Lady Eagle Keanna Cisneros signs Letter of Intent to play softball at St. Mary’s University
June 12th, 2013By: Ricardo E. Calderon An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagle standout softball player, Keanna Cisneros, signed a letter of intent to play collegiate softball with the St. Mary’s University Rattlers in San Antonio, Texas at a letter-signing ceremony held on Thursday,…
City Council to interview two City Manager finalists
June 12th, 2013By: Jose G. Landa An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council will interview the two finalists selected for the vacant City Manager position on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, during a special city council meeting at 5:30 A.M. at the City…
Carrizo Springs City Manager killed in fatal auto accident in Dimmit County
June 11th, 2013Dimmit County has seen many fatal highway accidents since the development of the Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas play within the last three years. However, none has caused as much consternation and grief as the fatal accident on Highway 83 today, June 11, 2013 at approximately 7:30 am which…
Eagle Pass Border Patrol Agents arrest suspect in alien-smuggling case
June 11th, 2013Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass Station arrested a Mexican national early Tuesday after finding 19 people hidden in the pickup truck he was driving. Agents working near the intersection of FM 2011 and FM 2644, around 3 a.m. Tuesday, attempted to perform…
Remarks by President Barack Obama on Immigration Reform
June 11th, 2013East Room 10:38 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the White House. It is a pleasure to have so many distinguished Americans today from so many different walks of life. We’ve got Democrats and Republicans; we’ve got labor and business leaders up on stage; we have law…
Focus on Aquifers Urged During Push for Water
June 11th, 2013by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune June 10, 2013 As Texas lawmakers say farmers in the Rio Grande Valley are hurting because Mexico is not honoring a treaty on surface water delivery, experts caution that greater attention should be paid to water deep below the surface. At least 20 aquifers…
Federal Legislation Targets Mexico Over Water Treaty
June 11th, 2013by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune June 10, 2013 A growing list of federal U.S. lawmakers is urging Mexico to comply with the terms of a 1944 water treaty they say its southern neighbor is violating. On Monday, Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz joined U.S. House members…
Del Rio CBP Officers Seize Heroin, Detain Local Woman
June 11th, 2013DEL RIO, Texas – A Del Rio woman landed in jail Sunday after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Del Rio Port of Entry found more than 5 pounds of heroin in her possession. Shortly before 7 a.m. Sunday, CBP officers inspected a taxi driver and his passenger…
