By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The United States Border Patrol arrested Jose J. Licona-Zuniga, an employee at the City of Eagle Pass Municipal Water Plant, on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, on FM 1021 near Carrizo Springs, Texas transporting two undocumented immigrants to San Antonio, Texas…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The thundering Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks were lassoed by the homestanding San Antonio Central Catholic Preparatory Academy Buttons 22-6 in a non-district football contest on Friday, September 29, 2017, at Tom Benson Stadium in San…

By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – TX HOUSTON – This week, the Affordable Care Act survived another repeal effort in Congress, but behind the scenes, the federal government is adding obstacles and making major cuts to its funding. The Department of Health and Human Services has slashed the ACA’s…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Concerned Maverick Countians have organized a “United For Mexico Earthquake Relief Concert” on Sunday, October 1, 2017, at the Maverick County Lake in Eagle Pass, Texas from 12 Noon to 10 P.M. with many musical bands and DJ’s participating to…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles muzzled the homestanding Laredo LBJ High School Wolves 41-9 in a key District 29-6A football game on Thursday, September 28, 2017, at the Laredo United Independent School District Student Activity Complex Football…

by Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Sept. 29, 2017 Here are a couple of important statistics: Don Willett is 51 and Jim Ho is 44. If and when they are confirmed to sit on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — the two Texans were appointed by President Donald…

by Justin Dehn, The Texas Tribune Sept. 28, 2017 He drops them to reporters. He drops them at rallies and fundraisers. The U.S. Senate candidate’s cussing has become a staple of his stump speeches as he travels across Texas. This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at https://www.texastribune.org/2017/09/28/us-rep-beto-orourke-lets-it-fly-campaign-trail/.  …

by Andy Duehren, The Texas Tribune Sept. 28, 2017 David Mimlitch was on his lunch break in 2011, flipping through the 606 aerial photos he had just taken with a drone outside Dallas, when he noticed something strange: a creek stained scarlet with blood. “That’s blood. Surely that can’t be…

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Sept. 29, 2017 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has confirmed that rains from Hurricane Harvey damaged a temporary protective cap on a pit of toxic sludge along the San Jacinto River east of Houston, exposing “underlying waste material.” The San Jacinto River Waste Pits…

by Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune Sept. 29, 2017 Missed our interview with John Sharp this morning? Here’s what you need to know about what the Texas A&M University chancellor and Harvey recovery czar had to say. On insurance: Sharp had harsh words for insurance agencies, which he said need…