Jose G. Landa

Staff Writer

AEP, continued to work on several scattered outages across the Texas border region throughout Tuesday evening, including in Maverick County where up to 825 homes lost power on Monday, January 1, 2018. 

Staff reports

Over 800 AEP light customers in Eagle Pass lost electricity on Monday, some lasting several hours, facing the frigid temperatures without any power.

The Eagle Pass Police Department responded to a motor vehicle accident on Sunday, September 17 at approximately 6:55pm at the intersection of Second St and Veterans Boulevard. 

The northern part of Mexico, including Coahuila, experienced a massive power and water outage on Sunday, September 10, which lasted more than six hours before services were restored.

Students at Nellie Mae Glass Elementary were dismissed early on Thursday morning due to a power outage at the school leaving the entire campus in the dark for several hours.

Staff reports

  A trailer that entered the parking lot of McDonald's on Main St. damaged elctrical cables shutting down power to a large sector of Main St. Friday

The City of Eagle Pass City Hall experienced a loss of power Monday afternoon.

Technical difficulties caused a power outage at City Hall and the Eagle Pass Police Department on Thursday, according to

   Several incidents were reported to the Eagle Pass Police Department over the weekend including power outages throughout the city on Sunday due to strong winds.

  According to police reports, an officer on patrol recognized a female walking within the 100 block of Pierce Street as a person with an active warrant on Friday January 20, 2017 at approximately 9:00 a.m. The officer spoke with the female identified as 37 year-old Cristal Flores and confirmed the warrant for burglary of a building. Flores was placed under arrest and later was presented before a magistrate where she was formally charged and remanded to the Tom Bowles Detention Center in lieu of a $7,000 bond.