By Breyana Segura Disastrous flash flooding across South Texas has triggered scores of emergency rescues and pushed the Frio River to near-historic levels, prompting officials to issue voluntary evacuation notices and widespread road closures. The catastrophic weather comes just one year after historic flooding plagued the neighboring Texas Hill Country, leaving regional infrastructure severely compromised.…

By Breyana Segura Roy Black, a 79-year-old former funeral director and prominent Pearsall community member, was found guilty last Thursday afternoon on three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of 14 and sentenced to three terms of 99 years in prison for a multi-year abuse scheme. According to court documents…

By Breyana Segura A 29-year-old Dilley man was airlifted to a San Antonio hospital with severe spinal cord and neck injuries Friday night after a sports car slammed into a tree along East Colorado Street in downtown Pearsall. Pearsall firefighters used the Jaws of Life to extract Garrett Martinez from the wreckage after the 9:15…

By Breyana Segura A six-year investigation into the death of a man found along a rural road has led to an arrest, according to Frio County Sheriff Peter Salinas. Deputies took 47-year-old Santos Lopez into custody without incident in Devine on Sunday, July 19. The arrest follows a grand jury indictment warrant issued on July…

By Breyana Segura The city of Pearsall is moving forward with a major overhaul of its local recreational infrastructure after securing a $1.5 million grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). The competitive state funding operates as a 50/50 matching grant, requiring a $733,000 financial match from the city. During the project presentation,…

The city of Cotulla has been awarded more than $1.8 million by the Texas Department of Emergency Management for fuel-powered generators that will maintain the municipal water supply in the event of a disaster. The award comes more than five years after the city experienced complete breakdown of its utility system during Winter Storm Uri,…

By Manuel Azocar III A pair of earthquakes were reported in the region Sunday afternoon, July 12 with the first registered near Pearsall and a second, stronger 3.6-magnitude earthquake was clocked outside of Dilley, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). A first earthquake was reported near Pearsall at 3:11 p.m. with a magnitude…

By Marc Robertson Voters in La Salle County will be asked in November whether to allow a Uvalde-based college to establish a campus in Cotulla as it expands across South Texas communities. Southwest Texas College, previously known as a junior college, has attracted students from high schools across the region for decades and has now…

By Marc Robertson Following a promise he made to elected officials in March, District 28 Congressman Henry Cuellar visited La Salle County last week to deliver a grant of more than $930,000 earmarked for a Boys’ & Girls’ Club recreation and activity center in Cotulla. The congressman, who is expecting to see his district expanded…