Eagle Pass News Leader

May 17, 20181 min read

Father and Son arrested for possession of child pornography

AUSTIN, TX – Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that the Child Exploitation Unit (CEU) of his office arrested a Kerrville father...

May 17, 20181 min read

Convicted Crystal City administrator James Jonas gets 35 years in prison

Convicted former city of Crystal City administrator James Jonas III was handed a lengthy 35 year sentence in federal court Wednesday for...

May 17, 20181 min read

Infant dies tragically after locked in vehicle for hours on Wednesday

A 6-month old infant was pronounced deceased at Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center shortly after 6 p.m. today Wednesday after doctors...

May 16, 20181 min read

Police Officer helps woman carrying toddler girl

Eagle Pass, TX - On Wednesday, May 16 at approximately 1:45 PM EPPD Officer Jesse Gonzalez pulled over to offer assistance to a woman...

May 16, 20181 min read

Turnout in runoff on a brisk pace

Through two days of early voting in County runoff elections at the Multi-Purpose Center 2,036 voters have cast their ballots setting a...

May 16, 20181 min read

Diego Ibarra finishes 23rd in Division 5A state golf championship

Diego Ibarra, representing CC Winn high school and Eagle Pass in the Texas State Golf Championship tournament, carded a second round 75...

May 15, 20184 min read

EPISD confiscates 17 properties during first 3 months of 2018

Excessive taxation and cash surplus hoarding to blame EAGLE PASS, TX - According to the regular quarterly report on tax collection...

May 15, 20181 min read

Beer run leads to young man's death

A young Maverick Countian was struck and killed by a tractor trailer rig on Del Rio Blvd in Siesta Acres as he made a frantic and...

May 14, 20181 min read

Diego Ibarra shoots 77 in opening round of state tourney, ten strokes back

CC Winn high school golfer Diego Ibarra finds himself 10 strokes off the lead after firing a disappointing 77 in the opening round of the...

May 14, 20182 min read

EPISD: Graduation Tips and Procedures

TIP 1: With close to 500 seniors graduating from both high schools traffic can become over-whelming. Also, construction from CC Winn to...

May 14, 20181 min read

Early voting in runoff election begins Monday 7 am to 7 pm

Early voting for the runoff elections gets underway tomorrow Monday at the Multi-Purpose Center where four local races remain to be...

May 14, 20181 min read

EPHS student wins TX-23 Art Competition

(Press Release) Last Friday, May 11, Eagle Pass High School Senior Keanna Saucedo was named the winner of the 2018 Congressional Art...

May 9, 20182 min read

CC Winn HS Diego Ibarra among the last 72 standing at the 2018 State Golf Championships

It’s been a long road since 2008, the year a young Diego Ibarra went from being a three-sport star at San Luis Elementary in Eagle Pass...

May 8, 20182 min read

Sales of unlawful and dangerous contact lenses stopped in Texas

May 7, 2018 AUSTIN, TX – Following an exhaustive investigation, Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Consumer Protection Division today...

May 8, 20182 min read

Today's EPISD Board Meeting highlights Level III grievance of demoted ex chief of police Jose Ramos

Ramos was busted all the way down to patrolman status and assigned to Memorial Junior High very soon after the Democratic March Primary....

May 7, 20184 min read

EPISD trustees to recognize dozens of students for excellence at Tuesday meeting

Meeting set for Raul A. Gonzalez Fine Arts Building to accommodate well wishers EPISD trustees will have a long and productive evening on...

May 6, 20182 min read

Lady Eagles advance to third round of state softball playoffs

Your Lady Eagles have advanced to round three of the state high score softball playoffs with a hard fought 7-6 victory over the Edinburg...

May 6, 20181 min read

Voters reject all charter amendments by wide margins

EAGLE PASS, TX- Eagle Pass voters sent a loud andcleat message to the City Council on Saturday overwhelmingly rejecting all six...

May 5, 20181 min read

Border Patrol Rescues man from Rio Grande

(Press Release) EAGLE PASS, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector Marine Unit helped rescue a Mexican citizen...

May 5, 20181 min read

Lady Eagles steal game one in extra innings

With a thrilling come from behind effort the Lady Eagles snatched game one of the area championship away from the Edinburg Lady Bobcats...