Eagle Pass VFW Post 8562 Celebrates Memorial Day, Honoring Fallen Maverick County Veterans
June 3rd, 2022By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2022 The Eagle Pass Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8562 celebrated Memorial Day with a ceremony at the VFW Hall on Monday, May 30, 2022 with over 100 persons in attendance, honoring all Maverick County and United States veterans who…
Eagle Pass Eagles Fall to San Antonio Reagan Rattlers 8-7 in Thrilling Regional Semifinals Championship
June 3rd, 2022By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2022 The high flying Eagle Pass High School Eagles fell to San Antonio Reagan High School Rattlers 8-7 in a thrilling U.I.L. Region IV-6A Semifinals Championship one game playoff on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at the Laredo Independent School District…
12 Eagle Pass Eagles Receive 2022 District 30-6A All-District Honors
June 3rd, 2022By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2022 Eagle Pass High School Eagles Head Baseball Coach Reynol Mendoza announced that a total of 12 players received one or more 2022 District 30-6A All-District Team Honors. The Eagles advanced to the fourth round of the U.I.L. Region IV-6A…
Texas was building a program to find troubled students and prevent school shootings. It hadn’t reached Uvalde yet.
June 2nd, 2022Created in 2019, the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium identifies distressed students and refers them to mental health services. By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas TribuneJune 2, 2022 “Texas was building a program to find troubled students and prevent school shootings. It hadn’t reached Uvalde yet.” was first published…
Irma and Joe Garcia, a teacher and her heartbroken husband, are buried together in Uvalde
June 2nd, 2022They were high school sweethearts. Irma Garcia taught at Robb Elementary for her entire 23-year career. Her husband died of a heart attack two days after she was shot. By Alexa Ura, The Texas TribuneJune 1, 2022 “Irma and Joe Garcia, a teacher and her heartbroken husband, are buried together…
TX One of Six States that Undercounted Population in 2020 Census
June 1st, 2022By: Roz Brown, Producer. Monday, May 23, 2022 “This story was originally published by, Public News Service“. A new report found Texas likely undercounted the number of people who actually live in the state when gathering information for the 2020 census. The census guides where federal money — some…
Motive Sought for Texas Elementary School Massacre
June 1st, 2022By: Roz Brown, Producer. Thursday, May 26, 2022 “This story was originally published by, Public News Service“. The latest mass shooting that left 19 schoolchildren and two of their teachers dead in a small Hispanic community outside of San Antonio has renewed calls for Congress to take action. Gov….
Expert: Americans Feel Traumatized, Helpless About Gun Violence
June 1st, 2022By: Roz Brown, Producer. Wednesday, June 1, 2022 “This story was originally published by, Public News Service.” Teachers, faith leaders and parents gathered Tuesday outside the Austin office of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. They’re demanding action on gun safety as part of a new “Enough is Enough” campaign…
Essay: America’s first modern mass shooting never really ended
June 1st, 2022The 1966 University of Texas Tower shooting remains clouded by myths, including the myth of the “good guy with a gun.” It left too many Americans with only evil to blame — and not our leaders, our policies and ourselves. By Seamus McGraw, The Texas TribuneJune 1, 2022 “Essay: America’s…
Gun ownership is ingrained in Uvalde’s culture. Some here are rethinking how it should be regulated.
June 1st, 2022Longtime Uvalde residents say the city is a hunting mecca and the love for guns goes right along with it. But some would now support measures like raising the age limit to buy AR-style weapons or monitoring high-volume ammunition purchases. By Brian Lopez, The Texas TribuneJune 1, 2022 “Gun ownership…
