(Press Release) Friday, January 29, 2016, 4:10pm: An officer assigned to the Eagle Pass Police Department Patrol Division responded to the Kohl’s Department Store in reference to theft. Kohl’s Loss Prevention personnel detained a 19 year old female after she exited the store without making any attempt to pay for…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The 2016 Maverick County Junior Livestock Show and Sale was hailed as a great success and enhancing the education of Maverick County youths, according to Tim Hardt, President of the Maverick County Junior Livestock Show Association. Over 160 Maverick…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 An Eagle Pass Independent School District bus with 33 tudents on board was involved in an auto accident on FM 1021 (El Indio Highway) near the intersection of FM 1021 and Loop 480 on Friday, January 29, 2016, at…

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Jan. 28, 2016 The Texas Legislature’s efforts to beef up state oversight and avert deadly disasters like the 2013 West fertilizer plant explosion have been “not entirely adequate,” the federal Chemical Safety Board says in its final report on the disaster. The 265-page report,…

In Del Rio, Texas, on January 28th, a Houston police officer and his wife pleaded guilty to transporting undocumented aliens announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden and U.S. Border Patrol Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Rodolfo Karisch. Appearing…

(Press Release) DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Comstock Station arrested three U.S. citizens after a 12-hour pursuit and manhunt initiated by agents assigned to the Sanderson Station.  On Jan. 27, at approximately 2 a.m., Border Patrol agents assigned to the Sanderson Station attempted to…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Every year the month of January brings the much anticipated and educational Maverick County Junior Livestock Show and Sale (MCJLS) and the Miss MCJLS Western Beauty Pageant to Eagle Pass, Texas. The 2016 edition of the Maverick County Junior…

Senator Carlos Uresti was released from the hospital Wednesday evening following 5 days of treatment.  Although the blockage in his neck and some headaches still remain, he is receiving excellent care from doctors who are aggressively treating the tear to his carotid artery. The prognosis is very good and most…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016  Terri Patlan-Contreras, Maverick County Hospital District Chief Executive Officer, is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Ross Crone has joined the Maverick County Hospital District’s medical specialty practice and will be seeing urology patients at the Physician Specialty Clinic…

The Eagle Pass Business Journal has been authorized by Tomas “Tom” S. Herrera to announce his candidacy for Maverick County Sheriff in the March 1, 2016 Texas Democratic Party Primary Election. It is with utmost respect to all Maverick County residents that I, Tomas S. Herrera, formally announce my candidacy…