The Eagle Pass Mighty Eagles have seen their extended football season come to an end, but the team had an off-field event to look forward to this week. The local school board members formally acknowledged and recognized the squad’s string of successes that led them to bi district playoffs. At…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The deadline for Maverick County citizens interested in registering as a candidate for one of the 14 available political offices in the March and November 2014 elections is Monday, December 9, 2013, at 6 P.M. Candidates must register with…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Heckmann Water Resources, an Eagle Ford Shale company, was slapped by one of the largest jury verdicts in the State of Texas for the amount of $281 Million by a Dimmit County, Texas jury in a wrongful death case…

On Thursday Dec. 19th, The City of Eagle Pass with assistance from the Eagle Pass ISD will be hosting its third annual, “Christmas on Main Street”.  From 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Eagle Pass residents and visitors are invited to the downtown area to take part in the annual event….

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A sold-out audience at the City of Eagle Pass International Center of Trade attended the 23rd Annual Eagle Pass Border Lions Club Black and White Ball on Saturday, December 7, 2013, as Miss Mona Jessica Barrera was the lucky…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Braving an early morning start time and a chili cold front, Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Mayor Ramsey Ramsey English Cantu joined Tractor Supply Store District Manager Jeff Fonseca and Store Manager Norma Herrera in…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A young woman, Jessica Lenora Colecio, age 38, from Eagle Pass, Texas was brutally stabbed to death allegedly by her boyfriend, Jaime Jimenez, age 37, of Eagle Pass at approximately 1:31 A.M., Friday, December 6, 2013, at her boyfriend’s…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune December 6, 2013 A case involving the disposal of industrial wastewater pits two interests that are dear to many Texans against each other: oil and gas resources versus private property rights. A decision by the state’s highest civil court could have major implications for…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Eagle Pass contractor, Jose Flores, III, plead guilty to Count One of a two-count federal grand jury indictment on Thursday, December 5, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Alia Moses for the Western District of Texas, Del Rio Division, in…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County contractor, Salvador Castillon doing business as South Texas Concrete, plead guilty to Count One of a two-count federal grand jury indictment for paying a bribe to an agent (a Maverick County Commissioner) of an organization (County of…