By: 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…

Created 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…

They 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…

By: 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…

By: 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….

By: 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…

The 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…

Longtime 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…

O’Rourke became known on the presidential campaign trail for his “Hell yes” promise to ban assault weapons. He’s been less vocal about the policy in his run for governor but this week, after the school shooting in Uvalde, he’s been newly assertive about the issue. By Patrick Svitek, The Texas…

The conservative, predominantly Hispanic town has long supported law enforcement. But some wonder how — or if — the heavily criticized response to the shooting will change that. By Jason Beeferman, The Texas TribuneMay 31, 2022 “Uvalde’s “back-the-blue” values collide with outrage over police response to Texas’ worst school shooting”…