Feature
December 1, 2005
Christmas in Brownsville
My father, who had grown up on a farm, used to talk about his family’s killing a pig for the tamales, but this was back in the twenties.
South Texas
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1998
The Fall of the Last Patrón.
Even by South Texas standards, the undoing of Starr County sheriff Eugenio Falcón, Jr., was one for the books.
True Crime
August 31, 1988
A Legacy of Evil
In the town George Parr once dominated, a nineteen-year-old mother was gang-raped by her neighbors. In the aftermath of the crime, the old horrors of San Diego have surfaced anew.
Border & Immigration
February 1, 1987
The Prophets
The border’s self-appointed problem solvers promise new industry, more jobs, and better schools. So why won’t anyone listen to them?
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1984
The Man in the Black Hat, Part One
Clinton Manges built his empire on brushland and oil wells, political contributions and lawsuits. His influence extends to the state capitol and oil company boardrooms. To get where he is, he studied under three masters of South Texas.
Being Texan
April 1, 1984
The Hub Cafe
It wasn’t the classiest place in Pharr to grow up, but it had tough truckers, sassy waitresses, and some of the best fry cooks in the Valley.
Health
January 1, 1982
The Saint of Falfurrias
Supplicants in the Valley worship at the shrine of faith healer Don Pedrito Jaramillo, more powerful in death than he was in life.
Business
April 1, 1977
All Roads Lead From Roma
What’s good for marijuana is good for Starr County.