Sisters in arms: Veterans recall 9/11 mobilization
Retired Army Staff Sgt. Maria Osorio, born and raised in Brownsville, was among the more than 800,000 troops who have served in Afghanistan over...
Mission CISD cuts property tax rate by 6 cents
The Mission CISD Board of Trustees has adopted a lower tax rate for local residents.
In a news release, the district announced Friday that the...
Social workers volunteered in 2001 to help New Yorkers
Twenty years after the attack, Brownsville residents Jack White and his wife Elizabeth Becker remember what it was like to be a volunteer following...
Tropical depression could develop in Gulf of Mexico soon
The National Hurricane Center in Florida continues to monitor an area in the southern Gulf of Mexico that has a high probability of developing...
Salvadoran boy found alone at Brownsville Walmart
Brownsville Police notified the U.S. Border Patrol of a six-year-old boy found alone at an area Walmart Thursday night.
Agents determined the child was a...
State agency recommends firms oversee construction of Abbott’s border wall
By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune
State officials have recommended that a joint venture between a design firm and an engineering firm be awarded...
Symbolic Memorial: Sept. 11 first responders remembered with stair climb
HARLINGEN — “Never Forget.”
The phrase is as prevalent now as it was 20 years ago when two planes struck the World Trade Center.
“This event...
Police report: Brownsville man beaten and shot
A Brownsville Police Department incident report on the death of 39-year-old Jose Villarreal Jr., indicates the man was not only shot but beaten as...
Commission likely to delay Harlingen airport board consideration
HARLINGEN — The city commission’s new majority might be holding off on plans to consider removing two prominent Valley International Airport board members stemming...
Mercedes moves closer to a nearly 7 cent tax hike
The city of Mercedes is one step closer to implementing substantial increases to its property tax rates, water and sewer rates, and public debt...
