OUR ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO CESAR CHAVEZ ON HIS BIRTHDAY

By Juan Montoya For Cameron County employees it means a day off. For others, it means honoring a man who fought for the rights of the lowly...

OCT. 11, 1941 HERALD ARTICLE DEPICTS STILLMAN WEALTH

IS POLITIQUERO(A) PROBE CONCERTED AUSAO-TAG EFFORT?

By Juan Montoya As the news of the criminal indictment of a local politiquera rippled across the Cameron County political landscape, federal...

INDICTMENTS BEGIN TO RAIN ON LOCAL POLITIQUEROS

By Juan Montoya The first of what court observers say will be numerous indictments alleging violations of the Texas Election Code by local p...

SLUMMIN' WITH CHUCK: STILLMAN'S LOVE SHACK?

By Juan Montoya Neighbors in the hood around the Cueto Building on East Madison Street were disconcerted. "They just knocked down a bu...

POST ON JUDGE DAVID SANCHEZ DRAWS COMMENTS

(Ed.'s Note: The revelations in the Valley Morning Star article by Emma Perez-Treviño regarding the supplement filed by federal prosecut...

UNA ORACION MEXICANA EN TIEMPOS DE COLERA

LA NUEVA ORACION DE LOS MEXICANOS Santa Pascuala...¡Que no me alcanze una bala! Santa Antonieta, ¡Que no me quiten mi camioneta! San Macario...

ON A DOMESTIC FLIGHT, CAN BORDER PATROL DEMAND CITIZENSHIP ID?

By Democracy Now On Tuesday morning, Nancy Morales and Omar Figueredo were arrested by Brownsville Police officers after they both refused t...

SUPPORTERS: NEW INFO ON TREJO-VILLALOBOS DEALS GIVES TEJANO MAZZ FRONTSMAN LOPEZ'S CLAIMS CREDENCE

By Juan Montoya As new revelations emerge from the U.S. Government's case against former Cameron District Attorney Armando Villalobos de...

CAMPUS POLICE CONFIRM DIRTY-TRICKS BREAK-IN AT GORGAS

By Juan Montoya There was no sign of force entry, no broken doors, or broken locks. And TSC campus police report that two laptops and an ex...

ARE ERNIE'S POLITIQUERAS (OS) GETTING INDICTED BY FEDS?

By Juan Montoya For the past few weeks now, FBI agents and investigators from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Brownsville have been seen ...

85% OF THE JOB IS BEING THERE, ANGELA BURTON

By Juan Montoya What happens if you don't show up for work two days in a row? In most cases, the employer will tell you not to let the d...

DE LEON SETTLES; HERALD, ZAVALETTA STILL ON HOOK

By Juan Montoya Remember toward the waning days of the 2008 race for Cameron County District Attorney between Armanado Villalobos and Peter...

NOW WILL JUDGE DAVID SANCHEZ RESIGN?

By Juan Montoya Anywhere else, if you knew that your name was among those targeted by the federal government  investigating judicial and pro...

HAVE CONNECTIONS? SHOOT AT WILL, NO CHARGES

By Juan Montoya When a shooting of two people was reported at the Toucan Lounge last Aug. 12, everyone was eager to find out who the victim...

DID OUTGOING UTB STAFFERS PULL OFF DIRTY TRICKS?

By Juan Montoya As Texas Southmost College begins to hire personnel to reestablish its community college mission, an episode occurred Satur...

ARE WE LIVING IN A POLICE STATE? YOUR PAPERS, PLEASE!

By Juan Montoya Remember the good old days when you could take off to Boca Chica Beach on a whim? In our high school and junior college day...

IS MARTINEZ BACKING UB'S PORTILLO FOR THE SURE VOTE?

By   Juan Montoya Up until last October, City of Brownsville District 3 City Commission candidate Deborah Portillo was employed as the Speci...

BOIL, BOIL, TOIL AND TROUBLE FOR CHEEZMEHnation

By Juan Montoya What started out as a half-hearted attempt by the head of a self-described community grassroots group to make light of the B...

MONTOYA CALLS FOR DOWNSIZING:DO THE TRUSTEES KNOW?

By Elena Schneider Texas Tribune Aurora Ramirez-Ford, a fifth-grader with Down syndrome, needs speech classes and occupational therapy, ser...

BE QUIET MA. PLEASE, NOT THE BABY PICS ON CHEEZMEH

By Juan Montoya It's bad enough that you get arrested and bonded out possession of marijuana in January, but then to have your own mom ...

RENE IN CAR CRASH: LOOK MA, NO HANDS!

By Juan Montoya According to news media from Austin and in the Rio Grande Valley, State Rep. has once again been linked to an automobile cra...

INGRATE UTB SHOULD THANK TSC TRUSTEES, TAXPAYERS

By Juan Montoya As Rene Oliveira, Eddie Lucio, Juliet Garcia and their minions engage in group hugs, patting themselves in the back and givi...

WERE SHARKS ALLOWED IN BISD WADING POOL?

By Juan Montoya Many of us missed it, but it may not be over. On Fab. 19, during a meeting of the Brownsville Independent School District, a...

"AND THE CAISSONS GO ROLLING ALONG..."

"Anonymous said... It is very easy to criticize when you've never served your Country in a war MF. Next time you feel like attackin...