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After much anticipation - at least that’s what I was told - BPD and the Brownsville community will learn what the details of what happened on East Van Buren Street in November 2008. Of course, everyone knows Ricardo Moreno was shot and killed by Brownsville police during a standoff with them. ...

If there’s anyone who deserves a swift kick, should it be that Brownsville hoodlum who killed a defense puppy? It’s bad enough that this teenage guy repeatedly kicked the dog, but to stabbed a poor defense animal - what the heck was he thinking? Th...

We sent in the troops and now we want them to send us their letters. The Brownsville Herald has started its “Letters Home” campaign and is seeking holiday letters/wishes from the troops abroad. More than 500 from the Rio Grande Valley left for Iraq this month. Dozens more left in October. A ...

There’s a new judge in the county -well sort of. Hidalgo County State District Judge Noe Gonzalez will take the bench on Thursday in a Cameron County courtroom, as he presides of the capital murder trial of John Allen Rubio. ...

Just when you thought the John Allen Rubio capital murder trial coudn’t be drawn out any longer, it happened. On Monday, State District Judge Arturo C. Nelson recused himself from the case after some tense moments in the courtroom. ...

How dare they? What were Harlingen residents thinking when theycaused a ruckus at a Harlingen City Commission Meeting? They were thinking we elected you to your positions and want our voices to be heard...

After about two hours of discussion - some of it heated- Cameron County Commissioners’ Court decided to say sayonara to the Justice of the Peace Precinct 7, Place 2 position. Come Dec. 31, 2010, Justice of the Peace Dan Sanchez will no longer have an office. ...

When Brownsville city officials learned that some 29 Brownsville troops had been given time off to spend Thanksgiving with their familes, but couldn’ t afford to make the trip - the city jumped into action. After much pondering and brain storming, they came up with a plan. ...

It seems like it’s pretty much a no brainer. Cameron County Commissioners’ Court has no choice but to transfer nearly 100 inmates to Brooks County in order to hold up its agreement with the Feds. Co...

Who would have thought the Fort Hood massacre would have been caused by one of the U.S. Army’s own. Yes, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is accused of committing the shootings, but an investigation pretty much points the finger at him as being the lone gunman. Was this a terrorist attack? If it is, Why? ...

It seems like it’s just about every other day - okay once every two weeks - that we hear of another lawmen being busted for committing some type of illegal activity. On Tuesday, former DPS trooper Jesus Rafael Larrazolo was sentenced to more than 7 years in federal prison for dealing cocaine. ...

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...