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SOCIAL MEDIA FLOODED WITH CORONAVIRUS-19 HOAXES
From PatchBy Mark KonkolThe viral text message warning of a national quarantine is a hoax. (Mark Konkol)CHICAGO — On Wednesday night, I received a fear-mongering group text by a guy from the old...
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TRUMP RESTRICTS U.S.-MEXICO BORDER OVER COVID-19
ABC NewsBy Libby CatheyPresident Donald Trump announced Friday that he was closing the border with Mexico and barring asylum seekers to stop what he claimed was the danger of "viral spread" from...
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IF A TREE FELL AT THE LODGE AND NO MASON HEARD IT...
(Ed.'s Note: Would it make a noise? This tree was one of two trees - one of them alleged to be a hanging tree - behind the Masonic Lodge - that had rotted from inside as can be seen by its hollow...
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ANOTHER JAIL TRANSPORT FOIBLE OVER AT CARRIZALES
Special to El Rrun-RrunUnlike the days before the Democratic Party primary, we have not seen the press release of conference where administrators over at the Cameron County Sheriff's Dept. - or Omar...
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TSC HEEDS GOV.'S EDICT, NO MAY ELECTION, PORT ADAMANT
Special to El Rrun-RrunIn a teleconference between Cameron County Elections Administrator Remi Garza and the trustees of the Brownsville Navigation District and Texas Southmost College Saturday, the...
View ArticleTHE 12 ST. JOE RIDERS OF THE PLAGUE OF THE APOCALYPSE
Special to El Rrun-RrunGuess what?It turns out that it wasn't just the son of FINSA magnate Sergio Arguelles who came back from a trip to Spain and Ireland between March 5 and March 12 carrying...
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ST. JOE EXES' COVID-19 CASES START TO POP UP
Brownsville HeraldVarious SourcesCameron County Public Health officials have confirmed four additional travel-related cases of COVID-19.The cases include a 57 year-old woman from Harlingen.Officials...
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IS MATAMOROS COVID-19 CASE LINKED TO BROWNSVILLE?
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe Tamaulipas State Health Department (SecretarÃa de Salud de Tamaulipas [SST]) this Sunday confirmed that the third confirmed case of COVID-19 involves a 21-year-old woman who...
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FEAR AND LOATHING IN AN INFECTED COMMUNITY: A LOCAL RESIDENT'S WEEKEND HELL...
Special to El Rrun-RrunIt was Saturday morning when I got a call from a city official I had met Friday evening at a local bar where live music was played telling me that he had been advised by his city...
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OUTSIDE: PLAGUE, STRIFE; INSIDE: SANCTUARY, CONFESSIONS
(Ed.'s Note: With the doors of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral closed to prevent transmittal of the COVID-19 virus among believers, Fr. Michael Amesse prays before his outside confessional booth....
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RANCHO VIEJO RESIDENTS MAKE TOWN FOCI OF INFECTION
(Ed.'s Note: We have filed a Freedom Of Information Act to find out the number and identity of the 22 adults who were on a European tour and who returned to Cameron County (Rancho Viejo), Brownsville...
View ArticleIF IT'S "SHELTER IN PLACE," WHY IS COUNTY STILL OPEN?
Special to El Rrun-RrunEven as Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino wass announcing today that residents will be required to shelter in place starting at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, county offices were still...
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IT'S TIME FOR CITY/P.U.B. TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE; AND WHEN WE NEED PUB MOST,...
(Ed.'s Note: This morning we called the BPUB telephone number for power outages and were told of a massive outage around the Rio Viejo area extending all the way across Boca Chica Blvd. to Barnard St....
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COUNTY'S "LOCKDOWN" IS ON UNTIL SHIELDS ARE PUT UP
By Juan MontoyaCameron County will close administrative lobbies in its buildings until the appropriate protective shields to protect skeleton crews in the departments are installed.Then, once the...
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PROBE ON PUB'S MISSING $1.3 MILLION TO NOBLE BUILDERS
By Juan MontoyaBy now several scenarios are developing toward explaining how a $1.3 million in payments from the Brownsville Public Utility Board to Rene Capistran's Noble Texas Builders was diverted...
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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER...PUB COMES THROUGH
(Ed.'s Note: This morning we called the BPUB telephone number for power outages and were told of a massive outage around the Rio Viejo area extending all the way across Boca Chica Blvd. to Barnard St....
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PORT'S' REED BLINKS: TRUSTEE ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER?
By Juan MontoyaHe was adamant.Brownsville Navigation District Chairman - facing an opponent for his Place 3 position - during a teleconference meeting - said the May 2 elections for the port board...
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