CELESTIAL BECAS AT UNACCREDITED BIBLE COLLEGES
El RabanoWeekendTHE HEAVENS—Upon sending forth a chorus of angels to officially extend the offers of divine apprenticeship, the Lord God Almighty confirmed today that He had selected a new class of...
View Article50-60'S BROWNSVILLE H.S. BANDS SET MOLD FOR EXCELLENCE
Special to El Rrun-RrunDescribed as one of the best bands south of San Antonio, the 1950 Brownsville High School band musicians marched in step to the top of the mountain, or in their case, the shores...
View ArticleBODS' NITE OUT: POLITICAL ALLIANCES IN THE MAKING?
(Ed.'s Note: Some county employees are wondering whether Cameron County Clerk Sylvia Garza-Perez – up for reelection in 2023 taking office January 2024 – is already making political alliances with the...
View ArticleAS BISD SEEKS SOFT-OPENING WAIVER, HEAD STARTS TO OPEN
Special to El Rrun-RrunEven as the board of the Brownsville Independent School District seeks a waiver from Texas Governor Greg Abbott to delay a soft opening that could result in a limited in a...
View ArticleAS ARMY SCOUTS, RANGERS TERRORIZED MEXICAN RANCHOS
National IntelligencerAugust 20, 1847From: Camp at Buena Vista with Zachary Taylor's Army "...While we have no expectations whatever of an encounter with a heavy army of the enemy, we have no doubt...
View ArticleBISD ASKS ABBOTT FOR FACE-TO-FACE WAIVER, GETS READY
By Gary LongBrownsville HeraldParents had until the end of the day last Friday (Sept. 11) to complete student commitment forms saying whether they want 100 percent distance learning or in-person...
View Article"CARPETBAGGER" PAPER, INTRIGUE, IN CHAMBERS' PURGATORY
By Juan MontoyaEvery cop wants to be the chief of police. And every deputy dreams of being county sheriff.Both Eric Garza, the Democrat, and John Chambers, the Republican, are gunning for it in the...
View ArticleTHE HERO WHOSE VALOR WAS STOLEN BY LENNY PEREZ
(Ed.'s Note: J.P. Montoya, the "hero" of this post,is the brother of this blog's publisher.) El Rrun-Rrun FilesNineteen years ago, after the collapse of the Queen Isabella causeway, when plaudits...
View ArticleTHE DEVIL TOOKETH, AND THE LORD HAS PUT THEM BACK
(Ed.'s Note: Do you believe in miracles? Well, we all know that local Legal Eagle Neto Gamez did after God pulled him back from the jaws of death some years back when he collapsed at the gym of Texas...
View ArticleBAD STATS, CHASTENED CITY UPS RESTAURANT OCCUPANCY FROM 25 TO 50%, CDC BANS...
Special to El Rrun-RrunBAD COVID-19 STATS(Ed.'s Note: And our neighbors to the west, Hidalgo County is not doing much better, reporting 19 more deaths on Tuesday to bring the total number of fatalities...
View ArticleLADIES, LADIES, ALBERT IS A BEAUTICIAN, NOT A MAGICIAN!
(Ed.'s Note: Fans of local beautician Adalberto [Albert] Hinojosa, the likes of City of Brownsville Commissioner Jessica Tetreau, Cameron County Sylvia Garza-Perez, and JP candidate Cyndi Hinojosa...
View ArticleCHAMBERS DEMANDS GARZA CAMPAIGN "CEASE AND DESIST"
"There is no dispute that Mr. Chambers did not commit a felony offense." From demand letter Wendell Odom Jr., John Chamber's attorney, wrote to the Eric Garza campaignSpecial to El Rrun-Rrun"This...
View ArticleONWARD THROUGH THE FOG: SHERIFF'S RACE GOES ON
Brownsville HeraldTexas’ highest criminal appellate court declined to hear a petition for discretionary review in the case of John Chambers, former chief of the Indian Lake Police Department, who...
View ArticleTHE CHANGING FACES OF FRANKIE JOE...
Special to El Rrun-RrunOLIVO WAS ARRESTED FOR SEXUALLY HARASSING A MARRIED MOM...Frankie Joe Olivo from March 20 to March 26, 2018: "initiated communication (with victim) that had the intent to harass,...
View ArticleJUST LOOK. CAN'T YOU SEE THE PROSPERITY? BAH, NO VISION
By The InsiderSpecial toEl Rrun-Rrun“Josh (Mejia) doesn’t just focus on the traditional economic development approach of wooing outside businesses to colonize our community, he understands that we have...
View ArticleBROWNSVILLE FLYER COULD AND SO COULD RAMIREZ CLAN
Special to El Rrun-RrunBy the 1940s, most people in Brownsville and the Valley were familiar with the “Rattler” that made its way through the Valley on its way north. Many had seen and heard a train,...
View ArticleGOWEN: GBIC SHOULD SPONSOR PRO-HEALTH T-SHIRTS W/CITY
By Juan MontoyaIt came during the presentation of the 2020-2021 budget for the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation where director Mario Losoya and board member Dennis Sanchez outlined the...
View ArticlePAL FRANKIE FOR BISD BOARD: PONLE LAPIZ...BOOK HIM DAN'L
(Ed,'s Note: Stop us if you've heard this one. We just heard a new joke. No, not that Frankie Joe Olivo is running for the board of the Brownsville Independent School District. That's the old one. The...
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