PRESS RELEASE City of Eagle Pass police, along with local Border Patrol agents responded this afternoon to a vehicle believed to be carrying illegal aliens smugglers.  Police do not believe there was ever any danger to the schools or community.  As a precaution, Eagle Pass High School was placed on temporary…

by Edgar Walters and Emily Ramshaw, The Texas Tribune Dec. 17, 2015 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Texas has violated the constitutional rights of foster children by exposing them to an unreasonable risk of harm in a system where children “often age out of care more damaged…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioners Court discussed in Executive Session the pending default judgment entered against Maverick County in the federal court case of Jose Cabello et al v. Maverick County et al, DR-11-CV-00078-AM-CW with Legal Counsel Mark Sanchez at their…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Texas Secretary of State Carlos Casco announced the candidates for the 2016 Maverick County, Texas Primary Election to be held on March 1, 2016. Former U.S. Representative Pete P. Gallego of Alpine, Texas will face Del Rioan Lee Keenen…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Five people were killed in a head-on automobile collision between a 2010 white Chevrolet Pick-Up Truck and a 2007 blue Dodge Charger four door sedan on U.S. Highway 57 South near the Maverick County-Zavala County line at approximately 1:45…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioners Court and the City of Eagle Pass City Council held a joint workshop on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at the International Center for Trade to discuss important issues as the City’s Master Plan, future annexation plans,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Eagle Pass City Council and Maverick County Commissioners Court held a joint workshop on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at 5:00 P.M. at the City of Eagle Pass International Center for Trade, to discuss common issues affecting the community,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a resolution calling for the immediate attention to the dangerous traffic conditions found at the intersection of Loop 480 and FM 1021 (El Indio Highway) at their meeting held on Monday, December 14,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc, Copyright 2015 The tragic death of a 13 year old Galveston female student who jumped from the rear door of a moving school bus raises questions concerning school bus safety in the State of Texas and United States, including the Eagle…

(Press Release) An officer assigned to the Eagle Pass Police Department Patrol Division received information from the United States Border Patrol in regards to a vehicle possibly trafficking humans in the area of the catholic cemetery. The officer encountered the vehicle exiting the cemetery and witnessed a traffic violation which…