OZUNA TO MARY REY: EATING CROW BY GIVING CHICKEN NOW?
(Ed.'s Note: Predictably, Mary Rey comes in the tail end of the parade and makes noises against the campaign tactics of Trey Mendez's supporters handing out chicken plates while trying to ignore the...
View ArticleBROWNSVILLE HERALD REPORTS SEEING SIRENS BY LEVEE...
"Before being turned away, newspaper staff were able to see sirens...off in the distance..." Brownsville Herald news story
View ArticleERASMO CASE: JUST AN AMOROUS ENCOUNTER BETWEEN TWO CONSENTING ADULTS AT...
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View ArticleJUNETEENTH: EMANCIPATION DAY IN TEXAS, 2 YEARS AFTER
By Juan MontoyaFreedom took a little longer to arrive in Texas.Even though President Abraham Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation on January 1863, slavery wasn't outlawed in Texas until June...
View ArticleCOB HAS A NEW CREW ON COMMISSION; MENDEZ, COWEN AND GALONSKY WIN, PINK APE AD...
Special to El Rrun-RrunUnofficial results from the City of Brownsville 2019 city commission election show that 11,121 voters participated in the balloting, and it would seem impressive except that it...
View ArticleIS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S EMPLOYMENT ON THE LINE?
By Juan MontoyaAre there storm clouds in the horizon for Cameron County Administrator David Garcia at the next regular meeting of the commissioners this coming Tuesday?Once the favorite of individual...
View ArticleOP 10.33'S HERNANDEZ: "WE HAVE PLANTED THE SEEDS..."
(Ed.'s Note: When Brownsville native and Mike Hernandez, owner of DM Auto Leasing Mike Hernandez, read that his hometown had been ranked the poorest community in the country he embarked on a mission to...
View Article1878: N.Y. HERALD INTERVIEWS CORTINA, DIAZ IN MEXICO CITY
(Ed.'s Note: These interviews of Juan N. Cortina and of Mexico President Porfirio Diaz were conducted January 1 and published January 14, 1878, two years after Diaz had imprisoned Cortina in a Mexico...
View ArticleMOM OF LATE CITY COMMISSIONER CARLOS CISNEROS DIES
Darling-Mouser Funeral HomeMrs. Zoila B. Cisneros, 79, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, entered into eternal rest at her residence on Sunday, June 23,...
View ArticleSHERIFF CALLS PRESS CONFERENCE TUESDAY, DECRIES LACK OF COOPERATION BY TAMPS....
Special to El Rrun-RrunCameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio says that a lack of cooperation by Tamaulipas, Mexico law-enforcement officials are stymieing the investigation into the shooting death of...
View ArticlePHILIP COWEN: PUENTE-BRADSHAW DISSED JOHN, WE WAS PO'
From: Philip Cowen's Facebook pageI am disappointed by my nephew, John Cowen’s opponent’s reference in the Brownsville Herald where she tries to claim that the Cowens are persons of privilege in...
View ArticleHEY BUS METRO HONCHOS: HOW DID GASOLINE GET IN THE TANK OF $700,000...
By Juan MontoyaThe purchase of five electric hybrid diesel buses for the Brownsville Metro bus fleet at a cost of $3.5 million was heralded as Brownsville's entry into the brave new world of energy...
View ArticleRATHER THAN BE PUSHED OUT, ADMINISTRATOR GARCIA RESIGNS
By Juan MontoyaBefore the Cameron County Commissioners Court even had a chance to deliberate and take action on the agenda item posted above, County Administrator David Garcia - raking in a...
View ArticleGAVITO PROMISES: EL BARRIL WILL RISE LIKE SUDS AGAIN
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe renter of a piece of history went up in flames October 28, 2018 vows it ill reopen in downtown Brownsville...soon.The Brownsville Fire Dept. responded to a call of a fire...
View ArticleRAFIDI CLEARS STATE HURDLE, FEDERAL SENTENCING JULY 11
By Juan MontoyaAttorneys for a Palestinian man who still faces sentencing on a federal charge July 11 cleared a hurdle to regain his freedom today when he pleaded guilty in state court of making a...
View ArticleWITH NEW CITY COMMISSION, CALLS FOR REVENGE ABOUND
By Juan MontoyaThe votes haven't even been canvassed for the City of Brownsville commission elections which broke up the past majority on that body and cyber balloons are already being floated...
View ArticleTRUMP SUCCEEDS AT DENYING MIGRANTS ASYLUM INTERVIEWS
The man and his 23-month-old daughter lay face down in shallow water along the bank of the Rio Grande, his black shirt hiked up to his chest with the girl tucked inside. Her arm was draped around his...
View ArticleCHAMBERS APPEAL SENT BACK TO 13TH COURT OF APPEALS
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has remanded the case of former Indian Lake Police chief John Chambers and ordered the 13th Court of Appeals to reconsider its finding that...
View ArticleJP 2-1 SALAZAR ON WEDDING BINGE AHEAD OF CAMPAIGN
By Juan MontoyaWith two credible and competent challengers to her 16-year tenure as Justice of the Peace 2-1, Linda Salazar has gone on a weddings binge at the county-provided wedding chapel in the new...
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