June 15, 2016 The City of Eagle Pass Emergency Operation Center has issued the following power outage alert for those who live, work, or visit our community. AEP has advised that there will be a power outage for the following areas: Intersection of El Indio and S Brown Street, Loma…

(Press Release) District Attorney Roberto Serna reported that on June 13, 2016, the District Attorney’s Office, through the Border Prosecution Unit, presented a seminar to local law enforcement agencies on warrantless search and seizures. The seminar was attended by 90 law enforcement officers from different agencies, including the Texas Department…

(Press Release) DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Del Rio International Bridge recently discovered nearly 10 pounds of suspected narcotics hidden inside a car battery. “This is yet another example of smugglers going to extreme lengths to import drugs into the country,” said Alberto…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 A lone gunman identified as Omar Saddiqui Mateen, age 29, of Fort Pierce, Florida rushed into a gay nightclub business known as Pulse in Orlando, Florida at approximately 2 A.M. on Sunday, June 12, 2016, and opened fire with…

Texas Baseball junior catcher Tres Barrera (sixth round, Washington Nationals) and senior lefthander Ty Culbreth (eighth round, Colorado Rockies) have been selected on day two of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft. With his selection, Barrera became the first Longhorn taken in this year’s draft. In his three seasons at Texas, the Eagle Pass…

SAN ANTONIO – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) welcomes Texas House Speaker Joe Straus’ directive to his colleagues to review key aspects of Texas’ school finance system and to make recommendations that would improve its efficiency and educational quality. “While the Texas Supreme Court got the law…

by Madeline Conway and John Reynolds, The Texas Tribune June 10, 2016 The Big Conversation The debate over illegal immigration and what to do with undocumented immigrants, many of whom arrived in the country while still very young, has carried over to this year’s graduation season. Two high school valedictorians,…

by Alana Rocha, The Texas Tribune June 9, 2016 When a patient sits before Dr. Cynthia de las Fuentes, a licensed psychologist in West Austin, she says they get much more than an empathic ear. “It’s much more science-based,” she said. She noted that a person doesn’t need to be…

(Press Release) In Del Rio, 36-year-old Francisco Balderas (aka “Frank”, “El Profe”) was sentenced to 220 months in federal prison for his role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy operating in the Eagle Pass, TX, area, stated United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph M….

Beatriz Helena Zuniga, a C.C. Winn High School graduate, was among the twenty-three (23) recipients of $1,500 scholarships to awarded to graduating seniors by Rio Grande Electric Cooperative.  Every eligible student who applied for a scholarship was awarded one this year. Beatriz will be attending Brigham Young University, where she…