THANK YOU JUDGE TREVINO. LOS CONGALES 'TABAN LLENOS!
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe bars were hopping this weekend thanks to the lifting of the bar restrictions by Cameron County "Let's Paaaarty!" Judge Eddie Treviño.It stands to reason that since the other...
View ArticleRENE CARDENAS BLOWS IT, COURT REVOKES DWI BOND
Special to El Rrun-RrunVisiting Judge Fred Hinojosa granted the Cameron County District Attorney's Office its petition to revoke the bond of Renato "Rene" Cardenas Jr., after the defendant failed to...
View ArticleWILSON CENTER, GBIC'S LOZOYA BULLISH ON NEW USMCA
By Steve TaylorRio Grande Guardian BROWNSVILLE, Texas – The deputy director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute says the U.S.-Mexico border region stands to benefit from USMCA by attracting major...
View ArticleTRUMP SHOWS SOFT SIDE; ADOPTS DEAD RETRIEVER
La Zanahoria WASHINGTON—Flopping the putrescent animal carcass down in the Oval Office with an introduction of “call him whatever you want, I don’t care,” President Donald Trump announced Monday that...
View ArticleINFORMANT WHO HELPED CONVICT DALLAS MAYOR REAPPEARS
By Juan MontoyaIn a sheriff's race tinged with hints and accusations of questionable cash contributions and possible links to drug cartels on the part of one candidate and the legal travails of...
View ArticleGBIC CHAIR SEVIER'S "BOARD CONDUCT" TO BE DISCUSSED
By Juan MontoyaLess than two weeks after Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation chairman Graham Sevier-Schultz published a post on his Facebook page telling Texas Governor Greg Abbott to "go fuck...
View ArticleA YEAR AFTER HEB CLOSING, NO GROCERY STORE DOWNTOWN
Special to EL Rrun-RunIt's been exactly a year since the folks over at HEB corporate headquarters decided that given the historical building restrictions on their plans to expand the store in downtown...
View ArticleANY WAY YOU SLICE IT, EARLY VOTE SHOWS HUGE TURNOUT
(Ed.'s Note: No lines, crowds, or waiting here. These are the two curbside voting lanes at the Brownsville Events Center on Paredes Line Road. Inside, 38 voting booths which are sanitized after each...
View ArticleWILL GBIC BOARD REIN IN ROGUE CHAIRMAN TODAY?
By Juan MontoyaLess than two weeks after Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation chairman Graham Sevier-Schultz published a post on his Facebook page telling Texas Governor Greg Abbott to "go fuck...
View ArticleMORE BROWNSVILLE COPS BEHAVING BADLY, HIT-AND-RUN
(Ed.'s Note: At first we didn't believe that a member of Brownsville's Finest was arrested by the troopers of the Texas Department of Public Service and charged with a hit-and-run of a vehicle instead...
View ArticleGAVITO HITS THE BIG TIME: FEATURED ON COURT TV
(Ed.'s Note: The stage is set for local legendary lawman George Gavito to make yet another cameo on Court TV this Sunday. The show will explore the case against Susie Mowbray. She was found to be...
View ArticleGABINO VASQUEZ, COUNTY PCT. 1 ADMIN. ASST., DIES
By Sofia BenavidesCameron County CommissionerPct. 1"I am greatly saddened by the passing of a great and loyal friend, Gabino Vasquez. Gabino served as my late husband’s (Pete Benavides) Administrative...
View ArticleFORMER COP DEE ORTIZ NABBED FOR TWO STORE THEFTS
From Valley Central.ComEditor’s note: This story has been corrected. According to Brownsville police, Ortiz was involved in two separate theft incidents. One that took place on Oct. 11 involving a...
View ArticleCOUNTY, BISD/BND EARLY VOTING CLIMB TO HISTORIC RECORD
(Ed.'s Note: No lines, crowds, or waiting here. These are the two curbside voting lanes at the Brownsville Events Center on Paredes Line Road. Inside, 38 voting booths which are sanitized after each...
View ArticleDOWNTOWN COMING BACK TO LIFE AFTER 5-MONTH HIATUS
(Ed.'s Note: Clubs in the downtown Brownsville area are slowly returning after being forced to close due to the virus outbreak. In the photo above, Double Trouble owner'manager Rodrigo Quintero opened...
View ArticleFEAR AND LOATHING ON THE BISD ELECTION HUSTINGS
(Ed.'s Note: We shouldn't be surprised about the passions of fear and loathing associated with this election cycle of the Brownsville Independent School District, but we are. We are told, for example,...
View Article"IF I TURN OUT THE RACISTS, I'LL BEAT THE NON-RACISTS..."
The GuardianInterviews by Jude Roberts and Andrew Anthony"Bob Woodward: ‘I can’t think of a time I’ve felt more anxiety about the presidency."Bob Woodward is an associate editor of the Washington Post...
View ArticleEARLY VOTING TENTS, UNCIVIL INTIMIDATION, ABUSE, WRONG
(Ed,'s Note: Democracy, as we can plainly see from this photo of the early voting campaign at the Main Library on Central Boulevard, is sometimes messy and boisterous. But, as some of our readers say,...
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