Eagle Pass News Leader

Jul 28, 2022
2 min

Abbott Provides $1.25 Million Grant to Uvalde Schools for Trauma-Informed Counseling

Austin, TX - Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday announced the Governor's Public Safety Office (PSO) is providing $1.25 million to the...

Jul 26, 2022
2 min

ICE distributes $188K from bulk cash seized to Maverick and Dimmit Sheriff's Office

EAGLE PASS, Texas - As part of a federal asset sharing program, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security...

Jul 26, 2022
2 min

Two arrested over 'drive-by shooting' in Eagle Pass

Eagle Pass, TX - On Friday July 22, 2022, Eagle Pass Police Department Criminal Investigators arrested 34-year-old Cesar Arturo Garcia...

Jul 26, 2022
2 min

Texas receives shipment of 14,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine

Austin, TX - The Texas Department of State Health Services has received a shipment of 14,780 doses of the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine. DSHS...

Jun 30, 2022
3 min

State Officials Announce Additional $105.5 Million For School Safety, Mental Health Initiatives

Austin, TX - Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Speaker Dade Phelan, Senate Finance Committee Chair Joan Huffman, and...

Jun 30, 2022
2 min

TXDOT to conduct Highway 57 traffic study for possible lane expansion

Austin, TX - The Texas Department of Transportation "TXDOT" will be conducting a traffic study on Highway 57. The study will be done to...

Jun 30, 2022
2 min

Rep Gonzales requests $5.5M for Law Enforcement Communication upgrade along the border

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) successfully included $5,484,000 for a multi-county radio infrastructure upgrade in...

Jun 23, 2022
1 min

Highly-intoxicated subject ends in jail after assaulting parents, police say

Eagle Pass, TX - A 20-year-old man landed in jail after being reported by his relatives to assault his father and stepmother not only...

Jun 23, 2022
2 min

Man airlifted to SA hospital after being 'intentionally' run over

Eagle Pass, TX - Detectives from the Maverick County Sheriff's Office are searching for the subject responsible of running over a person...

Jun 9, 2022
4 min

Authorities find woman who had been missing since 1981

AUSTIN, TX –In 1981, two deceased individuals, who were the apparent victims of a homicide, were discovered in a wooded area in Houston,...

Jun 8, 2022
2 min

Victim of deadly Motorcycle Crash Identified

Eagle Pass, TX - THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (DPS) is investigating a fatal crash that occurred on June 5, 2022 at...

Jun 8, 2022
2 min

Local musicians to hold benefit event in Eagle Pass for Uvalde Shooting Victims

Eagle Pass, TX - A group of local musicians and the City of Eagle Pass are holding a benefit concert event on Sunday June 12, for the...

Jun 8, 2022
2 min

CBP seizes $1.7M in methamphetamine at Del Rio Port of Entry

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers working at the Del Rio Port of Entry...

Jun 8, 2022
2 min

BP agents arrest man convicted of manslaughter near Eagle Pass

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested a man convicted of voluntary manslaughter, shortly after...

Jun 7, 2022
2 min

Man cuts himself in failed beer run attempt, arrested after leaving blood trails to his home

Eagle Pass, TX - A subject who cut himself while committing a robbery in a store on Del Río Boulevard, was arrested after leaving blood...

Jun 7, 2022
1 min

Authorities arrest man wanted for 'continuous' Sexual Abuse of a Child charges

Eagle Pass, TX - CBP Agents over the weekend inputted into their database a name of a man wanting to cross from Piedras Negras, when an...

Jun 2, 2022
3 min

Cowboys, NFL donate $400K to Lend Support To Uvalde

Uvalde, TX - The NFL Foundation alongside the Dallas Cowboys continue to grieve with the nation and those families directly impacted by...

Jun 2, 2022
2 min

Abbott announces $5M to establish long-term family resilience center in Uvalde

Uvalde, TX - Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Governor's Public Safety Office (PSO) has made available an initial $5 million...

May 31, 2022
1 min

EPPD chief requests local gun shops to report 'suspicious' customers

Eagle Pass, TX - Eagle Pass Police Chief Federico Garza has met with store managers in this community where they sell firearms to request...

May 31, 2022
1 min

Authorities discover 12 migrants dead over the weekend near Eagle Pass

Eagle Pass, TX - Authorities over the Memorial Day weekend recovered a dozen bodies from the Rio Grande River in the Del Rio Sector....