(Press Release) Uvalde, TX – Approximately 350 attended the 2017 President’s Gala on April 1 at the Uvalde County Fairplex Events Center. According to Wade Carpenter, FAN secretary/treasurer, “$29,000 was raised for our scholarship fund this year”. “On behalf of the entire FAN organization and gala committee I want to…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Eagle Pass High School Eagles Soccer Goalie Diego Casas fulfilled his childhood dream of playing college soccer on Friday, March 25, 2017 upon signing a National Letter of Intent with Pine Manor College Gators at Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts before…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce announced the winners at the 2017 Eagle Pass International Friendship Festival Parade held on Saturday, April 1, 2017, in downtown Eagle Pass. The theme of the parade was “Fun at the Circus.” Winning the…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 An alleged burglary suspect, Rodrigo Gonzalez, age 29, armed with a firearm surrendered himself to the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department SWAT Team after holding off law enforcement authorities for almost six hours barricaded inside a manufactured home (mobile home)…

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune April 4, 2017 Medical, environmental and left-leaning advocacy groups urged a Texas House committee on Tuesday to advance legislation requiring the state’s public schools to test for lead in their drinking water. But one environmental group said the bill as written doesn’t go far…

by Robert Samuels, The Washington Post, The Texas Tribune April 4, 2017 GRAND PRAIRIE — Rosa Ortega stirred herself awake at the sound of a prison guard yelling in her dreams. “It’s just a nightmare,” Oscar Sherman assured her as the pair rested in his low-slung apartment complex in a…

(Press Release) In Del Rio, a federal judge sentenced 42-year-old Guillermo Rodriguez-Sanchez to 151 months in federal prison for importation of cocaine and heroin, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden, San Antonio Division; and, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)…

(Press Release) DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents working checkpoint operations in Uvalde uncovered more than $1.7 million worth of methamphetamine hidden inside a vehicle. “Del Rio Sector recognizes the growing impact that narcotics are having on our communities,” said Acting Del Rio Sector Chief Matthew J. Hudak….

Eagle Pass, TX, March 31, 2017: Eagle Pass Independent School District’s Police Department has continued with their investigation over the vandalism that occurred at Eagle Pass Junior High and Eagle Pass High School during Spring Break. Between March 30th and 31st, EPISD Police Department executed a total of 6 detentions…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Former City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Manager Hector Chavez, Sr. plead guilty to Count Four of a four count indictment pursuant to a Plea Agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office on Thursday, March 30, 2017, before United States…