2014 Candidate Registration Deadline is Monday, December 9th
By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The deadline for Maverick County citizens interested in registering as a candidate for one of the 14 available political offices in the March and November 2014 elections is Monday,…
Eagle Ford Shale company slapped with $281 Million Jury Verdict in Dimmit County for wrongful death case
December 9th, 2013By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Heckmann Water Resources, an Eagle Ford Shale company, was slapped by one of the largest jury verdicts in the State of Texas for the amount of $281 Million by…
Mona Jessica Barrera named Queen of 23rd Annual Eagle Pass Border Lions Club Black & White Ball
December 9th, 2013By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A sold-out audience at the City of Eagle Pass International Center of Trade attended the 23rd Annual Eagle Pass Border Lions Club Black and White Ball on Saturday, December…
Eagle Pass Tractor Supply Store Grand Opening held Saturday, December 7th
December 7th, 2013By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Braving an early morning start time and a chili cold front, Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Mayor Ramsey Ramsey English Cantu joined Tractor Supply Store…
Eagle Pass Woman murdered by Boyfriend
December 6th, 2013By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A young woman, Jessica Lenora Colecio, age 38, from Eagle Pass, Texas was brutally stabbed to death allegedly by her boyfriend, Jaime Jimenez, age 37, of Eagle Pass at…
Texas Supreme Court to Mull Underground Trespassing
December 6th, 2013by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune December 6, 2013 A case involving the disposal of industrial wastewater pits two interests that are dear to many Texans against each other: oil and gas resources versus private property rights. A decision by…
Eagle Pass Contractor Jose Flores, III, pleads guilty to Bank Fraud in federal district court
December 5th, 2013By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Eagle Pass contractor, Jose Flores, III, plead guilty to Count One of a two-count federal grand jury indictment on Thursday, December 5, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Alia Moses…
Maverick County Contractor Salvador Castillon pleads guilty to paying a bribe to a Maverick County Commissioner in federal court
December 5th, 2013By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County contractor, Salvador Castillon doing business as South Texas Concrete, plead guilty to Count One of a two-count federal grand jury indictment for paying a bribe to an…
As Texas Towns Shake, Regulators Sit Still
December 5th, 2013State Oil and Gas Regulator Says No Changes Needed After Latest Earthquake Swarm After twenty minor earthquakes in a month, residents in the small towns of Azle and Springtown outside of Fort Worth are understandably confused about why their once-stable…
Former Governor of State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Indicted in the Southern District of Texas
December 5th, 2013BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A federal indictment charging Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, the former governor of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been unsealed. The unsealing was announced by United States Attorneys Kenneth Magidson and Robert L. Pitman, of the Southern and…
Two Former Coahuila, Mexico, Politicians Indicted in the Southern District of Texas
December 4th, 2013CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Two former Mexican politicians from the State of Coahuila have been indicted on charges of conspiring to launder monetary instruments, bank fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The four-count sealed…
