
Okay, there’s a big constitutional election happening tomorrow, but it seems like voters here have little interest in it. Of the 168,000 registered voters in Cameron County, only 1,385 have taken advantage of early voting. ...

The big story in the Dallas area is about a police officer who ticketed a women for not speaking English. She was stopped for making an illegal U-turn and when the officer began talking to her - well he then cited her for not speaking English. Can you imagine if that happened here...

Border fence For as much as the federal government has dished out to construct the border fence, it should have thought about hiring more Border Patrol agents instead. A quick drive along east Brownsville - near Southmost and Oklahoma road - resulted in several observations...

Here’s a question that begs a response; how did a reporter with a national recognized newspaper manage to get a laptop computer into the federal courthouse. Last we heard, reporters were not allowed to take tape recorders, cellphones and laptops into the federal courthouse. ...

Although a mistrial has been declared in Mayor Pat M. Ahumada’s Jr. check scandal trial, he’s not out of the woods yet. He still faces the three felony charges and will be retried in January. Visiting judge Robert C. Pa...

For the second time in a period of three years, the RGV will say goodbye to some 500 members of the Texas National Guard heading out to Iraq. For the past year, the guardsmen have been preparing for the deployment, which will be about a year. They are not afraid to go, they say...

With the March primaries about six months away, more names are being added to the list of candidates seeking county seats that will be up for grabs. Former Brownsville city commissioner Ernie Hernandez announced his candidacy for Pct...

It’s official. After months of speculation and reports circulating around the Brownsville area, former Brownsville Mayor Eddie Trevino Jr. has announced his bid for Cameron County judge. ...

Staying power: Founder of Lette Insurance Agency, at 96, still puts in a full day's work | lette, ag
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The founding partner of Lette Insurance Agency got her first taste of Rio Grande Valley life in 1929, the year Wall Street crashed and ushered in the Great Depression, and the year Lette’s family relocated to Brownsville from Meridian, Miss.

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Brownsville drivers collide with each other less frequently than drivers in any other Texas city, according to the fifth annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report, released in July.

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The Cameron County Commissioners’ Court has reduced the projected budget shortfall from more than $5 million to less than $50,000, but it must balance the county’s budget by a Sept. 17 deadline.

Woman charged with aggravated sexual assault of 13-year-old boy | old, year, sexual - Local - Browns
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Rancho Viejo police arrested a 19-year-old woman for having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old male, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Cameron County Judge Carlos H. Cascos and District Attorney Armando Villalobos bunkered a deal to avoid a lawsuit against Commissioners’ Court. Villalobos had threatened to sue Commissioners’ Court over his budget. Co...













