Male Shopper runned-over by Pick-Up Truck Driver at HEB
January 4th, 2017A male, age 72 years, shopping at HEB was runned-over by a 2007 black Dodge pick-up truck driven by a female person, age 66, immediately outside the Drug Store front entrance on Saturday afternoon, December 31, 2016, at approximately 1:56 P.M. in Eagle Pass, Texas. The female driver lost control…
Eagle Pass Police Department 2016 Report
January 4th, 2017(Press Release) In the year 2016, the Eagle Pass Police Department received 30,521 calls for service throughout the range of laws enforced and other service calls the department responds to. Of the 30,521 service numbers issued, 6,848 reports were filed to include motor vehicle accidents of which 1,388 were documented….
Analysis: Dithering federal judges asked to rule on Texas political maps
January 4th, 2017by Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Jan. 4, 2017 Editor’s note: If you’d like an email notice whenever we publish Ross Ramsey’s column, click here. Whether they meant to or not, the three federal judges overseeing the state’s redistricting litigation have already decided the maps are legal enough for three…
Maverick County Public Officials Sworn-In at Public Ceremony
January 4th, 2017Six Maverick County Public Officials were officially administered their Oaths of Office and sworn-in by Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo at a public ceremony celebrated at the Maverick County Courthouse on Monday, January 2, 2017, at 10 a.m. amidst a large audience of family, friends, and supporters estimated over…
Appeals court panel taking up immigration provision in Texas border security law
January 4th, 2017by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Jan. 4, 2017 While Texas lawmakers are just days away from kicking off a legislative session where attention will once again turn to border security, a controversial immigration-enforcement measure in a bill that Gov. Greg Abbott signed in 2015 remains tied up in federal…
Eagle Pass C. C. Winn Mavericks Football Player Raul Gomez passes away from injuries sustained in single vehicle auto accident
January 3rd, 2017By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks senior football player Raul Gomez, age 17, passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2016, at approximately 4 P.M. at a San Antonio, Texas medical center from injuries sustained as a result of…
Prison Employee Arrested for Attempting to Provide Contraband to Prisoners
January 3rd, 2017(Press Release) Federal authorities arrested Ray Alexander Barr, a prison employee at the Central Texas Detention Facility – GEO (GEO), yesterday afternoon for allegedly attempting to provide contraband to an inmate inside the federal detention facility announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special…
After getting shot in head, Texas lawmaker planning “celebratory gunfire” bill
January 3rd, 2017by Eleanor Dearman, The Texas Tribune Jan. 2, 2017 After being hit in the head with a bullet shortly after midnight on New Year’s Eve, state Rep. Armando Martinez plans to file legislation aimed at reducing or preventing celebratory gun firings. “If my legislation could help save a life, you…
Four Businessmen and Two Foreign Officials Plead Guilty in Connection with Bribes Paid to Mexican Aviation Officials
January 3rd, 2017(Press Release) Charges were unsealed against six individuals, all of whom have pleaded guilty for their involvement in schemes to bribe Mexican officials in order to secure aircraft maintenance and repair contracts with government-owned and controlled entities, and two for conspiring to launder the proceeds of the schemes. Assistant Attorney…
8 border security secrets officials don’t want to reveal
January 3rd, 2017by Jay Root, The Texas Tribune Jan. 2, 2017 The Texas Tribune is taking a yearlong look at the issues of border security and immigration. In this part of the project we look at how our insatiable demand for illegal drugs and cheap labor make the border less secure. Sign…
