Press Release 

Detectives from the Eagle Pass Police Auto Theft Division recovered a 2005 Chevy Avalanche pickup truck at International Bridge Two this past weekend. The vehicle recovered had been reported stolen in San Antonio, Texas.

Staff reports

  Eagle Pass native Ricardo Gil, 48 was arrested in San Antonio for his part in an apparent threat against San Antonio’s Chief of Police.
  According to reports in The San Antonio Express News, Gil is responsible for leaving a suspicious package for Chief of Police William McManus prompting the department to call in a bomb squad to further investigate the contents of the package.

By Peggy O’Hare

San Antonio Express News

San Antonio City Council today approved a new law prohibiting merchants in the city limits from selling tobacco products to anyone under 21 years old.
San Antonio is the first city in Texas to enact such a law. Five states and more than 280 cities in other states have approved similar measures.

Experience the wonder of live theater by purchasing a ticket to watch Roger & Hammerstein’s classic musical “Cinderella” at 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 14, 2018 on the stage of the beautiful Majestic Theater in San Antonio.

Jose G. Landa

Staff Writer

Former Eagle Pass City Council Member Jose Sifuentes has passed away from natural causes at the age of 70 in San Antonio, Texas this week.

A.D. Ibarra

Sports Writer

The CC Winn Mavericks ended their District 29-AAAAA slate on Friday against a stout Uvalde Coyote squad, where the Maroon and White came away with a convincing 27-6 victory.

A.D. Ibarra

Sports Writer

The Eagle Pass News Gram had the good fortune of talking to perennial playoff contending Head Coach Matthew Elliot, Sr. of the Southwest Dragons who informed us his team's season is going well.

Press Release

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

More and more assistance is needed to rescue people trapped as catastrophic rains brought on by Hurricane Harvey continue. 

Eagle Pass firefighters Adrian Davila, Joe Garza, and Eduardo Alvarez will be traveling to San Antonio to be part of the ambulance staging crew.

“What they do is as ambulances from all over the state start arriving they start staging those ambulances and giving them orders of where they’re going to be headed,” said Fire Chief Manuel Mello. “It’s the main hub of where all ambulances go and meet.”

Mello said the men will most likely be sent for approximately five days to the Houston and Galveston areas where much of the damage is being seen. 

“There’s extensive flooding, there’s a need for boats out there to do evacuations, there’s a lot of people that were stranded in their houses, in their community,” said Mello. “There’s a lot of devastation. This is something that’s going to be there for days to come.” 

The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department will also be sending assistance to flooded areas. Two deputies are being sent to Victoria, two more to Houston, and one to Corpus Christi to help with security needs, said Sheriff Schmerber.

The situation will be assessed, but it is very likely that deputies will be sent to the severely damaged communities for up to five months, he added.

Bomberos locales ayudan en 

inundaciones por Harvey

Jaclyn Guzmán

Staff writer

   Se necesita más y más ayuda para rescatar a las personas atrapadas a medida que las lluvias catastróficas provocadas por el huracán Harvey continúan.

   Los bomberos de Eagle Pass, Adrian Davila, Joe Garza y ​​Eduardo Álvarez viajarán a San Antonio para formar parte de la tripulación de ambulancias.

   "Lo que hacen es que las ambulancias de todo el estado comiencen a llegar y empiezan a organizar esas ambulancias y darles órdenes de adónde van a dirigirse", dijo el jefe de bomberos Manuel Mello. "Es el centro principal de donde todas las ambulancias van."

   Mello dijo que los hombres probablemente serán enviados por aproximadamente cinco días a las áreas de Houston y Galveston, donde se observa gran parte del daño.

   "Hay grandes inundaciones, hay una necesidad de barcos por ahí para hacer evacuaciones, hay mucha gente que estaba varada en sus casas, en su comunidad", dijo Mello. "Hay mucha devastación. Esto es algo que va a estar allí por mucho tiempo "

   El Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Maverick también enviará asistencia a las áreas inundadas. Dos diputados están siendo enviados a Victoria, dos más a Houston, y uno a Corpus Christi para ayudar con las necesidades de seguridad, dijo el sheriff Schmerber.

   La situación será evaluada, pero es muy probable que los diputados sean enviados a las comunidades gravemente dañadas por hasta cinco meses, añadió.

   Two semitrailers were found carrying undocumented immigrants near Carrizo Springs earlier this week.