MARCHAN'S BODY FOUND: DOVE OFF ISABELLA CAUSEWAY

By  Juan Montoya A local television station is reporting that authorities have confirmed that a body found in the Laguna Madre has been iden...

ROSENTHAL FOUND GUILTY ON ALL 13 COUNTS, IN CUSTODY

Various Sources Austin attorney Marc Rosenthal will be held in federal custody until his June 3 following his conviction on 13 counts relate...

LOCALS REPORT SIGHTINGS AS SNOWBIRDS ALIGHT IN VALLEY

By  Juan Montoya As winter moves in and you drive around the area, you cannot help but notice all the out-of-state license plates on the str...

AND WE THOUGHT CAMERON COUNTY WAS BAD?

By Guillermo Contreras San Antonio Express-News From President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuella...

DON PEDRO WILL CELEBRATE HIS B-DAY AT BEN'S HALF MOON

DON PEDRO ANDA PEDO OTRA VEZ By  Juan Montoya Don Pedro anda pedo otra vez Don Pedro anda pedo otra vez  He took off straight y came back al...

THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK, AIN'T IT?

By Juan Montoya It is taking them nigh on to 23 years, but the brainiacs at the state capitol think they just about got it right. By state c...

CHARRO DAYS: A FIVE DAY TRUCE TO THE CULTURE WARS

By  Juan Montoya We have built walls to keep its people out, our Congress has increased the number of armed guards along the border between ...

HAVE GUN...WILL NOT TRAVEL, TO TEXAS, ANYWAY

By Juan Montoya Our intrepid Gov.  Rick Perry is at it again. Not content to have been snubbed by the Republican Party during the presidenti...

SOMETHING IS DEAD DOWN THERE...

By Juan Montoya About a month ago, a friend who lives in the Rio Viejo area of town was commenting to me about the number of turnkey vulture...

LA MORALEJA DE LA 14: CHIVO MEETS EL NINO AT JUANITA'S

By  Juan Montoya Joe era fornido. Swarthy and unusually stocky and strong for a Mexican, he stood well over six feet and wore a Emiliano Zap...

AMERINDS HAD THEIR OWN SUCCESSFUL "AMISTAD" EPISODE

By  Juan Montoya The year was 1515. Spanish Queen Isabella had, in 1503, issued the astonishing and momentous order to permit the enslavemen...

UT SYSTEM GIVES HIDALCO COUNTY THE NOD, SPUTNIK FOR BROWNTOWN

By Juan Montoya As the University of Texas System considers the site for the "new super-duper" university, Texas Governor Rick Per...

IS PUB-TENASKA DEAL REDUNDANT NOW TONY KILOWATT?

By Juan Montoya Now that Harlingen has announced that its plans for a 690-megawatt electric power plant has received the approval from feder...

IF NOT ROSENTHAL, IT WOULD'VE BEEN SOMEONE ELSE

By Juan Montoya One by one they lined up to give Abel Limas his due. If it wasn't one attorney it was another. Limas would hand out ad l...

YOU CAN LEAD A CABALLO TO WATER, PERO VOTARA?

By RICHARD PARKER The New York Times THE 2012 presidential race in Texas might as well have been in Mexico, so little did the Democrats camp...