A Maverick County resident suffered a flat tire on her vehicle and was assisted by a Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper who so happened to pass by.

The kind gesture and incident occurred on Saturday, February, 9 when DPS Trooper Emmanuel Rios who is currently deployed in our community was out patrolling.

Another group of undocumented immigrants were rescued from the Rio

Grande River at around noon on Tuesday February 12, 2019.

The group consisted of an adult female, an adolescent female, two

infants and a toddler.

The United States Border Patrol was observed rescuing the family in

an area under the Camino Real International Bridge No. 2.

The group was transported in a U.S. Border Patrol Van

Unit to their Eagle Pass Station and will then be

taken to a federal detention Center in Del Rio, Texas.

El Consejo Internacional de Buena Vecindad (CIBVD) realizó un evento en la Biblioteca Pública de Eagle

Pass en el que eligieron y nombraron al Sr. Amigo de este año el lunes 11 de febrero de 2019.

Durante el evento, los miembros de la organización presentaron los nombres de las dos personas

elegidas como el Sr. Amigo del Eagle Pass de 2019 y la Srita. Amiga designada este año de Piedras

Negras.