BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Activists and neighbors in Brownsville, Brooklyn, are protesting violence and calling on local politicians for a safer neighborhood after two people were shot in a park on Saturday night. The NYPD shared a picture on Sunday night of the three firearms recovered from the shooting in Livonia Park. The shooting happened […]
An elderly man and woman were shot and wounded in a park in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood, which has seen its homicide rate triple this year, police said Sunday. The 70-year-old man and 71-year-old woman were shot in Livonia Park near Livonia Ave. and Powell St. about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, police said. An NYPD spokesman couldn’t […]
May 28—Graduation season will get underway at 7:30 p.m. Thursday when Rivera Early College High School’s 522-member graduating class assembles at Sams Memorial Stadium for the first of seven BISD ceremonies celebrating this year’s graduates. In all, 2,904 Brownsville Independent School District students are set to graduate during commencement exercises that will take place on […]
May 10—The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is acquiring Longoria Elementary School and will transform it into the School of Art and Design. Longoria Elementary sits on 4.24 acres at 2400 E. Van Buren St., which is about two blocks from the Life Health Sciences Building on the UTRGV Brownsville Campus. Brownsville ISD closed […]
Mar. 20—Only have a minute? Listen instead Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… In celebration of the city of Brownsville’s partnership with internet service provider Lit Fiber to bring high-speed internet to city residents, Brownsville leaders are hosting three days of educational, informational seminars March 26-28 during what’s been dubbed BTX Fiber Network & Cybersecurity […]
Mar. 11—Only have a minute? Listen instead Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… The Texas Education Agency has awarded new Teacher Incentive Allotments to 778 Brownsville Independent School District teachers, bringing the number covered by the excellence program from 32 to 810. The TIA framework became law in 2019 under House Bill 3 to reward […]
Mar. 11—Only have a minute? Listen instead Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Nicolas V. Soto Jr., owner of NVS Corporation Services Inc., headquartered in Brownsville, has been named Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration Lower Rio Grande Valley District. The district office announced the winners from across the […]
One person was taken to a hospital after a fire in Fayette County. Firefighters say they were called to Brashear Street in Brownsville at around 8:35 p.m. on Saturday. Fire Chief Richard Black said one person was rescued from the building. They were taken to a hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. State police […]
BROWNSVILLE, Fla. (WKRG) — The Lee Street Sidewalk Project to provide additional connectivity in the Brownsville community by adding nearly one mile of new sidewalks along West Lee Street has been completed, according to an Escambia County spokesperson. More than 700 students absent from Fairhope East Elementary after norovirus sparks concern, precaution The project added […]
Feb. 29—Only have a minute? Listen instead Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… On the day President Joe Biden visited Brownsville to get a better understanding of problems at the U.S.-Mexico border, two eighth-graders at Besteiro Middle School expressed compassion with the migrants and trust in the president’s process. Aldo Lerma and Samuel Longoria both […]
Feb. 28—Only have a minute? Listen instead Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Charro Days is always a busy time for law enforcement, though there’s nothing like throwing in a presidential visit to make things really interesting. Brownsville City Manager Helen Ramirez said the city has been in close communication with the Secret Service since […]
Jan. 11—Only have a minute? Listen instead With the departure of Eduardo Campirano as port director and CEO of the Port of Brownsville, Brownsville Navigation District commissioners have named William G. Dietrich, the port’s chief of police, interim head as the search for Campirano’s successor continues. A national search for a new port director began […]