YTURRIA'S ANCESTORS LIVED COLORFUL, CONTROVERSIAL LIFE
(Frank Yturria died at a Houston hospital on Nov. 26 at the age of 95.Yturria was a lawyer, but dedicated most of his life to his ranch and conservation projects, including huge easements to protect...
View ArticleNEW BISD BOARD REORGANIZES, ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Discussion, consideration and possible action for Re-Organization of Board of Trustee Officers.PresidentVice-PresidentSecretary Dr. Prisci Roca-Tipton
View ArticleSTOLEN HUSKY FOUND, RETURNED TO ITS OWNER
Special to El RrunRrunThat husky pictured above was missing and its owner suspected someone had stolen him. He asked for the public's help to find his pet after it was taken from the Land-O-Lakes area...
View ArticleINS UPGRADES MEXICO ALERT, CITES NEW ADMINISTRATION?
Special to El Rrun-RrunA source in Mexican diplomatic circles in Mexico City sent us this missive credited to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services saying it is upgrading its inspection of...
View ArticleHANNA'S MARK GUESS SURVIVED BISD POLITICAL ANTICS TO LEAD GOLDEN EAGLES TO...
Special to El Rrun-RrunSources within the Brownsville Independent School District say that Hanna Golden Eagles Coach March Guess was able to overcome the political machinations of past district...
View ArticleSHAME OF THE BISD: CANALES ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN
(Ed.'s Note: While the Brownsville Independent School District board and administration fell over themselves trying to spend the $120 million over five years and naming facilities after their cronies,...
View ArticleFOR LOSING SBOE DISTRICT RACE, HASSE MADE A GOOD SHOW
                             Early             TotalCharles "Tad" Hasse   REP      123,681  47.09%    176,530       46.20%Ruben Cortez, Jr. -...
View ArticleTHE ROOSEVELT STREET ROUGH RIDERS, RIDE AGAIN
(Ed.'s Note: Depending on the condition of your car, the first thing that will go will be either the suspension, the tires, the shocks, your tailpipe, or your windshield will crack. That is if you...
View ArticleTHREE BROWNSVIL JPS HANDLE MOST CASES FILED IN COUNTY
By Juan MontoyaThe Cameron County annual report on the performance of the Justice of the Peace courts for 2018 shows that the commissioners' decision to even out the staff in the Brownsville courts was...
View ArticleAFTER A BIG DOG PEES, ONCE MORE TO LAKE BROWNTOWN
By Juan MontoyaFormer City of Brownsville Mayor Henry Gonzalez used to quip (he was a jock in school) that if a dog peed at Four Corners, the whole of Boca Chica Blvd. would flood.That is not entirely...
View ArticleFBI PROBES GALLEGOS' I.E.S.; S-WEST KEY'S SANCHEZ BARED
(Ed.'s Note: Once again Brownsville has caught the national eye, not as we would want, of course, but as a point of crisis and potential criminal wrong-doing and profiteering from a humanitarian...
View ArticleAPPEALS COURT: SAENZ, TX. RANGERS GAVE COP A PASS
By Juan MontoyaThe family of Jose Roman Rodriguez can be vindicated that Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz, the Texas Rangers and the Internal Affairs Division of the Brownsville Police...
View ArticlePOST ON TRUJILLO JR. FOR WHICH WE WERE TAKEN TO TASK
(When Cameron County District Attorney Luis v. Saenz, two Texas Rangers (wasn't it one riot one ranger?) and former BPD Chief Orlando Rodriguez held a press conference to say a county grand jury had...
View ArticleMAYOR TONY MARTINEZ: THE PEASANTS ARE REVOLTING, YUCK
A) Discussion regarding the Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Committee (MPO) membership.B) Discussion regarding the Audit & Oversight Committee.C) Discussion regarding Greater Brownsville...
View ArticlePARA ENTENDER A LA GENTE, HAY QUE LEER LOS ROTULOS
(Ed.'s Note: Our monolingual friends (or it it bilingually-challenged?) friends will probably not grasp the meaning of the admonition in Spanish in a man's bathroom at one of the local Brownsville...
View ArticleWILL GBIC APPOINTEES KEEP MAYOR'S HAND FROM THE TILL?
21. Consideration and ACTION to appoint three (3) members to the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation (GBIC). (Commissioners J. Munguia/R. Longoria, Jr.)Â Item on tonight's City of Brownsville...
View ArticleDA SAENZ'S DIRTY DEEDS TIP OF ICEBERG OF DPS CORRUPTION
(Ed.'s Note: If you thought that the abuses of power and official oppression alleged in six complaints from members of the Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector's Office against two investigators with...
View ArticleOK, DEAL WITH THE PLAINS CAPITAL BUFFALO GETTING WEIRD
(Ed.'s Note: When we first posted the note on the anatomically correct buffalo bull of a project financed by the local Plains Capital Bank, we though that would be the end of it. But now one of our...
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