LOS FRESNOS P.D. MUM ON SHOOTING DEATH OF WIFE OF LFCISD P.D. OFFICER WHO IS...
By Juan MontoyaEven as the entire town is talking about the shooting death of Erica Sandante, the wife of a Los Fresnos Independent School District Police Department officer and he is being questioned...
View ArticleCASCOS RESIGNATION ANNOUNCEMENT HINTS AT SENATE RUN
"I will continue to be involved in civic engagement, public service and am available for speaking engagements..."Texas Secretary of Carlos Cascos By Juan MontoyaThis sentence, according to sources...
View ArticleJUDGE NEECE, ABDUCTED IN AFRICA, ON WAY BACK TO U.S.
By Juan MontoyaThe first indication that things might have been be going wrong for City of Brownsville Municipal Judge Ben Neece on his coffee-buying trip to Toga, in West Africa, was a telephone call...
View ArticleWILL UTRGV BLAME TSC FOR ACCREDITATION PROBATION?
By DANYA PEREZ HERNANDEZ Staff WriterBrownsville HeraldEDINBURG – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s accreditation is under probation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...
View ArticleRUNNING SARITA: THE SMUGGLER CHRONICLES, PART 1
By Juan MontoyaThe first time Chato ran the Sarita checkpoint he did it almost inadvertently.He was home on leave from the military and stationed in North Click (Carolina) after he enlisted in...
View ArticleRUNNING SARITA: THE SMUGGLER CHRONICLES, PART II
By Juan MontoyaThe second time Chato ran the checkpoint at Sarita, it was for love.After he had returned home from the military and then finished college, Chato landed a job working for the county as...
View ArticleSAFE AT HOME, BEN NEECE THANKS U.S., HIS FRIENDS
By the Hon. Ben NeeceCity of Brownsville Presiding Municipal JudgeDear Family and Friends:As you have heard, I was abducted in Lome, Togo, Africa. I was on a business trip representing a client, and my...
View ArticleWHY ISN'T AT&T PUBLICIZING LOW-COST INTERNET SERVICE?
(Ed.'s Note: We had heard from several of our readers that they had read newspaper advertisements in San Antonio and Houston of the low cost wireline Internet service offered by AT&T to households...
View ArticleCHAMBERS' APPEAL RAISES QUESTIONS ON D.A.'S PROSECUTION
By Juan MontoyaLess than two weeks after former Indian Lakes Police Chief John Chambers filed a Texas State Bar complaint against Cameron County lead prosecutor Gus Garza for declining to prosecute...
View ArticleJUNK YARD DOG AHUMADA TAKES ON KID LONAS MCHALE
(Please accept the follow post for your blog. Thank you)By Pat AhumadaFormer MayorCity of BrownsvilleJerry McHale has made it a malicious career to make up stuff, slandering people and bullying people...
View ArticleJERRY SWIPES AT HOLLER'S SILENCE ON NEECE ABDUCTION
By Dr. G.F. McHale-Scullywww.themchalereport.blogThe chief municipal judge, sitting on the Brownsville bench for 30 years, disappears in Africa and the public discovers that it is the Herald that is...
View ArticleBEATING ON A DEAD HORSE; ERASMO BISD RUN IN 2018
By Juan MontoyaIf Joe Rodriguez, Carlos Elizondo or Cesar Lopez are still around in 2018 and thinking of running for reelection to the board of trustees of the Brownsville Independent School District,...
View ArticleBISD BOARD WANTS TO SHIRK DUTIES, HIRE 2 MORE LAWYERS
By Juan MontoyaThey tried it once, and now they're trying it again.At the last meeting of the Brownsville Independent School District board of trustees, Superintendent Esperanza placed an item on the...
View ArticleRUENES FAMILY DISPUTES AHUMADA'S REVISIONISM
By Rick RuenesSpecial to El Rrun-RrunDear Editor:I see where Pat "Mamada" Ahumada is now taking the credit for HEB's building on Southmost where the Ruenes Drive In used to be.Conveniently, he forgot...
View ArticleWILL PUSH EVER COME TO SHOVE OVER BROWNSVILLE FIRE CHIEF BEING ON BISD BOARD?...
By Juan MontoyaDuring this year's Brownsville Independent School District election for the board of trustees, much was made over the fact that firefighter Rigo Bocanegra was running for office when the...
View ArticleTSC, CITY INK M.O.U. TO TRAIN FIRE DEPT. PARAMEDICS
By Juan MontoyaIf you ever had the misfortune of requiring a city ambulance to come to your assistance, then you will be glad to hear that Texas Southmost College and the City of Brownsville have inked...
View ArticleBISD BOARD NIXES LEVEL III LAWYER, OKS 1 FOR GRIEVANCES
By Juan MontoyaThe board of trustees of the Brownsville Independent School District, by a 4-3 vote, approved the hiring of Weslaco attorney Ivan Perez to investigate and possibly defend administration...
View Article16-YEAR-OLD GIRL STAR OF B'VILLE COMMUNITY BOXING CLUB
By Juan MontoyaFred "Cacho" Avila still remembers when Kassie came through the door of the gym over Tony's Body Shop that servers as a workout gym for the Southmost Area Community Boxing Club.The gym...
View ArticleONE MAN'S SCRIBBLE IS ANOTHER'S PENGUIN ART
(Ed.'s Note: Taggers are not the most popular artists to railroad company security staff, but there's no denying that there is some talent lurking around train yards and trestles. The photo above was...
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