By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 A 26 year old El Indio, Maverick County, Texas man was killed in a single automobile rollover accident on FM 1021 (El Indio Highway) on Friday, July 29, 2016, announced Maverick County Sheriff’s Department. Jose Tovar, age 26, of El…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass Independent School District Board of Trustees’ candidate registration period opened up on July 23, 2016 and will remain open until Monday, August 22, 2016.  As of August 2, 2016, there are six candidates which have registered for…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Aug. 2, 2016 A tiny South Texas town is continuing to fight plans for an oil and gas waste site half its size, even after state regulators gave developers the go-ahead to build it. A citizen’s group in Nordheim — population 316 at last…

(Press Release) DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector have recovered a total of seven deceased individuals during the months of June and July. “These summer temperatures and scarce water resources create a very costly, often deadly reality for individuals attempting to enter the…

by Aneri Pattani, The Texas Tribune Aug. 2, 2016 LAREDO — Since Alejandro Obregón moved to a colonia along the Texas-Mexico border 20 years ago, he has fought for basic necessities like clean water and paved roads. Now a private developer wants to build a landfill just a few miles…

By: Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune | Aug 1, 2016 After months of meetings, protests and political debates, the time has come: It’s legal to carry handguns into university buildings in Texas. The state’s new campus carry law, passed in 2015, went into effect Monday. Here’s what it means at…

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune July 30, 2016 Dallas billionaire Mark Cuban returned to his birthplace of Pittsburgh on Saturday to endorse Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, borrowing a local term to assail her bombastic Republican rival. “Leadership is not yelling and screaming and intimidating,” Cuban said in a…

(Press Release) EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry arrested a woman who allegedly attempted to smuggle a Honduran man into the United States. “Our officers are always vigilant and prevent people from entering the U.S. illegally,” said Port Director…

by Abby Livingston and Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune July 28, 2016 PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first woman in American history to accept a major party’s nomination for the presidency at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night. “Tonight, we’ve reached a milestone in our nation’s march toward…

(Press Release) In Del Rio, Texas, on Thursday, July 28, 2016, former Crystal City Mayor Pro-Tem Rogelio Mata and his brother, former Crystal City Councilman Roel Mata, pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a bribery and kickback scheme involving city contracts announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr.,…