By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Former City of Crystal City, Texas City Manager William James Jonas, III’s sentencing hearing held on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, before United States District Judge Alia Moses for the Western District of Texas, Del Rio Division, in Del Rio, Texas…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Eagle Pass, Texas Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer David John Castaneda II, age 40, who was arrested on April 18, 2018 for possession of child pornography, was denied bond by United States Magistrate Judge Collis White for the Western…

(AUSTIN, TEXAS) – The Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is excited to announce that Marlen Ramirez, who oversees the Juntos Podemos Program, a teen pregnancy prevention program within the Maverick County Health District, has been awarded the 2018 David C. Wiley Award. This award, presented at the Texas Campaign’s…

(PRESS RELEASE) The Eagle Pass Business & Economic Development Committee (BEDC) and the Eagle Pass Independent School District will hold a procurement workshop on Friday, May 11, 2018, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., at the International Center for Trade (East Room). This is the seventh procurement workshop held by the…

(PRESS RELEASE) By: David J. Castañeda April 22, 2018 Dear Citizens, Yes, David John Castañeda II, is my son.  We were surprised, shocked, when we found out that he was being arrested and what he was being charged with.  This has devastated both families, especially his mother, wife, and children. …

(PRESS RELEASE) On March 3, 2017 Chief of Police Alberto Guajardo terminated then Sergeant Raul Gonzalez for excessive force after striking a female in the face and utilizing pepper spray while the female was already being restrained by a fellow officer during an incident which occurred in October of 2016….

(PRESS RELEASE) Alex Alonso, junior Guard, at Eagle Pass High School (EPHS) is taking his Hoop Dreams to the next level. Alex has been selected to play for an exclusive select AAU team from San Antonio. The H.O.H. Brotherhood Team. Alex traveled to Dallas this weekend to play with his…

By: Melissa Cruz, Immigration Impact Immigrants—both documented and undocumented—contribute billions of dollars in taxes to the United States every year. Immigrants who are authorized to work in the United States file the same taxes as any U.S.-native including local, state, and federal taxes. Unauthorized immigrants pay taxes as well, often…

(PRESS RELEASE) Ms. Guadalupe Garcia McCall, award winning author of the novel, Under the Mesquite, will be visiting CC Winn High School on April 27th at 2:50 pm. Ms. McCall is an Eagle Pass High School graduate whose novel is set in Eagle Pass and details the obstacles she faces as a high…

By Annie Waldman, ProPublica April 23, 2018 Beside a highway in Bryan, Texas, tucked between a motorcycle bar and the county jail, stands a low-slung, sprawling complex with tinted windows, sandstone walls and barbed wire lining parts of its roof. A roadside sign identifies it as the Brazos County Juvenile…