By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles Class of 2018 graduation is scheduled to be held on Friday, June 8, 2018, at 8 P.M. at the Eagle Pass Independent School District (EPISD) Student Activity Center Cozel Foster-Veterans Memorial Stadium, announced…

(PRESS RELEASE) Southwest Texas Junior College is hosting free Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Youth camps in Uvalde, Crystal City, Eagle Pass, and Del Rio during July. Interested youth from the surrounding communities are invited to participate and engage in hands-on STEM activities. “It’s important for our community to…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The unofficial and preliminary results of the Recount petition filed by Maverick County Judge Candidate Rudy Bowles in the May 22, 2018 Maverick County Democratic Party Primary Run-Off Election held on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 before Visiting District Judge John…

(PRESS RELEASE) U.S. Border Patrol  agents assigned to Marine Unit operations on Lake Amistad helped rescue a United States citizen in distress who had jumped from the Devil’s River Bridge on US Highway 90. “Border Patrol agents and our local, state and federal partners frequently find themselves in first responder…

(PRESS RELEASE) The City of Eagle Pass, through its Business & Economic Development Committee (BEDC), began a concentrated effort for increased resources for transportation and infrastructure projects last August.  The city’s strategy included working alongside the business community through a spirit of collaborative efforts.  Supported by the mayor and city…

(PRESS RELEASE) This year’s EPHS student yearbook, the El Cenizo, will be available for purchase at the SAC prior to the EPHS graduation Friday. A table will be placed near the home side concession stand from 5:30-7:00 p.m. for the purchase of this annual. Yearbooks from the years 2014, 2015…

By: Trimmel Gomes, Public News Service – FL PARKLAND, Fla. – Student activists with the March for Our Lives movement are rallying around a new hashtag, “Road to Change,” as they embark on a summer road trip to help register young voters and promote stricter gun laws. The students fighting…

By Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune June 4, 2018 HOUSTON — On a bright Thursday in April, in Alief Independent School District’s Mata Intermediate School, sixth-grade teacher Justin Williams walked to his classroom door from the hallway and crooked a finger, beckoning a gangly 13-year-old to come outside. A teacher…

By: Mary Kuhlman, Public News Service – IN INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana is one of seven states with a law allowing police to seize firearms from those considered a risk to themselves or others. And new research shows that these so-called “red-flag” laws are working to help prevent tragedies. According to…

(PRESS RELEASE) WASHINGTON – Maruyasu Industries Co. Ltd., an automotive parts manufacturer headquartered in the Aichi Prefecture in Japan, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a $12 million criminal fine for its role in a criminal conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate customers for automotive steel tubes…