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VALLE ROYALTY: POLITICAL OFFICES ARE OURS BY BIRTHRIGHT
(Ed.'s Note: Meet the Rio Grande Valley's' own version of royalty. With a 28-year reign as Texas District 27 State Senator, Eddie Lucio Jr. (wearing Texas motif shirt) appears to be ready to hand over...
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WITH SLAVERY OVER, LOCAL PLANTATIONS USED LOCAL LABOR
(Ed.'s note: Not too many people realize it, but the Brownsville area was home to at least six agricultural plantations that tried growing everything from cotton to sugar cane. The labor, of course was...
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$40 MILLION IN UNCOLLECTED JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS FINES AND FEES; COUNTY...
By Juan MontoyaWith an estimated $30 to $40 million in delinquent fines and fees from the eight Justice of the Peace offices still uncollected by the firm of Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, the...
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COMMISSIONERS DECLARE OPI BRIDGE REPAIR AN EMERGENCY
(Ed.'s Note: On August 15 we ran a post about the bridge on Old Port Isabel Road having been closed for repairs but that the job was put on the back burner because of budget considerations. That...
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NATIONAL ANTHEM AT "BEIS" PARK HEALED WAR-WEARY U.S.
Special to El Rrun-RrunIt was in 1918 that the American Flag and the Star-Spangled Banner rejuvenated the spirit of the nation, especially of the average American baseball fan.The country was still at...
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POOREST CITY IN THE COUNTRY? WELL-PAID COACHES, THOUGH; AND $7 MILLION IN...
(Ed.'s Note: According to the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, this is the [alphabetical list, we stand corrected] list of coaches in Texas. Tom Chavez, at $115,410, led the Brownsville Independent School...
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CONJUNTO ALIVE AND WELL IN THE STREETS OF BROWNTOWN
As the heat receded somewhat and dusk descends Saturday evening, crowds begin to build up for the Ninth Annual Freddie Gomez Memorial Conjunto Concert in Brownsville’s Historic District. There was...
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ERASMO SNAGGED BY LABOR DAY WEEKEND DWI TASK FORCE
Special to El Rrun-RrunNewsCenter 4 is reporting that Brownsville Independent School District board member Erasmo Castro was arrested by the Brownsville Police Dept. and spent part of the Labor Day...
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A YOUNG MIGRANT'S MEMORIES OF A LABOR DAY IN THE SUN
"For the worker deserves his wages..." Luke 10:7"Still, tomorrow's going to be another working dayAnd I'm trying to get some restThat's all I'm tryin to get some rest..."American Tune by Paul SimonThe...
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MORAL BEHIND THE DUAL DWI STORIES: AVOID TYING ONE ON
Special to El Rrun-RrunOn July 5, a Friday, Michael A. Vargas, president of the San Benito Independent School Board, was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated in neighboring Harlingen.Almost...
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MAY 1860: BROWNSVILLE ISSUES FAKE NEWS ON CORTINA
(Following the takeover and occupation of Brownsville by Juan N. Cortina and his followers on September 27-30, 1859, stories abounded about his supposed depredations all over South Texas. Earlier that...
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COB PUBLIC WORKS WORKERS OFF TO A BAD DAY....
(Ed.'s Note: With the entire front right wheel assembly sunk in the flooded entry to a construction site, two City of Brownsville Public Works staffers had no idea there was no curb under the puddle...
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BRING IT ON TROPICAL STORM FERNAND! WE'RE READY!
(Ed.'s Note: After months of sweltering heat and skirting drought conditions, Brownsville got blind-sided with a tropical wave that has immersed the area in constant rain for the better part of two...
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160 YEARS AFTER, CORTINA'S BATTLE WITH CITY RESOUNDS
(Ed.'s Note: Come September 28, it will be 160 years since Juan N. Cortina captured the Brownsville and held it for two days. The story is familiar to local residents: Cortina rode in with some men,...
View ArticleNORTHEAST CARTEL THREATS PREVENTS NUEVO LAREDO, TAMPS. GAS STATIONS FROM...
(Ed.'s Note: The Cartel del Noreste has effectively cut off gasoline sales to the military and police forces by threatening gas station owners with blowing up their businesses if they sell to law...
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LIVE BY THESWORD, DIE BY THE SWORD...ONLINE PETITION TO REMOVE ERASMO FROM...
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LETTERS FROM BROWNSVILLE: "WE ARE A BESIEGED TOWN...."
Special Correspondence toThe PicayuneNov. 2, 1859"We have lately been feeling some of the rigors of a besieged town."In addition to the particulars furnished by the newspaper here, I will add that the...
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2,500(+) AND COUNTING, SIGNERS WANT CASTRO OFF BISD
https://www.change.org/p/dr-ren%C3%A9-guti%C3%A9rrez-remove-erasmo-castro-from-bisd-board-of-trustees(Click on link to sign.)(Ed.'s Note: This morning, at about 1:25 a.m., someone signed on as Phil...
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THE DEAD AND DYING..."BROWNSVILLE: ALWAYS A FIESTA"
Svelte Rose TimmerOf Healthy Communities of BrownsvilleWants to ingratiate herself with our viejitos"De Fiesta Con Mis Abuelos," she has named her brainchildSince when, we wonderHas she loved our...
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