By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles romped the San Antonio South San High School Bobcats 55-33 in a key District 29-6A football game on Friday, October 7, 2016, at South San Indpendent School District Stadium in San Antonio,…

(Press Release) On Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at 10:44 pm, Eagle Pass Police Officers responded to the Dollar General located on North Veterans Boulevard in regards to an aggravated robbery. Investigating officers were informed by store personnel of a male subject who upon entering the store had his face concealed….

Dear Judge Saucedo and Mr. Wilson, We are in agreement that Maverick County is required to adopt the lower of the effective rate or the previous year’s rate.  We are also in agreement that the effective rate is the lower of the two.  However, both the procedure and the rate…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Oct. 5, 2016 The state’s forensic science oversight panel will convene in Austin on Wednesday to give the public a progress report on an emotional and macabre issue that is tied directly to the hot-button issue of illegal immigration. On the agenda for the…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Eagle Passans Judy Canales and Antonio Tovar hosted a campaign reception for Democrat candidate Irene Rios of San Antonio, Texas for the Texas 4th Court of Appeals on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at a local restaurant, attended by over 50…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representative, District 23 in Texas, Pete P. Gallego hosted an open and free Town Hall Meeting for Maverick Countians on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at a local restaurant in Eagle Pass, Texas, filled…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Texas Rural Communities, Inc. of Buda, Texas announces that their 2016 Community Grants for 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organizations is now open and applications will be accepted until November 1, 2016.  TRC awards community grants of up to $38,500 to 501(c)(3) Non-Profit…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 October is Cancer Awareness Month in the United States.  The Maverick County Hospital District is hosting a free “Think Pink Breast Cancer Awareness” Breakfast and Health Fair for all women on Saturday, October 8, 2016, from 8:30 A.M. through 11:30…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 After a marathon special meeting that lasted five and one-half hours, Maverick County Commissioners Court adopted an official 2016 tax rate of $.0542309 per $100 ad valorem property value at their Monday, October 3, 2016 meeting by a unanimous…

by Edgar Walters and Annie Daniel, The Texas Tribune Oct. 4, 2016 On any given day in the last six months, nearly a thousand of Texas’ “highest-priority” children — considered by the state to be at immediate risk of physical or sexual abuse — were not checked on even once…