By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The District 29-5A Softball Champions, Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagles, will face the fourth-place team in District 30-5A, Edinburg Vela High School Lady Saber Cats, in the first round of the University Interscholastic League (UIL), Region IV, softball…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The thundering C. C. Winn High School Lady Mavericks softball team is playing the District 30-5A Champion Edinburg North High School Lady Cougars in the Bi-District Championship in a best of three game series during April 25-26, 2014 at…

by Aman Batheja, The Texas Tribune April 21, 2014 Three out of four Texans at least occasionally speak on a cellphone while driving and nearly half sometimes read or text while driving, according to a study released Monday of 3,000 drivers by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. The institute surveyed…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – For the second time in two weeks, federal authorities at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry intercepted a load of assault rifles bound for Mexico, Friday. “The Eagle Pass POE Enforcement Team is comprised of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers from the Port of Entry…

“You could be a drug dealer and not even know it. One way people are getting addicted to dangerous drugs is by raiding the medicine cabinets of their family and friends. Prescription drugs are now abused at a higher rate than the use of cocaine, heroin and hallucinogenic drugs combined….

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors held a special meeting on Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at the District’s Second Floor Conference Room, located at 3406 Bob Rogers Drive in Eagle Pass, Texas, approving to appeal 261st District…

In Del Rio this afternoon, 25-year-old Julia Esmeralda Garza of Eagle Pass, TX, was sentenced to 11 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for her role in a fraudulent kidnapping scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting Special Agent…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at City Council Chambers in City Hall, located at 100 South Monroe Street, Eagle Pass, Texas, approving to file a notice of appeal with the…

McALLEN, Texas – Jose A. Padilla, 54, of Weslaco, has entered a plea of guilty for one count of receipt of a bribe, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Padilla was a former deputy commander at the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office and served under the leadership of former sheriff Guadalupe…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune April 17, 2014 MCALLEN — For a region trying to salvage its reputation after being labeled a hotbed of public corruption, the news in Hidalgo County this week wasn’t good. Former Hidalgo County Sheriff Guadalupe “Lupe” Treviño, a nine-year veteran of the office and…