STILLMAN CHEATED SALINAS, 30 OTHERS, OF FT. BROWN
(After the Mexican defeat in 1848, Stillman acquired a massive property on the Garza grant north and northwest of Matamoros from the first wife family of Jose Narciso Cavazos but because Narciso...
View ArticleCASTRO'S COMIC-BOOK BEHAVIOR MARS GRAD'S CEREMONY
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe 2019 graduation ceremonies will be a bittersweet memory for a woman and her daughter.Although none of those present at the graduation ceremony for students at the...
View ArticleBOB & MANDY LEAD VOTE IN MOST ENVIED COUPLE OF 2019
Special to El Rrun-RrunA random survey of the local electorate by the Sanchez Talent Judges Agency (STJA) indicates that "Capt. Bob" Sanchez and his cohort Amanda "Mandy" McDonald are by far the...
View ArticleFRIENDS CAUTION D.A. LUIS SAENZ ABOUT MOLE IN OFFICE
Special to El Rrun-RrunFor some time now, courthouse observers have whispered about the alleged existence of a mole in Luis V. Saenz's Cameron County District Attorney Office.And as the 2020 political...
View ArticleJUNE 7, 1944: A VIEW OF THINGS FROM THE OTHER SIDE, THE GERMANS MEET NEW FOE,...
By A German Staff Officer17SS Panzer Grenadier DivisionOn 7 June 1944 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division received orders to leave the marshalling area in Thouars and to move to the invasion front in...
View ArticleSAN BENE P.D. FINDINGS ON TREVINO COP SHOOTING DEATH
(Ed.'s Note: San Benito Police Department Chief Fred Bell issued the following findings in the shooting death of Ricardo Trevino III last December 7, 2018. 1. The internal affairs investigation is...
View ArticleCOMMISSION ISSUES PRIVATE REPRIMAND AGAINST SALAZAR
By Juan MontoyaThe Texas Judicial Commission has reportedly issued an unpublished private reprimand to Justice of the Peace Precinct 2, Place 1 Linda Salazar on a complaint filed by a Cameron County...
View ArticleBONE-SPUR DRAFT DODGER TRUMP SAY HE LOVES D-DAY VETS
(Ed.'s Note: Donald Trump told an interviewer that he did not go to Vietnam because he did not agree with the war and had never heard of Vietnam. We wonder whether the D-Day vet he is honoring knew...
View ArticleNEW ETHICS CODE REQUIREMENTS SPUR BOARD RESIGNATIONS
By Juan MontoyaAs the City of Brownsville starts to implement its new Code of Ethics (Section 38 Municipal Ordinances), the requirement for members of appointed boards to file a disclosure report...
View ArticleGARZA PULLS THE ENDORSEMENT TRIGGER PREMATURELY
(Ed.s' Note: It appears that foiled City of Brownsville District 1 commissioner candidate William Garza's announcement that Mayor Tony Martinez had agreed to endorse former city manager Charlie Cabler...
View ArticleOLIVEIRA TRIES TO SQUIRM OUT OF DWI CHARGE, BLOOD TEST
By Mark ReaganBrownsville HeraldFormer state lawmaker Rene Oliveira has filed motions calling his arrest unlawful and challenging the legality of a warrant used to test his blood after the Brownsville...
View ArticleTURI: NO TUESDAY TACOS IN MATA; NO MAMES MARTES
Special to El Rrun-RrunPoor Arturo "Turi" Treviño.If we are to believe him, he just found out this week (after a lifetime of living on the border) that there is no "Taco Tuesday" in Matamoros, or in...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: D.A. SEEKS CHANGE OF VENUE VS. RENE
From La CebollaSpecial to El Rrun-RrunSaying that the political influence and personal relationships between former Texas District 37 State Rep. Rene Oliveira and the local judiciary cannot guarantee...
View ArticleGBIC UNDER LOSOYA WINS WORKFORCE EXCELLENCE AWARD
(Ed.'s Note: Despite incessant backbiting by its detractors inside and outside the city commission, the work of the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation staff and its board is being recognized...
View ArticleCUBBIES 2019 COACH-PITCH LEVEL LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPS
(Shown in the photo front row L to R: Isaak Aguilar, Jayden “Lefty” Salazar, Roel Trevino, Nathan Basler, Rolando Guzman and Trent Hopperstad. Back row: Isaac Guerra, Dante Guerra, Boston Rivera,...
View ArticleEARLY VOTING STARTS TODAY IN THREE CITY RUNOFFS
(Ed.'s Note: Early voting starts today and by the looks of it traffic started slow at the Cameron County Harrison Street voting site. Only one campaign worker was present there but a stream of voters,...
View Article"VILE RUMOR" ON ERASMO IS THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Special to El Rrun-RrunHe denies it "100 percent."And a law enforcement source in the Brownsville Police Department says that the only existence of any kind of documentation to show that something was...
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