by Corrie MacLaggan, The Texas Tribune October 28, 2013 The mariachi band filed onstage, stopping beside the ceremony’s centerpiece: a candle-flanked coffin on display before an audience of funeral experts. At the Service of Remembrance on Tuesday at the National Funeral Directors Association convention, the coffin symbolized directors who had…

By: Jose G. Lana Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Seco Mines Community Center Director David Lopez of Eagle Pass, Texas was arrested on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, outside the community center by Texas Department of Public Safety Officers for alleged credit card abuse in Eagle Pass. Lopez is…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass C.C. Winn High School Mavericks stampeded the Laredo LBJ High School Wolves 28-7 in a District 29-5A football game featuring the first father and son head coach match-up between Laredo LBJ Head Football Coach Oscar “Oki”…

     THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  Please have a seat, everybody.  Good morning, and welcome to the White House.  Today I’m here with leaders from business, from labor, from faith communities who are united around one goal — finishing the job of fixing a broken immigration system. This is…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court’s decision for Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber to manage the Maverick County Detention Center after the withdrawal of The Geo Group, Inc. as the manager of the local 625 bed prison facility suffered a minor…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 Board of Directors is holding a special meeting on Friday, October 25, 2013, at 10 A.M. to discuss and take possible action on the request of Jerry Ahern of…

In Del Rio, Hipolito Amaya, 35-year-old owner of AM-ROD Construction based in Eagle Pass, faces up to ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a bribery charge in connection with an alleged bribery, kickback and bid-rigging scheme in Maverick County announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI…

by Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune October 23, 2013 LAREDO — When the Rio Grande is swollen with rain, as it was recently in Laredo, it’s hard to tell that more than 5 million gallons of raw sewage spill into its waters every day. But kayak through the little creeks…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council unanimously approved the issuance of $8,485,000(million) in tax exempt obligations or bonds for improvements to municipal buildings, construction projects, and programs at their special meeting held on Tuesday, October 22, 2013,…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune October 23, 2013 Federal officials said this week they have no plans to reopen a cattle inspection site across the border from Presidio, citing continuing safety concerns in the Mexican town of Ojinaga, Chihuahua. Federal inaction has prompted local officials and ranchers from the…