By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber announced that four Texas Border Sheriff’s Association members are going to meet with Mexican law enforcement officials, including representatives from the State of Coahuila, Mexico Attorney General’s Office, on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, at 10…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Eagle Pass City Councilwoman Gloria E. Hernandez held a press conference on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 to announce to Maverick Countians that she plans to run for Maverick County Judge in the March 2018 Primary Election once the candidate registration…

by Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune Sept. 20, 2017 What you need to know More than 200 people in Mexico are dead after an earthquake rocked the region on Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know: • The 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurred Tuesday afternoon, sending buildings toppling and exploding throughout…

by Jolie McCullough and Justin Dehn, The Texas Tribune Sept. 20, 2017 DALLAS — Every day for more than 12 years, Christopher Scott woke up in a Texas prison cell an innocent man. He was arrested in 1997 after he and another man, Claude Simmons, were seen in Scott’s car…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council approved the third and final reading of an Ordinance establishing the 2017-2018 tax rate at their special meeting held on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at City Hall. Agenda Item No. 1 called…

By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – TX LAREDO, Texas – In the wake of devastating damage from Hurricane Harvey along the Texas Gulf Coast, the consumer group Public Citizen is touring cities across Texas to talk about climate change. The tour is designed to engage students, scientists, activists, elected…

by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune Sept. 20, 2017 On paper, Alisandra Sada’s chances of graduating on time were slim when she showed up as a freshman at the University of Texas at Austin in 2014. She came from Dilley, a town south of San Antonio with one-twelfth the population…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 A 7.1 Richter Scale magnitude earthquake rocked Central Mexico and Mexico City on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, causing many buildings to collapse or damaged, deaths, and panic throughout Central Mexico residents.   The State of Morelos, Mexico Governor Graco Ramirez…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Sept. 19, 2017 As communities nationwide grapple with opioid addiction, Texas and a coalition of 40 other states has served investigative subpoenas and other requests to eight companies that manufacture or distribute prescription painkillers, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday. It’s the latest…

by Moriah Balingit, The Washington Post, The Texas Tribune Sept. 18, 2017 ARANSAS PASS — This should be Yahaira Montemayor’s fourth week in school. Instead, the 7-year-old whiles away her days at her grandmother’s house and spends her nights huddled in a single bed with her mother and three siblings….