The condition of a Medina County woman who shot herself in the chest after she led sheriff’s deputies on a pursuit through two counties Tuesday morning is unknown. Frio County officers have reported that the woman failed to stop her vehicle after state troopers attempted to initiate a routine traffic stop along IH-35 in Medina…

  Pearsall High School seniors throw candy and entertain the crowd during the annual Senior Parade, held Thursday evening, May 25, to mark the end of the school year. Graduation ceremonies were held in Pearsall, Dilley and Cotulla on Friday evening for the senior classes of 2023. (CURRENT Photo: Manuel Azocar III)

SUSPECT CHARGED WITH SHARING INFORMATION ON VOTES… A Pearsall woman was arrested on a misdemeanor charge earlier this month for allegedly unlawfully revealing information before polls close during the recent municipal and school board elections. Pearsall police say they were dispatched an hour before polls closed on Saturday, May 6, to a polling site at…

LOCAL, REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, GOVERNMENT LEADERS ADDRESS LANDOWNERS OVER BORDER CRISIS “I’M SURE MOST OF YOU HAVE ENCOUNTERED LARGE GROUPS CROSSING YOUR PROPERTIES IN STOLEN VEHICLES…”                                                          …

PEARSALL HIGH SCHOOL’S Top Ten Percent of the Class of 2023 are (Front row, L-R) Nicholas Camarillo, Leah Martinez, Carissa Elizondo, Ebony Garza, Valedictorian Lorena Trevino, Samantha Diaz, Deandra Hernandez, Emilie Garcia, (Back row) Colten Donell, Jackson Beever, Sophia Garza, Salutatorian Nilay Patel, Diamond Morquecho, Madison Dugosh, Kristen Pawlik, and (not pictured) Braeden Phillips. (Courtesy…

COTULLA HIGH SCHOOL’S Top Ten graduating seniors of the Class of 2023 are (Front row, L-R) Valedictorian Adriana Lopez, Salutatorian Arturo Gonzalez, Anahi Martinez, Jiliana Muriel, Brandon Rodriguez, (Back row) Roberto Ayala III, Abby Menke, Nivea Gonzalez, Kayla Martinez, and Sara Adams. (Courtesy photo)

City of Pearsall elected officials who earned their places in the May 6 election were administered their oaths of office last week, including (L-R) Councilors Aurora Garza and Brenda Trevino, and Mayor Ben Briscoe. Garza prevailed to win an open seat at Place 6; Trevino defeated an incumbent at Place 7; and Briscoe was elected…

CITY ATTORNEY: ” IS THIS A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM?” Companies providing trash container services for commercial businesses and construction sites in Cotulla will now be regulated and face franchise fees for a job that the municipal government cannot offer. Lengthy discussion over whether Cotulla stands to benefit from charging franchise fees was…

Members of the Pearsall ISD Board of Trustees who prevailed in the May 6 election took their seats this week, including newly elected Trustees (Photo above, L-R) Juanita Rendon and Matthew Aguilar, and re-elected Trustee Mari Benavides. (Left photo) Former PISD Trustee Eric Fletcher was given the oath of office after having been appointed by…