(Press Release)  Friday, September 25, 2015: On Thursday September 17, 2015 a report was received at the Eagle Pass Police Department in reference to a theft of $38,000.00 from the Max Cash Express business located at 750 Main Street. An investigation by the Eagle Pass Police Department Criminal Investigations Division…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Catholic Church Pope Francis delivered a historic address to a joint session of the United States Congress on Thursday, September 24, 2015, calling on Congress and the American people to take courageous action against climate change and the preservation…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 San Antonio John Jay High School Mustangs Assistant Football Coach Mack Breed resigned on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, from employment with the San Antonio Northside Independent School District, one day before a University Interscholastic League (UIL) hearing on the…

(Press Release) Wednesday, September 23, 2015: On Sunday September 6, 2015 a case of alleged indecency with a child was reported to the Eagle Pass Police Department. The case was investigated by the Criminal Investigations Division of the Eagle Pass Police Department and with assistance from the Maverick County District…

Issuing more concealed carry permits does not decrease crime, according to a new study published in the Journal of Criminology from researchers at Texas A&M. They looked at more than a decade of data on changes in crime and concealed handgun licensing rates from more than 500 counties in four states: Texas, Michigan,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Domestic/Family violence cases continue to increase in Maverick County, Texas according to Sheriff Tom Schmerber. During the month of August 2015, there were a total of 23 cases investigated by the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department alone. The Eagle Pass…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Approximately 10 years ago the City of Eagle Pass, Texas constructed the International Center for Trade (ICT) costing approximately $6,000,000 with the intention of creating a high-tech facility for communications, conferences, skills training and market research, foster trade and…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Poverty increased in the United States during 2010-2015 according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s recent release of its Five Year American Community Survey. Maverick County, Texas is no exception to this phenomena. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Eagle Pass’s musical talent will be highlighted among the Tejano music elite at the 35th Annual Tejano Music Awards on October 24, 2015 at the Tobin Center for Performing Arts in San Antonio, Texas. Native Eagle Passan Rudy Trevino…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioners Court will be holding a meeting on Thursday, September 24, 2015, at 5 P.M. at Commissioners Courtroom located at 500 Quarry Street in Eagle Pass, Texas, discussing and expected to lift the hiring freeze on new…