By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 LATE BREAKING NEWS! The Eagle Pass Police Department arrested a yet unidentified male person in the downtown Eagle Pass shopping area on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, at approximately 1:10 P.M. suspected of robbing a retail store while brandishing a…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagles face cross-town rival C. C. Winn High School Lady Mavericks in another “Softball Classic” meeting between the two local teams on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, at 7 P.M. at the Eagle Pass…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass Independent School District announced that power/electricity has been reinstalled at Maude Mae Kirchner Elementary School in Quemado, Texas and that the earlier decision to cancel classes for Tuesday, February 23, 2016 has been rescinded and now…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass Independent School District announced that classes at Maude Mae Kirchner Elementary School in Quemado, Texas on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, are cancelled due to a power/electricity shortage.   All other Eagle Pass Independent School District schools and…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Maverick County Emergency Coordinator Leopoldo “Polo” Vielma announced that the National Weather Service has issued a Severe Weather Alert for Maverick County on Monday, February 22, 2016 through Tuesday, February 23, 2016, commencing on Monday, February 22nd between 10…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Feb. 19, 2016 Editor’s note: This story was updated on Feb. 22 with a response from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The Texas Supreme Court on Friday handed a victory to farmers, ranchers and other longstanding water rights holders by declining to take…

In Del Rio, Texas, on Thursday, February 18, 2016, a federal jury found Carl Wayne Wiley guilty of attempted murder of a federal agent, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Rodolfo Karisch, Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent, U.S. Border Patrol, and Christopher Combs, Federal Bureau of Investigation…

by Nicole Cobler, The Texas Tribune Feb. 19, 2016 The Texas Tribune is taking a yearlong look at the issues of border security and immigration, reporting on the reality and rhetoric around these topics. Sign up to get story alerts. About 4.6 percent of the men and women in Texas…

Saturday, February 20, 2016, 2:35pm: An officer assigned to the Eagle Pass Police Department Patrol Division responded to the J.C. Penny’s store in reference to a reported theft. The investigating officer spoke with loss prevention personnel who informed that two (2) females had been detained after they exited the store…

(Press Release) February 20, 2016 Maverick County Sheriff’s Department units responded to Academy Road this morning, where contact was made with a couple who stated they had attended a party in Loma Bonita earlier that evening. The female complainant stated that while at the party, two identified male subjects approached…