LDC Classes Moved to Austin Elementary
October 13th, 2015(Press Release) – Eagle Pass Independent School District (EPISD) announces that the Learning Development Center (LDC) will relocate to Austin Elementary, while damage assessments and repairs are being made. LDC will remain closed from Monday, October 12, through Thursday, October 15, 2015. The education of LDC students will commence at…
Austin Leaders Blast State Leaders Over Immigration
October 13th, 2015by Jay Root, The Texas Tribune Oct. 12, 2015 Austin Mayor Steve Adler and Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt, wading into the volatile debate over immigration, blasted state Republican leaders for blocking President Obama’s executive order that would allow millions of undocumented immigrants to avoid deportation. The state’s lawsuit, which…
13th Court of Appeals reverses and remands Judge Cynthia Muniz’s denial of Writ of Mandamus to Dos Republicas Coal Partnership’s Floodplain Development Permit Application
October 12th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Eagle Pass Business Journal has obtained a copy of the written opinion of the 13th Texas Court of Appeals regarding Dos Republicas Coal Partnership vs. David Saucedo, as Floodplain Administrator and County Judge of the Maverick County Commissioners…
Texas Mulls Who Profits From Medicaid
October 12th, 2015by Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune Texas was within eight days of slashing the amount of money it pays therapists for poor and disabled children when a state district judge last month stepped in and blocked the move. It was the latest round in a high-profile legal and public relations…
Eagle Pass Police Department Report Two Missing Persons
October 11th, 2015(Press Release) Two (2) citizens of the City of Eagle Pass, Texas have been reported missing to the Eagle Pass Police Department. The two (2) persons are feared to have been swept away by the swift currents during the storm on Thursday night into Friday morning. Jesus Villarreal Hernandez Jr.,…
C. C. Winn Mavericks tamed by Uvalde Coyotes 43-14
October 10th, 2015By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks were tamed by the Uvalde High School Coyotes 43-14 in a key District 29-5A Football game on Saturday, October 10, 2015, at the legendary Honey Bowl in Uvalde, Texas, falling…
Eagle Pass Eagles clipped by Laredo United South Panthers 41-6
October 10th, 2015By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Eagle Pass High School Eagles were clipped by the homestanding Laredo United South High School Panthers 41-6 in a key District 29-6A Football game held on Thursday, October 8, 2015, at the Laredo United Independent Sports Activity Complex…
Language Development Center Temporarily Closed and Classes Cancelled during Oct. 12-15th due to flooding damages
October 10th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The pre-kindergarten and kindergarten Language Development Center of the Eagle Pass Independent School District suffered severe damages due to the Thursday and Friday, October 8-9, 2015, heavy thunderstorms which drenched Eagle Pass, Texas with over 12 inches of rain…
Texas to See an Influx of Released Federal Inmates
October 9th, 2015by Sari Horwitz, The Washington Post, The Texas Tribune Oct. 9, 2015 Texas will receive the largest number of inmates who are being freed early from prison in the largest one-time federal prison release, an effort by U.S. officials to reduce overcrowding and provide relief to drug offenders who received…
U.S. Highway 57, U.S. Highway 277, and Texas FM 481 Temporarily Closed Due to Flash Flooding
October 9th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department announced that U.S. 57 between Eagle Pass and La Pryor, Texas and U.S. Highway 277 South between Eagle Pass and Carrizo Springs, Texas, and Texas FM 481 between Eagle Pass and Uvalde, Texas re…
