Frio and La Salle counties can expect an Independence Day holiday weekend packed with festivities, live music, tournaments, classic cars, and firework shows in Pearsall, Dilley, Cotulla and Encinal. PEARSALL The city kicks off a two-day festival beginning Saturday, July 4, featuring live entertainment, softball tournament, car show, food and craft vendors, and a fireworks…

PEARSALL LITTLE LEAGUE Senior baseball all-stars add Section 3 championship to little league trophy case. In what is believed to be a Pearsall first, if not the first in several years, the senior league baseball all-stars have won their Little League Texas Section 3 tournament and will now advance to the Texas West State Tournament…

Frio County has hired an assistant county attorney for the first time in its more than 150-year history, welcoming veteran prosecutor Austen Massey to the newly created role. The historic expansion of the county attorney’s office is designed to alleviate decades-long gaps in local public safety and legal administration. Massey’s position as a secondary prosecutor…

Elderly local had significant drug cache, deputies say A routine afternoon traffic stop in Frio County escalated into a short vehicle pursuit and a significant narcotics seizure last week, with an elderly driver in cuffs on felony charges. Sheriff’s deputies are reporting they attempted to effect a traffic stop on the driver of a 2012…

Road infrastructure improvements are slated to begin this week in a four-mile municipal street project designed to extend the life of local roadways. Following the city council’s unanimous vote on June 9 to green-light a contract with Holbrook Asphalt, LLC, crews will deploy a specialized HA5 high-density mineral bond. The project, intended to extend the…

Emergency responders were dispatched to an apartment on Berry Street in Encinal on Saturday afternoon, June 20, to find that a local resident appeared to have been stabbed by his roommate. Identified as Austin Thomas Glenn, 29, the suspect in the case has been remanded into custody and remained behind bars earlier this week on…

Awards presented at Texas Press Association convention in Dallas The Frio-Nueces Current has been presented with several top-rank places in a number of judged journalism categories at the annual Texas Press Association competition. Awards were presented at the association’s annual convention in Dallas, June 18-20. Members of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association undertook judging of…

City administrator faces ouster petition, vote of ‘No Confidence’ Just three months into the job, Dilley City Administrator Yolanda Moran is facing mounting political and professional pressure, as local residents call for her immediate removal and the police department demands an end to alleged operational interference. The dual-front challenge came to a public head during…