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…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass Independent School Distict Board of Trustees have approved to name the baseball stadium at the district’s Student Activity Center in honor of legendary Eagle Pass High School Eagles Head Baseball Coach Leopoldo “Polo” Moncada at a…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 A two automobile collision at the intersection of Loop 480 and U.S. Highway 277 North in Eagle Pass, Texas on Saturday, February 20, 2016, at approximately 10:30 A.M. left one female person dead at the scene of the tragic…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 A major accident on U.S. Highway 90 in Uvalde County, Texas on Thursday, February 18, 2016 has caused the Texas Department of Transportation to temporarily close a stretch of U.S. 90 from Brackettville, Texas (Kinney County) to the Kinney/Uvalde…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL) Executive Committee denied Medina Valley High School’s (Castroville, TX) request to change from District 26-5A to District 29-5A during 2016-2018 on Thursday, February 18, 2016 in Austin, Texas, leaving District 29-5A with six…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL) Executive Committee unanimously approved Corpus Christi Calallen and Alice’s petitions to change from District 29-5A to District 30-5A on Thursday, February 18, 2016 in Austin, Texas, reducing the number of high schools in…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Maverick County Commissioners Court approved to appeal the Texas Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision of December 29, 2015 concerning the Dos Republicas Coal Partnership coal mine to the Texas Supreme Court at their meeting held on Monday, February…

TEMPLE, TEXAS, February 17, 2016 – With an abundance of homes for sale in most of rural Texas, buyers continue to have plenty of choices and lots of bargaining power.  With the help of USDA Rural Development’s No Down Payment home loan programs, dreams of homeownership can come true. USDA…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The 2016 Texas Primary Election for both the Democratic and Republican Parties kicked-off with the Early Voting Period on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 and continues until Friday, February 26th and culminates with Election Day on Tuesday, March 1st. Many…