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Approximately 8,000 children and their parents are expected to participate in today's Halloween Day celebrations at the Brownsville Police Department's community network centers - celebrations that have evolved into an annual event.

PoliceNewsLink.Com October 27, 2009 9:20 PM Brownsville police and the FBI were on the lookout Tuesday for a woman who robbed a downtown Brownsville bank.

The First National Bank of Edinburg is attempting to recover a near $2 million loan it made to a Mexican air taxi firm - a loan that is guaranteed by a developer of extensive tourist attractions in northern Mexico along the Gulf of Mexico.

Brownsville, Texas has a fun family event at the Gladys Porter Zoo this Halloween weekend.

Court filed documents provide grisly details into last week's murder of Barry T. Horn, the executive director of the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art.

Police and the FBI were on the lookout Tuesday for a woman who robbed a downtown Brownsville bank.

In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., federal officials on Thursday announced the arrests of more than 300 people in raids across the country aimed at the newest and most violent cartel.

Person of Interest Sought in Brownsville Slaying 10/26/09 Associated Press October 26, 2009 Brownsville, Texas - Brownsville police are searching for a man who previously lived in the home of an art museum director found slain over the weekend.

The commotion began under Michelle Cano's truck. She had heard loud barking in the driveway while feeding her cats, and when she checked beneath her vehicle, she saw what looked like two pit bulls attacking her neighbor's cat.

Barry T. Horn, the executive director of the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, was found dead Saturday afternoon, the apparent victim of a homicide.

Benjamn Domnguez grew up in Jimenez, Chihuahua, a Mexican city whose flat, desert landscapes, he says, "were as bare as a white canvas." Perhaps that is why he was astonished, he said, when one day as a young man he walked into a church sanctuary and for the first time saw a baroque painting of an archangel.

A South Texas nature preserve won't reopen as scheduled this fall after spending more than a year in limbo because of plans to build a border fence.

A fleet of old, rotting warships shedding toxic paint into the water near San Francisco Bay will be cleaned up and recycled under a new plan announced by federal officials Thursday.

Oct. 21--Brownsville police arrested a man who "wanted to get arrested," officials said.

Brownsville police arrested a Brownsville man who had been on the run for two years accessed of molesting two girls, police said.

Dazed and short of breath, A.J. Olivo fumbled in the dark in search of his little brother.

An 18-year-old Brownsville teenager has pleaded guilty to the brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend. Hector Angel Herrasti Jr., appeared before state 103rd District Judge Janet Leal this morning where he entered a guilty plea to the Feb.

Administrators and teachers of the Project SOL dual language program call it one of the Brownsville Independent School District's most invigorating, rewarding offerings to local students.

The chief of police of Brownsville said hea s still amazed and humbled by what happened Oct.

Brownsville police are investigating a major accident in front of Sunrise Mall. The accident is on the Pablo Kisel exit ramp and involves a white pickup truck that has rolled over.

A South Texas jury has begun deliberations in the theft trial of Brownsville Mayor Pat Ahumada.

Federal officials unsealed a grand jury indictment of Ramiro Lozano, a 46-year-old choir teacher at Brownsville's Besteiro Middle School.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a man and a woman from Matamoros after they tried to drive a car with more than $400,000 in cocaine hidden inside, officials said.

The outspoken mayor of a Texas border town faces trial after a $26,000 check for a city vendor was deposited into his personal account.

Fire investigators suspect a candle caused the flames that on Thursday engulfed an apartment on the city's eastside, critically injuring a boy.

A man who was a news liaison for former President George W. Bush and ex-Vice President Dick Cheney is at the center of a case involving $2 million in fuel stolen from Mexican oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos that was resold in the United States.

An extensive multimillion-dollar residential and commercial development along the Rio Grande in the Amigoland area could be suspended and might never come to fruition.

Fire investigators say a little boy wrapped himself in a comforter in hopes of protecting himself from the flames that destroyed his family's apartment.

The Brownsville Children's Choir will give its first performance tonight. The choir, made up of 11 children, ages 713, will perform a broad range of music at Galeria 409 at 409 E. 13 "We will be performing different types of chorale from different places," said Renata Lara, treasurer of the choir, which has been meeting since June to prepare for ...

Autoworkers from Michigan stopped traffic for a few minutes Tuesday afternoon at one of Brownsville's ports of entry in protest of U.S. free trade agreements, which they said were unfair and exploitative.

Brownsville police have arrested a man accused of holding up a convenience store at gunpoint.

Rene Capistran wasn't a model student, but he turned out pretty well anyway: At 38, the Brownsville native is vice president of the South Texas Region for SpawGlass, a $500 million-a-year building contractor with offices in Austin, Harlingen, Houston and San Antonio.

Even if Texas schools shut down because of the H1N1 flu, they will have the option to serve free meals to students.

Brownsville's City Charter states the following regarding a mayor pro-tempore: "The mayor of the City shall be the presiding officer of the commission, except that in his absence a mayor pro-tempore may be chosen; he shall be entitled to vote and make motions and seconds as a member of the commission; sign all bonds; be the official head of the ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized thousands of dead scorpions and ants in a shipment at the Veterans' International Bridge cargo lot.

More than 140 members of the Texas National Guard in Brownsville were making last preparations on Wednesday as they readied for duty in Iraq.