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DIA DE LA RAZA EXPLODES CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS MYTH
From WikipediaThe date Columbus arrived in the Americas is celebrated in some countries of Latin America. The most common name for the celebration in Spanish (including some Latin American communities...
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RAMIREZ, FOUNDER OF BSPA, JAZZ FEST, KXIQ-FM, DIES
(Ed.'s Note: We here at El Rrun-Rrun are saddened that George Ramirez, founding member of the Brownsville Society For the Performing Arts, owner of the Half- Moon Saloon, Brownsville Performing Arts...
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MYSTERIOUS CIRCLE OF LIGHTS HOVERS OVER MADERO, TAMPS.
(Ed.'s Note: People in the oil refinery city of Madero, in Tamaulipas, Mexico, are still buzzing about the mysterious circle of that hovered over a Pemex installation Saturday, October 12. Numerous...
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GARZA MOUNTS NO-HOLDS BARRED CAMPAIGN FOR SHERIFF
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe gloves have come off.If you thought that the race for the 2020 Democratic Party primary for Cameron County Sheriff was going to follow in the normal gentlemen's agreement...
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EMINENT DOMAIN: THE IRON FIST INSIDE THE SPACEX GLOVE
The Texas Institute for Property RightsSpace X recently sent residents of Boca Chica Village, a small community about thirty miles east of Brownsville, offers to buy their homes for three times the...
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HISTORICAL WOOD-BLOCK PAVING, LAWSUITS, AND ARCHITECTS
By Juan MontoyaIt was an idea that gathered steam in San Antonio, Houston, and across the country as automobile ownership rose in the late l800s and motorists demanded that roads – scarce everywhere,...
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COLUMBUS DAY: THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR "INDIANS"
By Juan MontoyaFive hundred and twenty seven years ago, natives of a Caribbean island woke up to find three boatloads of hungry (and lost) Europeans announcing to them that they had been discovered....
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RGCCISD: ENOUGH OF SALAZAR, FIRE HIM FROM $216 K GIG
Special toEl Rrun-RrunToday, after tabling the issue last Tuesday, the members of the Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School board voted to fire current Brownsville Independent School District...
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IN 1928, VALLEY TASTED ZIEGFIELD BROADWAY MUSICAL
Special to El Rrun-RrunRio Rita, a romantic comedy plays to large crowds Bringing Broadway to Harlingen became a reality in 1928, as one of the most famous musicals of the era — “Rio Rita” took the...
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DESPITE SALAZAR'S VEILED THREATS, RGCCISD FIRES HIM
"(Baltazar Salazar) added that as an officer of the court, he had a responsibility to report illegal activity. “And I will guarantee you that that has been done." When asked what he meant by that,...
View ArticleDISTRICT CLERK APPOINTMENT UP TO THE DISTRICT JUDGES; THEY WILL MEET TODAY TO...
“There shall be a clerk for the district court of each county, who shall be elected by the qualified voters and who shall hold his office for four years, subject to removal by information, or by...
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BAILIFFS GET LAS VEGAS JUNKET, TAXPAYERS LOST WAGES
By Juan MontoyaTwice this past year, Pct. 2 Constable Abel Gomez sponsored accredited mandatory Courtroom Security training at Texas Southmost College at $30 per courthouse bailiff who participated.And...
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CINDY E. NEWS OF MY CANDIDACY ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED
Special to El Rrun-RrunFriends and relatives close to Cindy Elizondo -former Brownsville Fire Dept. and Brownsville Independent School District board member Carlos Elizondo's Better Half - are adamant...
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CITY LANDFILL WORKERS LINING MORE THAN TRASH CELLS
Special to El Rrun-RrunWe've heard of office kitties, coffee funds, and petty cash, etc.,These are collections by office personnel, usually, to buy small items or float workers a few dollars for lunch...
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SBISD BOARD VARGAS PRESIDENT ARRAIGNED FOR DWI; JUDGE ORDERS IGNITION...
By Fernando del ValleValley Morning Star Staff WriterBROWNSVILLE — A judge Tuesday held an arraignment hearing in the case of San Benito school board President Michael Vargas, who faces a charge of...
View ArticleREST EASY: DISTRICT CLERK APPOINTMENT NEXT WEDNESDAY
Special to El Rrun-RrunIt might be Wednesday next week that the eight Cameron County district judges will decide who will be appointed interim department head of the Cameron County District Clerk...
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THREE HONDURAN GIRLS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AT BRIDGE
El BravoA Mexican man waiting a work-permit hearing before U.S. immigration authorities at the Gateway Bridge has been accused of sexually molesting three Honduran migrant girls, one only 7 years old,...
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DEVIL IN THE DETAILS: $8,069 RAISE IN THREE YEARS FOR ONE WHILE NOTHING FOR...
By Juan MontoyaAfter the outcry over the proposed exorbitant pay raises for Cameron County elected officials for the 2020 fiscal year, the chastised officials quietly tabled the proposal and settled...
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BAILIFF'S COURT SECURITY CONFERENCE? WHERE IS IT?
By Juan MontoyaThis Tuesday, when 138th District Court Bailiff Joel C. Garcia made his case for himself and two other court bailiffs to travel to Las Vegas for three days starting Oct. 21 to Oct. 24,...
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ATTORNEY GUILLERMO VEGA SENT TO PRISON FOR 13 MONTHS
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of TexasHOUSTON – A 70-year-old Brownsville attorney has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of failing to file a...
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