LONGTIME CAMERON COUNTY COUNTY CLERK JOE RIVERA DIES
(Ed.'s Note: We received word that Joe Rivera, a Robstown native who came to Brownsville decades ago and ran for Cameron County Clerk at the time that Ray Ramon was county judge and Eddie Lucio Jr. was...
View ArticleELIZONDO AND PENA FAIL IN EFFORT TO REMOVE BISD SUPER
By Alejandra Yanez and Derick Garcia BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Valley Central) — The Brownsville Independent School District’s superintendent still has a job after a school board meeting Tuesday...
View ArticleJAVIER RUIZ, OWNER OF ICONIC 14TH ST. 123 BAR, CHECKS OUT AT 83
By Juan MontoyaFor more than 50 years, the 123 Bar has been an oasis for blue-collar, working-class customers seeking a cool respite from their daily toil. Mechanics, day laborers, shrimpers, port...
View ArticleHANDS OFF SOCIAL SECURITY! TAKE A STAND NOW PATRIOTS!
Join In. No Parking on Central Blvd. No parking in Social Security Admin. parking lot. Parking available on surrounding streets and parking lots. We will picket on the sidewalks in front of the SSA and...
View Article"TELL THE WORLD...THAT WE HAVE NEVER EXISTED"
But they came, the bastards, to eradicatewith bombs,To tell very simply that we didn't exist.They started with the olive trees,Then with the orchards,Then with the buildings,And when all had...
View ArticleWE STOPPED A WAR: WE CAN STOP THE STEAL BY TRUMP AND MUSK OF SOCIAL SECURITY
(Ed.'s Note: Early this morning scores of protesters picketed the local offices of the Social Security Administration off Central Blvd. demanding that Donald Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE stop messing...
View ArticleU OF HOUSTON COUGARS GOING TO THE BIG DANCE MONDAY!
The Houston Cougars stormed back to top Duke, advancing to the NCAA championship game Monday against Florida. Can you believe it!?!There was a monkey on No. 1 Houston's back entering its Final Four...
View ArticleSON OF EL MANTE BAR OWNER DIES IN CAR CRASH
Texas Dept. of Public SafetyThe son of Don Lupito Martinez – Edgar Alberto Martinez, 50, of Brownsville – was killed early Saturday after crashing his vehicle into a tree.Don Lupito, who retired from...
View ArticleSPRINGTIME IN THE RGV: CUANDO LOS ARBOLES HABLAN
When spring time comes to South TexasDour, gray and thorny huisacheSprout joyous yellow fuzzy berriesAnd the mesquite adorns itself with verdant ferns for leavesAnd blooms that look like a plague of...
View ArticleREVISED NATIONAL PARKS WEBPAGE: TUBMAN WAS A HUMAN TRAFFICKER
La Cebolla WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration continues to alter the version of American history that appears in government publications, sources confirmed Monday that a page on the National...
View ArticleIDF: LITTLE GIRL, 15 RELIEF WORKERS AND MEDICS, HAD "LINKS TO HAMAS"
ISRAEL BOMBS SCHOOL, RESULTS IN AMPUTATION OF HER ARM...AND 15 AID WORKERS, INCLUDING 8 MEDICS, MURDERED BY IDF FORCESThank you to these Senators who voted in favor of two Joint Resolutions of...
View ArticleWHEN MAGAS LOOKED AT HIS FACE, THEY LOVED BIG BROTHER
WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERYIGNORANCE IS STRENGTHTARIFFS WILL BE PAID BY OTHER COUNTRIESMEXICO WILL PAY FOR THE WALLI WILL END THE WAR IN ONE DAYI LOVE VETSI LOWERED THE PRICE OF EGGS I AM SMART I...
View ArticleBALDE HUERTA THROUGH THE YEARS AS FREDDIE FENDER
CON SELENAWITH DOLLY PARTONEL GALANWITH HIS FENDER GUITAR
View ArticleSPACEX TAX ABATEMENTS SET TO RUN OUT AFTER 2025
By Diana ArevaloMySanANtonio.com A sweetheart of a tax break is about to come to an end for SpaceX just as the company’s Starbase launch facility in South Texas has begun to hit its stride.That’s...
View ArticleDEM. CUELLAR JUMPS SHIP, JOINS GOP TO SUPRESS VOTING
By Pablo de la RosaAcross the Americas The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a bill that creates new requirements in order to...
View ArticleTRUMP'S PRESENTATION OF CANADA-U.S. TARIFFS FRAUGHT WITH LIES
Q: Canada has up to 300 percent tariffs on US dairy products. Should they be embarrassed over their crying about Trump's mere 25 percent tariff?A: You’ve inflated the Canadian tariff and under reported...
View ArticleHOW YA DOING "CHUCK,""LUCILLE," AND YOU, "ERNIE?"
(Ed.'s Note: Yup, that's Brownsville's own Ernesto Elizondo yucking it up with Patricia Pratts, the voice of Peppermint Pattie in Charles Schultz's Peanuts cartoon. The event was held at the 3rd Annual...
View ArticlePORT COMMISSIONER JOHN WOOD'S SON FRANK, 49, DIES
(Ed.s Note: We can confirm that Frank Wood, the son of Brownsville Navigation Commissioner John Wood passed away this morning at his home. He was 49. BND commissioner Wood has previously served as City...
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