LAREDO, Texas – IBC Bank and LPL Financial LLC, the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer, an RIA custodian, and a wholly owned subsidiary of LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LPLA), congratulated Fernando Montemayor, Senior Financial Consultant for the Laredo and Zapata areas and advisor with IBC Investment Services located at IBC…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2014 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber announced that Maverick County Sheriff Deputies and federal agents arrested a 16 year-old Maverick County juvenile and an adult, Leonel Ricardo Artola, age 24 years old, of Conroe, Texas on Tuesday, January 7, 2014,…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2014 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber announced that Ernesto Alonso Fuentes was arrested on Tuesday, January 7, 2013, at approximately 1:30 P.M. by Maverick County Sheriff Deputies and charged with assault with a deadly weapon of Eagle Passan Juan Sanchez…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2014 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. On a cold, chilly January early-morning in Eagle Pass, Texas, one by one accompanied by their parents over 50 seasonal migrant children arrived with broad smiles and cheerful spirits to another day of learning and growing at their Teaching…

Ramiro “Ram” Garcia authorized the Eagle Pass Business Journal to announce his candidacy for Maverick County Justice of the Peace Precinct 3-AB in the March 4, 2014 Democratic Party Primary. Ramiro “Ram” Garcia is a resident of Precinct 3 residing in the North Elm Creek Subdivision. Garcia is a graduate…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Jan. 7, 2014 Just how far below the earth’s surface do property lines extend? And can someone trespass on another’s property — more than a mile underground? The Texas Supreme Court grappled with those questions on Tuesday as it heard oral arguments in a…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Jan. 7, 2014 The Texas Railroad Commission on Tuesday made an earth-shaking announcement: It will hire a seismologist. The announcement came after a spate of mild earthquakes has rattled North Texans, who have called on the state’s oil and gas regulator to investigate the…

The unveiling of the modern world’s first fully legal marijuana industry in Colorado yesterday has elevated the discussion of the prospect of other states following suit in decriminalizing the drug. A majority of Texans are ready to join the growing number of states that are modernizing marijuana laws, according to…

by Becca Aaronson, The Texas Tribune Jan. 6, 2014 Saying that proposed state rules for the federal navigator program are politically motivated and would create unnecessary training requirements and registration fees, Democratic legislators on Monday pushed Texas Department of Insurance officials to justify their plan. “There is little question that…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Jan. 3, 2014 AZLE — Melanie Williams does not want to abandon her home. She has been there, done that. That’s why she’s here now. After Hurricane Katrina forced her to leave New Orleans eight years ago, the 47-year-old took refuge in this small…