(Press Release) Saturday, December 10, 2016, 1:53 PM: An alleged sexual assault of a minor was reported to the Eagle Pass Police Department which is alleged to have occurred at a local motel.  This case is under investigation by the Criminal Investigations Division of the Eagle Pass Police Department. Sunday,…

BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 11 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) challenged President-elect Donald Trump Sunday to keep the campaign promises he made not to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Trump should pledge to veto legislation cutting those programs that Republicans in Congress plan to pass in the new session of Congress, Sanders…

KINGSVILLE (December 9, 2016) — Nearly 1,000 graduates crossed the stage to receive their degrees during three commencement ceremonies held at the Steinke Physical Education Center at Texas A&M University-Kingsville Friday, Dec. 9.                 At the 10 a.m. ceremony, graduates from the Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture,…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 A tragic single automobile rollover accident on Tierra Soberana Road, also known as the Kickapoo Casino Road, on Thursday, December 8, 2016, at approximately 4 A.M. caused the death of a 21 year old Kickapoo woman, Kammy Lisa Flores, and…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Former City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Manager Hector Chavez, Sr. was allowed to represent himself pro se in the pending federal criminal case in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Del Rio Division, by U.S. District…

by Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Dec. 9, 2016 Editor’s note: If you’d like an email notice whenever we publish Ross Ramsey’s column, click here. Two years ago, the promises about property tax relief were big and the rewards were small. Don’t expect that to improve much. The hoopla has…

In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 59–year-old Leandro Cardenas Luna, to five years in federal prison for retaliating against a federal judge by filing false documents in bankruptcy court announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced legislation called the the Bridge Act that would offer “provisional protected presence” and employment authorization to people who currently have DACA and those eligible who have not yet applied. Sen. Durbin said the Bridge Act should…

by Johnathan Silver, The Texas Tribune Dec. 9, 2016 The Texas Department of State Health Services and the Cameron County Health Department announced Friday they’ve identified four more locally-transmitted cases of Zika in Cameron County. In late November, the first such case in Texas, contracted by mosquito bite, was reported…

by Eleanor Dearman, The Texas Tribune Dec. 9, 2016 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…