Force Against Texas Inmates on The Rise
April 4th, 2014by Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune April 3, 2014 Correctional officers are using “major” force against inmates more often, and experts point to staff turnover, inexperience and the brutal heat of Texas summers as the most likely factors. Despite a decrease in the prison population from 2005 to 2013, the…
After Rise in Foster Care Deaths, DFPS Approves New Regulations
April 4th, 2014by Aamena Ahmed, The Texas Tribune April 4, 2014 Amid recent growth in abuse or neglect deaths of children in foster homes, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services approved a set of new regulations Friday meant to provide more oversight of children in foster care. Despite the new…
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Seize Cocaine Worth More Than $700,000
April 4th, 2014Eagle Pass, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Border Patrol Station seized more than 20 pounds of cocaine on Thursday, worth an estimated $768,000. Shortly before noon Thursday, a 2002 Ford Sport Trac approached the primary inspection area of the permanent immigration checkpoint on…
Del Rio Border Patrol Agents Arrest Convicted Sex Offenders
April 4th, 2014Honduran Subject, Convicted Felon, Had Been Previously Deported Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass Station apprehended a convicted sex offender on Thursday. Agents patrolling near Eagle Pass encountered Jorge Alberto Cruz-Mejia, 47, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras. During processing agents discovered that Cruz-Mejia…
City Council gives City Manager Gloria Barrientos a positive evaluation
April 2nd, 2014By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at 5:30 P.M., at City Council Chambers in City Hall, 100 S. Monroe Street, in Eagle Pass, Texas, addressing four items in Executive Session…
Commissioners Court increases County Cemetery fees
April 2nd, 2014By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court held a special meeting on Thursday,March 27, 2014, at the Commissioners Courtroom, located at the Maverick County Courthouse Annex Building, 500 Quarry Street, in Eagle Pass, Texas, approving an increase of fees for the Maverick…
Maverick County Commissioners Court Moves Forward with Senate Bill 1747 Application
April 2nd, 2014By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners held a special meeting on Thursday,March 27, 2014,at the Commissioners Courtroom, located at the Maverick County Courthouse Annex, 500 Quarry Street, in Eagle Pass, Texas, approving to submit a Maverick County application for Senate Bill 1747’s…
Maverick County Hospital District’s CEO Recruitment Delayed Again
April 2nd, 2014By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors held a regular meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at 12 Noon at the District’s Second Floor Administration Conference Room, located at 3406 Bob Rogers Drive, in Eagle Pass, Texas, approving…
Los Alamos Waste Arrives in West Texas
April 2nd, 2014by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune April 1, 2014 Updated, April 2, 12:20 p.m.: A storage facility in Andrews County, Texas has recieved its first truckload of transuranic waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the U.S. Department of Energy and the New Mexico-based Nuclear Waste Partnership said Wednesday in a…
Maverick County Commissioners Court finally approve 2012 County Audit with $2.3 Million Deficit
April 2nd, 2014By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court finally approved the County’s 2012 Financial Statements and Audit with a $2.3 Million budget deficit and without the Maverick County Solid Waste Authority’s financial data at a special meeting held on Thursday, March 27, 2014,…