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DO NOT PASS GO: DO NOT GET YOUR OLD JOB, BACK PAY
Special to El Rrun-RrunAfter a two-day hearing where the dirty laundry piled up by former Fire Department Chief Carlos Elizondo was fully aired, the Brownsville Civil Service Commission denied his...
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HEY! YOU UP THERE? YOU GOT A LICENSE FOR THAT THING?
(Ed.'s Note: Following the passage of the new Federal Aviation Administration law regarding drones already in effect, Texas Southmost College put a new policy in effect protecting its campus from the...
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SOCCER LOSS: TSC ONLY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN TOURNEY
Special to El Rrun-RrunEven though they put up a valiant second-half rally against soccer power house Iowa State, Texas Southmost College Scorpion soccer team came up one goal short in the consolation...
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USED CLOTHES, USED BLOOD BUSINESS IS BOOMING HERE
There's a runOn used bloodAnd on used clothesAnd tires, hereBusiness is boomingFor the blood suckingPlasma firmsAnd trailers full of used clothesCompete with plasmaIn economic termsOne comesAnother...
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HARD TO REALIZE IT'S BEEN 56 YEARS SINCE KENNEDY DIED
By Juan MontoyaAs a student at Garden Park Elementary School in November 1963, our third-grade class went on a filed trip to Harlingen to see how bread (Holsum Bakery) and ice cream (at Hygeia) were...
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IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE RIGHT, DO IT YOURSELF
(Ed.'s Note: District 404th District Court candidate Ass. District Judge Louis Sorola was caught placing this window campaign sticker on a supporters' truck Monday evening as county workers were...
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EL SABADO ANTEPASADO, EL DIABLO ANDABA SUELTO
Special to El Rrun-RrunIn yesteryear, Gilberto A. Cerda, the publisher of the El Puerto newspaper would moralize about women attending dances into the night and recounted when one of these wayward...
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THAR SHE BLOWS! WINDS BATTER BIRDS OF A FEATHER...
(Ed.'s Note: With southeasterly gale-force winds approaching 30 miles an hour in anticipation of a shift to the north Wednesday, these sea gulls and ducks hunker down along a section of Resaca de la...
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OLD MYSTERY: DID DIAZ MURDER CAVAZOS, OR TAKE RANSOM?
By Juan MontoyaWhen Porfirio Diaz was fomenting revolution in northern Mexico against the democratically-elected government under Benito Juarez in 1875, he came to Brownsville and met with many leading...
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SPACEX FAILURE, SEA TURTLES KILL OFF A COINCIDENCE? WAS IT MEXICAN GILLNET...
Special to El Rrun-RrunAfter the Thanksgiving holiday, we will know what killed off more than 60 young sea turtles found dead over four days beginning Nov. 20, most of them on Boca Chica Beach though...
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MARRYING COUPLE STEERED TO SALAZAR BY CLERK'S STAFF; COUNTYWIDE NETWORK...
By Juan MontoyaThis Tuesday, a district judge waited for more than an hour at her office after a couple "with issues" who had their case heard in that court said they wanted to be married there and...
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RRUN-RRUN REPORT CONFIRMED: JAIL SHORT ON SAFETY
By Erin SheridanBrownsville HeraldThe Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center was found in non-compliance with state jail regulations in a report issued this month citing 16 Texas counties in which state...
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IS TERRORIST DESIGNATION OF CARTELS 1ST STEP TO INVASION
Special to El Rrun-Rrun(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he will designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups for their role in trafficking narcotics and people, prompting a speedy...
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PORT NECHES CHEM PLANT EXPLODES, FORCES EVACUATIONS
(CNN)Another explosion Wednesday afternoon rocked a Texas chemical plant outside of Houston, where a chemical fire continues to burn.A blast around 1 a.m. (2 a.m. ET) Wednesday at the TPC Group plant...
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TEENS GIVE A PRE-THANKSGIVING FEAST TO CITY'S HOMELESS
(Ed.'s Note: On Wednesday night, as the growing number of city homeless and some waiting plasma donors huddled around doorways - some preparing to spend the night, the others to collect a few dollars...
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DIE IS CAST: ARE BISD'S CASTRO, SBISD'S VARGAS NEXT?
By Berenice GarciaStaff WriterThe McAllen MonitorA judge temporarily suspended Rio Grande City school board trustee Daniel J. Garcia from his position, pending a trial on whether the removal will be...
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NO FANCY-SHMANCY SHELTER FOR HER, OR SAFETY LIGHTING
(Ed.'s Note: Local bus riders have to endure the elements to get to their jobs or other destinations like doctor's appointments, grocery shopping, etc., Real shelters are few and in between and they...
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TRUMP MOVES TOWARD PRIVATIZATION OF MIGRANTS' CARE
(Young migrants are overseen strolled by Comprehensive Health Services caregivers at a "tender-age" facility for babies, children and teens, in Texas‘ Rio Grande Valley, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, in San...
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RENAMING OF FRONTON STREET LITMUS TEST FOR COMMISSION
1. Public Hearing and ACTION on Resolution Number 2019-092 to rename McNair Family Drive (from Palm Boulevard to Sam Perl Boulevard) to East Fronton Street. (City Manager’s Office) By Juan MontoyaWill...
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