Jose G. Landa
Staff writer

   The tragic attempted suicide of a 16 year-old female prompted the Eagle Pass Police and Fire Department personnel to rush to North Veterans Blvd. at approximately 11:45pm on Thursday March 29.
   Police units responded to the scene where it was reported that a female had jumped off the Veterans Boulevard overpass.

A tractor trailer crashed into the guard rail of the N. Veterans’s Blvd. overpass Friday morning, ending up on the opposite side of the roadway and haulting traffic. The Eagle Pass Police Dept. responded to the scene to control traffic and assisited in the removal of the 18-wheeler. There were no serious injuries as a result of the collision.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

 5 Nov. 2016

WE ARE NOW COMMEMORATING THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE VIETNAM WAR. I FELT IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO WRITE AN ESSAY ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF THE VIETNAM WAR "GRUNTS". THE REASON I'M WRITING THIS ESSAY IS BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO FORGET OUR PAIN, OUR HUMILIATION, OUR ANGER, OUR SHAME, AND SELF-DEFEATING WAYS FOR HAVING GONE TO FIGHT IN THE VIETNAM WAR. AS VIETNAM WAR VETERANS, WE SEEK NO SPECIAL GLORY, BUT WE DO NOT WANT OUR WARTIME EXPERIENCES TO BE BRUSHED ASIDE AND REMANDED TO THE DUST BIN OF HISTORY

Maverick County, as a governing entity, held a solemn ceremony in honor of Veterans Day on Thursday, November 2. 

Press Release

The Southwest Area Regional Transit District (SWART) will add more routes to the Red, White, & Blue Veterans Ride Program beginning October 16.  

On Wednesday, August 16, UMC held a health fair at the main clinic at 2525 Veterans Blvd. Patricia Muñoz from the Family Planning Program was in

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and U.S. Representative Will Hurd (TX-23) released the following statements after their bipartisan legislation, the American Law Enforcement Heroes Act, was

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The chemical spill that occurred at the El Indio UMC location on Friday, January 27 resulted in 24 people being sent to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center ER.

At approximately 12:45 p.m. Friday, a chemical spill of an unknown amount occurred at the El Indio United Medical Center location causing multiple patients to have to be transported to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center Emergency Room. 

Ambulances were also observed coming in and out of the UMC Veterans Boulevard location transferring patients to the ER.

By 2 p.m. all UMC locations were closed early. 

According to unofficial information the spill occurred at the El Indio location and several patients were transferred to the Veteran’s location for further treatment.

Several emergency calls were then placed and multiple ambulances were at the Veterans location. Both patients and personnel were transferred for further medical evaluations at the emergency room.

No official statement has been given regarding the incident by UMC administration. 

Pacientes expuestos a químico en UMC

Staff reports

  Aproximadamente a las 12:45p.m. del Viernes, un derrame químico ocurrió en  United Medical Center de El Indio Hwy., haciendo que varios pacientes fueran transportados a la Sala de Emergencias del Centro Médico Regional de Fort Duncan.