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René Oliveira (March 14, 1955 – January 23, 2024) was an American attorney and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. He was first elected to represent the 37th District in 1981. After losing a 1986 bid for the Texas State Senate, he was out of office from 1987 until he regained his seat in the Texas House in the 1990 ...
Carlos Humberto Cascos (September 18, 1952 – June 26, 2024) was an American Certified Public Accountant and politician who was the 110th Secretary of State of Texas.He was appointed by his fellow Republican, Governor Greg Abbott, and was confirmed by the Texas State Senate on February 18, 2015.
On March 3, 1993, Saint Joseph Academy high school senior Albert Joseph "Joey" Fischer Jr. was shot dead outside his home in Rancho Viejo, an upscale community north of Brownsville, Texas. Dora Cisneros, the mother of his ex-girlfriend, was responsible for orchestrating Fischer's murder after he broke up with her daughter Cristina.
Brownsville has 37 parks connected by a 1,200-acre (1.9 sq mi) system of parkland and 32 mi (51 km) of bike lanes. The city also has three gymnasiums, two public pools, and 55 athletic fields. [130] Brownsville's proximity to the coast has allowed the city to register several locations under the list of protected areas of the United States.
John Joseph Fitzpatrick (October 12, 1918 – July 15, 2006) was a Canadian-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami in Florida from 1968 to 1971 and as the third bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville in Texas from 1971 to 1991.
Martinez was born in San Antonio, Texas. He attended St. Mary's Grammar School and St. Joseph Academy in Brownsville, Texas. After high school, Martinez graduated from Boston College with a B.A. in Political Science and Communications. While at BC, Martinez said: "The Jesuits reignited the idea of heading out and doing good.
The Texas Bucket List is a weekly, ... National Museum of Funeral History established in 1992 by Robert L. Waltrip, ... singer and songwriter raised in Brownsville ...
Wood was born in Brownsville, Texas, on November 10, 1894. [1] He attended the Brownsville area schools , Mission High School , and the University of Texas . [ 2 ]