By: Paul Schattenberg, 210-859-5752, paschattenberg@ag.tamu.edu By: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contacts: Dr. Sonja Swiger, 254-968-4144, slswiger@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Mike Merchant, 972-952-9204, m-merchant@tamu.edu Dr. Charles Allen, 325-653-4576, ctallen@ag.tamu.edu Residents can help control, protect themselves from mosquitoes DALLAS – Anticipating a significant increase in the state’s mosquito population, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service…

(Press Release) In Austin, Texas, on May 28, 2015, 70-year-old Williamson County Judge Timothy L. Wright, of Georgetown pleaded guilty to federal charges of engaging in the business of dealing firearms without a license and making false statements to a Government agent announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A Mexican media tycoon from the State of Coahuila, Mexico, Rolando Gonzalez Trevino, President of the Mexican Media company known as Corporativo Nucleo Radio Television, and owner of a television station in Eagle Pass, Texas plead guilty to one…

(Press Release) In Del Rio, Texas, on May 28, 2015, Maria Landin, age 48, of Helotes, TX, was sentenced to 194 months in federal prison for her role in a scheme to smuggle into the United States 878.2 grams of pure crystal methamphetamine, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L….

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2013, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, there were a total of 5,457 family/domestic violence incidents in Maverick County, Texas during 2005 through 2013, an average of at least one incident per day. Although figures for 2014 and…

(Press Release) In Austin, Texas, 37–year-old Abby Lindemann Johnson, owner of Pain Management Solutions, a licensed Durable Medical Equipment provider, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for her role in a health care fraud scheme with an estimated intended loss of more than $1 million, announced Acting United…

By: fnsnews In an era of climate change, the May 25 tornado that devastated the Mexican city of Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, stands as another environmental wake-up call for Mexico and the border region. Considered by Mexican experts the worst tornado to strike their country in the past 15 years, the…

by Neena Satija and Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune May 27, 2015 Climate change is taking a toll on Texas, and the devastating floods that have killed at least 15 people and left 12 others missing across the state are some of the best evidence yet of that phenomenon, state…

A 47-count indictment was unsealed early this morning in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging 14 defendants with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies, among other offenses, in connection with the defendants’ participation in a 24-year scheme to enrich themselves through the corruption of international soccer.  The guilty…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court will be addressing the pending request for payment for financial advisory services made by former Maverick County and Maverick County Public Facility Corporation financial advisor Roberto Rodriguez and Southwestern Capital Markets, Inc. of San Antonio,…