IS IT ROBERT E. LEE YOUTH CENTER'S TURN TO BE RENAMED?
By Juan MontoyaBy all accounts, the board of trustees of the Texas Southmost College might entertain the proposal to remove the name of Confederate general Robert E. Lee from its youth center in the...
View ArticleMID-MORNING FIRE GUTS BUILDING AT HACKBERRY AND OPI
Ed.'s Note: A mid-morning fire at a home near the intersection of Hackberry Street and Old Port Isabel Road gutted the second floor of a two-story building on Hackberry. Not even the proximity of Fire...
View ArticleFAUCI, CO-CONSPIRATORS RESPONSIBLE FOR COVID-19 CRISIS?
The OnionWASHINGTON—Placing an anonymous phone call to report a foul smell emitting from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director’s home, officials from the Trump...
View ArticleHAY MUCHOS ESPECIALES EN WALMART DE LA ALTON GLOOR!
By TMP Noticias(Ed.'s Note: While many Matamoros businesses suffer through the pandemic and have been forced to close and many are on the brink of bankruptcy, that city's mayor – Mario Alberto López...
View Article"WHERE DO I VOTE IF I LIVE IN PRECINCT...."
DEMOCRAT RUNOFF VOTING SITES:(POLLS OPEN FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. TODAY)Pct.1, 83 Port Isabel City Hall, 305 E. Maxan St, Port IsabelPct.2, 99 Las Yescas Elementary School, 23413 FM 803 Las YescasPct.3,...
View ArticleWILL VOTERS CHANGE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TODAY?
By Juan MontoyaNo sooner had the Democratic Party primary results left incumbent Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio facing off former District Clerk Eric Garza in a runoff than the insinuations of...
View ArticleLUCIO 2,457 VOTES BEHIND IN EARLY VOTE, MAIL-IN IN SHERIFF'S RACE: GARZA'S...
Mail-in Vote: Garza -1,451Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lucio -1,335Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 116Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â +2341Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2,457Votes ahead that Lucio needs...
View ArticleSEN. LUCIO, GABY GARCIA, ERIC GARZA, EDDIE SOLIS PREVAIL
In District 27's five counties (Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Kleberg and Willacy), at 11 p.m. with 76 percent of the vote, Lucio had garnered 16,883 to Stapleton's 14,625. Lucio projected to win. There...
View ArticleLOOKING BACKWARDS: GARZA ENTERS, LUCIO EXITS, LEFT
By Erin SheridanBrownsville HeraldFormer Cameron County district clerk Eric Garza unseated 19-year incumbent Sheriff Omar Lucio in the primary runoff election to secure the nomination on the Democratic...
View ArticleEL VALLE DEL ZORRILLO, DPS UNIT TARGETS TRUCKERS
(Ed.'s Note: They catch you coming, and catch you going. If you make a living in these lean times as a commercial driver on Cameron County highways, you might want to seek shelter at home. It looks...
View ArticleLAURA: CHIEF SAYS 2 SUICIDES DAILY BY COVID STAY AT HOME
By Juan MontoyaSources at the Brownsville Police Dept. say that assertions made by board member Laura Reyes-Perez during Monday's Specially Called Meeting that Chief of Police Felix Sauceda told her...
View ArticleATKINSON, BISD BOARD OPT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING; SAID SHE "VOLUNTARILY" ENDED...
Special to El Rrun-RrunNo one said a word.No comments were made. But all eyes were on indicted Brownsville Independent School District Dr. Sylvia Atkinson as she attended a specially-called meeting...
View ArticleMOBILE MORGUE READY AT B'VILLE VALLEY BAPTIST HOSPITAL
KVIATexas TribuneMore than 3,000 Texans have now died from the coronavirus and counties in the state are preparing for even more deaths by expanding their capacities to store bodies, some by requesting...
View ArticleCOVID-19 CASES SHUTS DOWN CAMERON COUNTY JAILS VISITS
Special to El Rrun-RrunAfter weeks of denying that there were any positive cases of COVID-19 among the inmates at its three jail units, the Cameron County Sheriff's Department has said an outbreak of...
View ArticleB'VILLE NATIVE, LYNN COUNTY SHERIFF, A COVID-19 VICTIM
"Abraham Martin Vega was born on Nov. 7, 1971, in Brownsville, Texas, to Abelardo Vega, who worked for a telephone company, and Rachel Corona Saldana, an elementary schoolteacher."By Sam RobertsNew...
View ArticleMAYOR MENDEZ ADMITS COVID-19 DEATHS UNDERREPORTED; COUNTY HEALTH A MONTH...
Special to El Rrun-RrunIt came during Brownsville Mayor Trey Mendez's Zoom message to the Brownsville Independent School District board.Mendez was addressing the board and expressed his support of...
View ArticleRUCKER-CARIZALES "LEPER COLONY" READY TO EXPLODE
By Juan MontoyaWith the number of COVID-19 cases zooming past 350 in a population of 1,100 inmates and a backed-up sewer system, Cameron County's locked-down Rucker-Carrizales county jail has become a...
View ArticleDOMINGUEZ TO TEA: WHY THE PUSH TO OPEN THE SCHOOLS?
By Alex DominguezTexas State Rep. District 37To Commissioner Mike MorathCommissioner, Texas Education AgencyThank you for all that you have done to support Texas public schools. The current health...
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