fresnos Lady Falcons scored six runs during the top of the second inning to power past the Harlingen South Lady Hawks 8-5 on Tuesday night. “Really proud of the girls,” Los Fresnos coach Jesus Garza said. During the top of the second inning, the Lady Falcons’ Dakota Martinez brought in the first run with an infield single. Lady Falcons senior Victoria Altamirano drove in the final run of the inning. Lady Falcons pitcher Katelynn Perez worked out of those jams well to go the distance.

WESLACO — High school golfers took to Tierra Santa Golf Course for the opening round of the District 32-6A golf tournament Tuesday.

WESLACO — The Weslaco High Panthers kept their perfect District 32-6A record intact by taking down Harlingen High 9-2 on Friday at Weslaco High School. We played as a team and we had a little breakdown here and there, but overall we did OK, hung in there and got the job done,” Weslaco High baseball head coach Eddie Serna said. Game 1 of the home-and-home series is slated for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Los Fresnos High School, with Game 2 set for 6:30 p.m. Friday at Weslaco High School. Los Fresnos (16–6, 6-0) defeated Brownsville Rivera 4-2 on Friday to improve to 16-6 overall and 6-0 in district. “Now that this one’s over it’s time to think about Los Fresnos,” Serna said.

In the 220-pound weight class, Los Fresnos’ Anthony Elvir is the state champion after outlifting Mercedes’ Roan Galvan by 65 pounds. Joe Hernandez finished fifth at 1,080, Jorge Martinez placed sixth at 1,075 and Thomas Sandoval was eighth at 1,050. Another fifth-place finish from La Feria was turned in by Antonio Marroquin in the 242-pound weight class. Rio Hondo’s Matthew Lopez is bringing back silver after putting up a 1,775 in the 275-pound weight class. Scott Atkinson, also from Rio Hondo, came in fourth in the 308-pound weight class at 1,725.

East Valley boys powerlifters are headed to the Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene this weekend to compete in the THSPA State Championships.

Los Fresnos police have identified the body of a man found lying on the road near Highway 100. Chief Hector Gonzalez said the man is 22-year-old Julio Cesar Gutierrez of Los Fresnos. Police were sent to 33000 block of FM 803 and Highway 100 -near Los Fresnos United High School- about 9:30 Wednesday in reference to a man found lying on the road with injuries. When the officers arrived at the location the man was already dead. Police urge anyone with information on the shooting to contact the Los Fresnos Police Department at (956) 233-4473.

Jimenez, who won gold in his weight class, and 91 other powerlifters punched their tickets to state Saturday. Powerlifters qualified for the THSPA State Championships, scheduled for March 25 and 26 at Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene, by finishing first or second in their respective weight class at the regional meet or by posting a qualifying total set for each weight class at regionals. Weslaco East earned a second-place team finish with 18 points, followed by Edinburg North in third with 15 points. He got me fired up and ready to go and kill it.”Weslaco High powerlifters Sergio Lerma (181-pound weight class) and Thomas Santillan (308-pound weight class) combined to break three regional records. The 148-pound weight class was so strong, all 12 competitors qualified for the state meet by hitting the qualifying weight total of 1,200 pounds.

Scores and schedules for the Calallen Wildcat Classic, Mira's Sports and More Classic and Best of the Bay baseball tournament.

EDINBURG — Mission High junior Brianna Marquez qualified for the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association Region V meet the first two years of her high school powerlifting career. Edcouch-Elsa’s girls powerlifting team edged out Los Fresnos 29-28 to win the regional team title. The Falcons, who won last year’s crown, finished in second ahead of Mission High and Edinburg Economedes, who tied for third with 13 points. Los Fresnos’ Miranda Escamilla and Hailey Martin finished first in the 123-pound and 114-pound weight classes, respectively. – Pauline Almazan, La Villa, (580)114 lb – Alejandra Reyes, Edinburg Quest College Prep (795)123 lb.

Whataburger officials confirmed on Friday that it is planning to open a restaurant in Los Fresnos at 1002 Hwy 100.

A Los Fresnos man remains in federal custody after he allegedly tried to smuggle nearly 18 pounds of methamphetamine across the Los Indios International Bridge in Los Indios, authorities said.

The county’s Office of Emergency Management and Fire and Cameron County Public Health are behind the efforts. Testing and vaccines will be available each day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or until supplies run out. The Moderna vaccine will be available for first and second doses and booster shots. The CDC recommends that everyone 18 years and older who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to get the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine at least two months after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Vaccines remain available at Cameron County Public Health Clinics Monday through Friday.

A major road construction project that’s been slowing down traffic in the middle of Los Fresnos since May is still at least several months away from completion.

HIDALGO — Mission High’s season came to a close Friday night as the Eagles lost to the Los Fresnos Falcons 56-14 in Region IV-6A Division I playoff action at Bill Pate Memorial Stadium. “It’s not the outcome we wanted, but at the end of the day, it’s one of those things where we have to handle adversity better,” Mission High first-year head coach Daniel Longoria said. He scored three during the first half to give Los Fresnos a 35-14 halftime lead. The first was a 7-yard slant, and was followed by an 89-yard catch-and-run by Guzman through the Los Fresnos secondary. The Eagles finished with just 168 yards of total offense, while Los Fresnos racked up 365 yards of offense.

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The Brownsville Herald covers the latest news from the Rio Grande Valley as the leading source of news and information for the southern Cameron County communities of Brownsville, Los Fresnos and Port Isabel. Got a news tip? Our inbox and email ( [email protected] ) are always open.

Los Fresnos mom Karina Bruno knew that as soon as COVID-19 vaccines would be made available to children that she wanted to get her 11-year-old daughter Krystal vaccinated.

The Brownsville Herald covers the latest news from the Rio Grande Valley as the leading source of news and information for the southern Cameron County communities of Brownsville, Los Fresnos and Port Isabel. Got a news tip? Our inbox and email ( [email protected] ) are always open.

ByHere are the unofficial election results:Cameron County Venue ProjectFor – 2593Against – 2455Los Fresnos City Council, Place 3Gordon D. Cappon – 106Gabriela Fernandez – 143Los Fresnos City Council, Place 4Luis Gonzalez – 167Los Fresnos City Charter, Amendment AFor – 168Against – 70Los Fresnos City Charter, Amendment BFor – 196Against – 40Los Fresnos City Charter, Amendment CFor – 210Against – 25Los Fresnos City Charter, Amendment DFor – 198Against – 30Los Fresnos City Charter, Amendment EFor – 191Against – 30Los Fresnos City Charter, Amendment FFor – 205Against – 18Los Fresnos City Charter, Amendment gFor – 186Against – 14Point Isabel ISD, Proposition AFor – 467Against – 425Point Isabel ISD, Proposition BFor – 417Against – 469Point Isabel ISD, Proposition CFor – 437Against – 454Cameron County Irrigation District No. 6For – 372Against – 81Proposition 1: Raffle RodeosFor –Against –Proposition 2: Tax financing for county infrastructureFor –Against –Proposition 3: Restrictions on religious servicesFor –Against –Proposition 4: State judge eligibilityFor –Against –Proposition 5: Judicial misconduct processFor –Against –Proposition 6: Essential caregiver designationFor –Against –Proposition 7: Property tax exemptions for bereaved familiesFor –Against –Proposition 8: Property tax exemptions for military familiesFor –Against –

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HARLINGEN — Forty-eight minutes of regulation wasn’t enough to decide the District 32-6A battle between the Los Fresnos Falcons and the No. 4 Harlingen High Cardinals on Friday at Boggus Stadium.

The Brownsville Herald covers the latest news from the Rio Grande Valley as the leading source of news and information for the southern Cameron County communities of Brownsville, Los Fresnos and Port Isabel. Got a news tip? Our inbox and email ( [email protected] ) are always open.

The following is a list of early voting locations for the Nov. 2 Election.

There’s another full slate of action in Week 9, and East Valley teams will be participating in some important district contests.

The Brownsville and Los Fresnos school districts were keeping an eye on the Food and Drug and Drug Administration as the White House  det ailed plans Wednesday for the expected authorization of the Pfizer shot for children 5-11 in a matter of weeks.

There’s another full slate of action in Week 9, and East Valley teams will be participating in some important district contests.

Playoff pictures are starting to take shape after teams picked up key district wins in Week 8.

The following is a list of early voting locations for the Nov. 2 Election.

After defeating Los Fresnos in a one-game, winner-take-all Regional Final on Friday, the Smithson Valley baseball hit the practice field on Monday to prepare for the program's first berth in the UIL Class 6A State tournament since 2005.

After yet another rain delay forced the final innings to be postponed until Friday afternoon, Smithson Valley baseball survived another rally to defeat Los Fresnos in their one-game Regional Final playoff at Cabaniss Field.

The Smithson Valley baseball team was shown a lot of love by their hometown community, as they officially left on a chartered bus headed for Corpus Christi to take on Los Fresnos in a one-game Regional Final playoff on Thursday at 4 p.m.

Cameron County residents line up in the early hours of the morning to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-in distribution site in Los Fresnos. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas TribuneNeed to stay updated on coronavirus news in Texas? Almost a year into the pandemic, COVID-19 is still rampant across the state. While doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have begun to arrive — and more are coming — it will be months still before it is broadly available to the public. And for the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic, you can sign up for our newsletter here.

Published: May 16, 2020, 10:10 am Updated: May 16, 2020, 2:06 pmSOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – A massive fire completely destroyed a condominium complex on South Padre Island Saturday morning, according to a report from KRGV. The Valley Star reported firefighters were working to extinguish the flames by spraying water from a nearby parking garage. Firefighters from South Padre Island, Port Isabel, Los Fresnos and Brownsville were called to the scene to assist in the fire response, per KRGV. Praying it won’t spread 🙏🏼 Posted by Alvaro Costilla on Saturday, May 16, 2020The building was deemed a total loss with damages estimating around $7 million and no injuries were reported, according to KRGV. SAFD: Family of four loses home in massive fire on West Side