Brownsville News

The 1940s and into the 1950s in Old Brownsville recall unique events , scenes and places, and we simply cannot look back in time without triggering memories of the special places and people we met back then.

A new report released Wednesday shows Texas continues to trail the national average of high school students scoring well on college-level Advanced Placement exams.

Political action committees and lobbyists make up the bulk of contributors to the campaign of Rene O. Oliveira, who is running for re-election to the state House of Representatives from District 27.

The Rio Grande Valley's exceptional drought will likely be affected by this month's rain, which as of Wednesday added up to as much as 3 inches in some parts of Cameron County.

My family for six generations have been born and raised in Brownsville, Texas. Everyone speaks Spanish most of the time.

Officers at Rio Grande Valley international bridges seized almost $5 million in cocaine and marijuana last week in five stops, three of which occurred at the B&M International Bridge in Brownsville, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today.

As I was driving down U.S. Highway 59 from Victoria to Goliad this afternoon, I saw a sign that read "Future Interstate 69 corridor." My first thought was, "Oh great.

BISD Seniors submit their names for a scholarship raffle at the College and Universsity Financial Aid Night held last week at BISD's Central Administrative Building.

Sometime this spring hundreds of employees will be notified of their termination in connection to the UTB-TSC split, a university official confirmed this week.

U.S. Customs agents at ports of entry along the country's southern border are charged with searching all cars and cargo entering the United States, looking for weapons, drugs, terrorists, and smugglers.

The Texas Attorney General's Office has instructed Brownsville police not to release a copy of the police report pertaining to last month's shooting at Cummings Middle School that left one student dead.

Brownsville Parks officials hope to get approval for some $135,000 in funding for improvements to Gonzalez Park in the Southmost area of town.

By early Sunday, 11 more residents of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, had been slain in a 20-hour period, including the sixth police officer killed this year in growing drug cartel violence.

One of three unrelated fires in different sections of Brownsville on Monday left four young girls homeless, according to a city commissioner who is soliciting donations for the children.

A Brownsville woman and her daughter-in-law appeared in federal court on Monday, where they pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

Jaime Gonzalez was a drum major at Cummings Middle School in Brownsville, Texas.

A story about a Texas family traveling to Manatee to reunite with their once-missing dog makes Bradenton.com's Top 10.

Oceans of mud couldn't keep die-hard rodeo fans away from the Los Fresnos Rodeo Grounds on Sunday as the Los Fresnos PRCA Rodeo wound down to a wet but exciting close.

The high-ranking Gulf Cartel boss arrested in Cameron County in October remains in federal custody, awaiting trial set for next month.

Toward the north was the Vermillion Restaurant , established in 1934 by Mr. Vermillion. In his diner, unruly behavior was certainly not tolerated.