Lady Eagles blast Laredo Alexander Lady Bulldogs 22-0 in District Opener
February 26th, 2014By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The mighty Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagles blasted 18 hits in three innings to defeat the Laredo Alexander High School Lady Bulldogs 22-0 while standout Lady Eagle southpaw pitcher Krystal De La Cruz hurled a no-hitter to earn…
Opponents of Border Coal Mine Face Final Test
February 25th, 2014by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Feb. 25, 2014 EAGLE PASS — More people in Maverick County have signed a petition opposing an open pit coal mine here than cast ballots in the 2010 Texas gubernatorial election. But despite the 8,300 signatures against Dos Republicas’ mining project, the venture will…
Maverick County not paying overtime hours to Sheriff’s Department Dispatchers and Deputies
February 24th, 2014By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court were advised at their special meeting on Thursday, February 13, 2014, by Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber and staff that due to the Sheriff’s Department’s tight financial budget, the Sheriff’s Department was not paying its…
Eagle Pass Police Department Crime Report
February 24th, 2014Eagle Pass Police Department (Press Release) On Monday, February 24, 2014, at approximately 3:34am, the Eagle Pass Police Department responded to an address in Maverick County reference to a Wanted Person. Officers made contact with the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department who were at the scene. Deputies advised that they had…
Dengue: A Serious Health Concern for Texas
February 24th, 2014By: Pete P. Gallego Dengue virus. Colonial Texans called it break-bone fever because of the agonizing pain it caused. Infection with the dengue virus is not just a bad case of the flu, though it starts with flu-like symptoms. With dengue you cannot work; you cannot go to school. One…
A Focus on Helping Colonia Residents With Health Law
February 24th, 2014by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Feb. 24, 2014 EDINBURG — Sitting at an old picnic table in front of a dilapidated house, María Díaz, a hotel housekeeper, tells stories of the rejection that comes with living in impoverished Texas colonias. The trash on her street is not picked up…
West Virginians: We don’t drink the water
February 21st, 2014By: Elizabeth Cohen and Tom Watkins, CNN (CNN) — Health officials say the tap water near Charleston, West Virginia, is all right to drink. But many residents aren’t buying it. When he runs the hot water, Joe Merchant said, “within a couple of minutes, I’ll have a headache from the…
Federal Jury in San Antonio Convicts Eagle Pass Man in Drug Distribution and Kidnapping Scheme
February 21st, 2014San Antonio, TX (U.S. Attorney’s Office Press Release) – Eagle Pass, TX, resident Jose Luis Rodriguez (a.k.a. “Pollo”), age 36, faces up to life in federal prison after a jury in San Antonio convicted him this afternoon of federal kidnapping and drug charges announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Acting…
Coal’s hidden costs top $345 billion in U.S.-study
February 21st, 2014By: Scott Malone (Reuters) – The United States’ reliance on coal to generate almost half of its electricity, costs the economy about $345 billion a year in hidden expenses not borne by miners or utilities, including health problems in mining communities and pollution around power plants, a study found. Those…
Former Reserve Airman Pleads Guilty to Theft of Government Property and Burglarizing a Del Rio Pharmacy
February 21st, 2014On Thursday, February 20, 2014, in Del Rio, Texas, 20-year-old Simon Robert Barron, a former reserve U.S. Airman temporarily assigned to Laughlin Air Force Base, pleaded guilty federal charges of stealing Government property and burglary of a pharmacy announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman. According to court records, on May…
