IF AT FIRST RECOUNT YOU DON'T SUCCEED, COUNT, COUNT AGAIN

By Juan Montoya A funny thing happened on the way to an election recount. This time the recount didn't involve justice of the peace race...

ZAYAS SUMMONED BY HANEN ON JUAREZ SETTLEMENT

By Juan Montoya Whether he liked it or not, a former trustee defeated in his run for the board of the Brownsville Independent School Distric...

TURKEY TROT, OTHER RUNS, A HUGE SUCCCESS WITH YOUTH

Special to El Rrun-Rrun It's not often that we have the opportunity to praise the work done with our youth in Brownsville, but when we ...

UNITED BROWNSVILLE TARGETING CAMERON COUNTY

By Juan Montoya Word has reached out editorial offices that a group of schemers met over the Thankgsgiving weekend to figure out a way to in...

JULIET GARCIA'S "PARTNERSHIP" LEGACY: EDUCATION BEYOND OUR REACH

(Ed.'s note: Ever wonder why some of us never swallowed the "partnership" concept between the UT System and the Texas Southmos...

DO WE HAVE A CITY COMMISSION? OR A MARTINEZ RUBBER STAMP?

By Juan Montoya The ink isn't even dry on the rental contract that the City of Brownsville will be offering congressman-elect Filemon Ve...

CASCOS STAYS IN CAMERON COUNTY, NO SOS FOR HIM

By Terence Stutz Dallas Morning News Gov. Rick Perry today appointed San Antonio lawyer and public safety commissioner John T. Steen Jr. as ...

ARE FIRES AT WILKINSONS LEGIT? OR DELIBERATELY SET?

By Juan Montoya With a handful of fires reported at Wilkinson Brothers Recycling Company on 3145 E. 14th St. in the past few years, local re...

ACCION AMERICA'S QUINTANILLA LEADS POLICE ABUSE FIGHT

HURST (CBS 11 NEWS) - A performance review for a Hurst police officer under investigation, notes he can be overzealous and it can cloud his...

MEDIOCRITY REWARDED: BEN REYNA NAMED UTB'S TOP COP

By Juan Montoya Benigno G. Reyna, the Brownsville Chief of Police who got the boot as director of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in 2005 a...

GORDITAS, BARBACOA, TAMALES BANNED IN GREASE-FREE BROWNTOWN

By Juan Montoya Taking a page from Fahrenheit 459 and under the guise of collecting donated cookbooks from the past, Healthy Communities un...

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD: FIL JR. MOVES INTO NEW (FREE) DIGS

By Juan Montoya The partitions in the office above the parking garage at the City of Brownsville Municipal Court are being moved to make roo...

THE HERALD ONCE UPON A TIME, GUATEMALAN REFUGEES IN CHIAPAS, AND A FRESH CUP OF COFFEE

By Juan Montoya I had a cup of coffee with my extended family in Austin over the Thanksgiving holiday and the talk got around to the etiquet...

ESCOBEDO SAYS CHIRINOS WINS BY 10 OVER GILL-MARTINEZ

By Juan Montoya After a marathon recount that lasted from 8 am.m. Tuesday to 4:35 Wenesday morning, Jose Hector Chirinos was found by recoun...

ANDRADE RESIGNS: WILL CASCOS FOLLOW IN TONY GARZA'S FOOTSTEPS?

By Juan Montoya With the resignation of Texas Secretary of State Esperanza "Hope" Andrade, will Gov. Rick Perry tap his longtime f...

A CHARMED EXISTENCE: UTB'S BEN REYNA

By Juan Montoya In October 2001, Browntown was all atwitter. President George W. Bush had just nominated former Brownsville Police Chief Ben...