Top 10 Stories in 2019
By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2019
The year 2019 was a busy year for top stories developing and reported in Eagle Pass and Maverick County, Texas by the Eagle Pass Business Journal staff. 2019 also closes out the decade of the 2010s and leads into the new decade of 2020s. Here are the top 10 stories of 2019 as reported by the Eagle Pass Business Journal staff.
The top story and most widely read by Eagle Pass Business Journal readers in 2019 was the “Carrizo Springs Doctor and Office Manager Arrested on Federal Drug, Health Care Fraud and Identity Theft Charges.”
The second top story in 2019 in the Eagle Pass Business Journal was the “Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico and Eagle Pass, Texas Prepare for Central American Migrant Caravan Arrival.”
The third top story in 2019 in the Eagle Pass Business Journal was the “Conjunto Music Fans Remember Jimmy Garcia on his 13th Anniversary of Passing Away.”
The fourth top story in 2019 in the Eagle Pass Business Journal was the “Fatal Head-On Auto Collision on U.S. Highway 57 North Kills One Person, Injures Two Persons.”
The fifth top story in 2019 in the Eagle Pass Business Journal was the “Eagle Pass Dance Instructor Arrested and Charged with Theft of Service.”
The sixth top story in 2019 in the Eagle Pass Business Journal was the “Former Eagle Pass Independent School District Educator, Coach, and Administrator Pete R. Castillo Passes Away at Age 78.”
The seventh top story in 2019 in the Eagle Pass Business Journal was the “Eagle Passans Kidnapped and Rescued in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.”
The eighth top story in 2019 in the Eagle Pass Business Journal was the “MicroStar Logistics Selects Eagle Pass for New Keg Quality Center, Job Recruiting Event to be Held on November 29th.”
The ninth top story in 2019 in the Eagle Pass Business Journal was the “Texas Democratic Party Chair Declares Ramsey English Cantu as Ineligible Candidate for Texas House of Representative District 74.”
The tenth top story in 2019 in the Eagle Pass Business Journal was the “Eagle Pass Winn High School Student Killed in Single Vehicle Collision, Three Others Injured.”