Special Projects

Maverick County’s Sheriff Tom Schmerber is an Eagle Pass native. Sheriff Schmerber, a former border patrol agent who is of Mexican and German heritage, explains how Maverick County has been affected by the 2023 border crisis. Samantha Calderon is there with the story. This project was created through a journalism class at the University of […]

With many big cities in the state of Texas, you would have to expect which one would be the most historical. With the amount of history and how Texas was originally a part of Mexico, you would need to know what to expect. San Antonio is known for two of the biggest things (no pun […]

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 […]

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, México — Era un día caluroso con la sensación de 32℃ por el cual el sol pegaba fuerte a todos en el lado mexicano y americano. El Puente Internacional 1 de Piedras Negras tiene una plaza colorido que tiene muchos paisajes. Había muchas mariposas monarcas y el pasto era verde. Los turistas pueden […]

This project was created through a journalism class at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Journalism, Advertising and Media Studies Department. This work was made possible through the support of MPC Endowment Ltd., the philanthropic affiliate of the Milwaukee Press Club.

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 […]

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — Lizette’s journey to find a better life for her family has been very long, but even with the U.S. border so close, she and her family’s journey is still far from finished. She and her family come from Maracaibo, Venezuela. She had a business there, working as a nail stylist. However, […]

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 […]

This project was created through a journalism class at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Journalism, Advertising and Media Studies Department. This work was made possible through the support of MPC Endowment Ltd., the philanthropic affiliate of the Milwaukee Press Club.

Student Journalists Samantha Calderon Liliana Fannin Elizabeth Lintonen Colton Pemble Dominic Rodriguez Juan Rodriguez-Mora Sonia Spitz Instructor Jessica McBride Digital Media Specialist Jeffrey John Loomis This project was created through a journalism class at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Journalism, Advertising and Media Studies Department. This work was made possible through the support of MPC Endowment […]

Through the cornfields and dairy farms, saturated with the smell of grass, wheat and fertilizer, lies Whitewater, Wisconsin, the epitome of a rural Wisconsin farm town that the Potawatomi tribe used to call “Minnieska.” Whitewater features one main road, the classically named “Main St.” that is lined with old-time shops with peeling paint and small-town […]