Articles by Liliana Fannin

After no one had heard or seen from 27-year-old Alonzo Lamar for over 20 days this summer, he was found on the side of the street, in an unsettling blank state, with a large bump on his head and no memory of what had happened to him, or even the names of his family members. […]

Carvell Jennings could fix anything, especially when it came to cars. This was something he made sure to instill in his only daughter, Ebony Jennings. He taught her how to change her own tires and check her own oil. As Ebony grew up on Hampton Avenue in Milwaukee, her dad was known as the neighborhood […]

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Ramsey English Cantú is the Maverick County Judge and the former Mayor of Eagle Pass. He has been in the position of County Judge for the past 15 months, was the mayor for 10 years prior and before that was a member of the city council.   “As a Democrat, I […]

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Tom Schmerber, an Eagle Pass native, has dedicated most of his life to the safety of his community. In 1982, he started work as a Border Patrol Agent. In 2013 he was sworn in as the newly elected Maverick County Sheriff and has now been re-elected in 2016, 2020 and 2024. […]

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Epi’s Canoe and Kayak Team was founded in 2015. It was a joint effort between Jessie Fuentes, the city of Eagle Pass and the City Main Street Program to bring positive attention to the Rio Grande. Through federal and state funding opportunities they were able to launch progressive canoe and kayak […]

EAGLE PASS, Texas — The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, has taken over Shelby Park in Eagle Pass for Operation Loan Star since July of 2023. Meanwhile, he resides over 200 miles away, in the Austin Texas Governor’s Mansion, leaving the residents of Eagle Pass to deal with the ramifications of their community and park.  “When they […]

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Orly’s BBQ has been open in Eagle Pass for over four years. The business was originally based out of San Antonio. In 2019, Susana Rivera, who is originally from Eagle Pass, and her husband decided to bring their business back home. “We wanted to share our recipes and food with our […]

Eagle Pass, Texas, has become the epicenter of the national immigration debate. The rise of immigration over the past year has caused the Governor of Texas, Gregg Abbot, to declare a state of emergency sending in the Texas National Guard and with them, a great deal of concertina wire and buoys. This has attracted other […]

As you drive down Main Street of the small, college town Whitewater Wis. four large flags blowing in the wind posted on Mills Automotive shop might catch your attention. An American flag, a flag that reads “Jesus, the way – truth – life,” an Israel flag and a back-the-badge flag, all fly high on the […]

Rewind to around 20 years ago in Whitewater Wis., when a janitor at a grade school, Art Hughes, noticed students coming to school without coats in the middle of winter. Out of the kindness of his heart, he would bring coats to school and give them out to those kids. “The more he gave, the […]

Taylor Swift was named TIME’s Magazine 2023 Person of the Year. The singer-songwriter is arguably one of the biggest pop stars today with an estimated 114 million albums sold. Her most recent “Eras Tour” is the highest-grossing tour of all time with at least $1 billion in profits, according to data from Pollstar. The decision […]

Emily Lorentzen decided to go to her favorite wellness shop, Sheepish in Racine Wis., one day in the summer of 2021 to clear her mind and calm her nerves, as she was contemplating a life-changing decision that day. When she walked through the front door, she let the aromas of burning incense wash over her […]