The Bible and the Headlines: News You Can Use
Black Sheep By David Bachelor, PhD Among the Associated Press stories making the rounds is a piece about a teenager’s torn sweater found after 40 years in an attic. If it were any other teenager, the slightly worn sweater might have ended up in a garage sale. However, because the nineteen-year-old who wore it…
Read MoreSchool restricts backpack styles
Pearsall ISD has announced that students will only be allowed to carry transparent backpacks when the new academic year begins. The new requirement puts PISD in line with other Texas school districts responding to a recent increase in security threats. A recent PISD survey showed 76 percent of school employees favored students using only clear…
Read MoreInterstate flip
A 68-year-old man was taken to an area hospital Monday, July 10, for injuries he sustained after a tire on his sports utility vehicle blew out, causing the car to flip four times. According to first responders at the scene, the man was traveling north on IH-35 shortly before 11 a.m. when the accident…
Read MoreRural law enforcement bill signed into law
A new piece of legislation has been signed into law that establishes a grant program to offer financial assistance to law enforcement in rural communities. State Representative Ryan Guillen announced the signing of the bill aimed at establishing a grant program to provide financial assistance to sheriffs’ departments, elected prosecutors’ offices and constables’ offices in…
Read MoreFrio Claybusters bag national title
Frio County 4-H Claybuster Madison Brown and teammates Coleton Trenklebach of Bandera, Kennedy Thompson of Uvalde County and Carson Schultz of Nueces County were crowned national champion shotgun team at the 2023 4-H Shooting Sports National Championship in Grand Island, Nebraska. The youths are members of the shotgun team representing Texas at the event, at…
Read MoreColor my world…
A young participant in the Moore Summer Fest on Saturday, July 15, is transformed by face paint for the afternoon at one of the event’s booths. Barbecue cooking, a car show, games and live entertainment made up the day of family attractions. (CURRENT Photo: Breyana Segura)
Read MoreElvia Villarreal Salinas
Elvia Villarreal Salinas, 71, of Pearsall, died on July 9, 2023. She is preceded in death by her parents Beatriz Siller Villarreal and Audon Villarreal, father of her children Rogelio Garza Salinas, brothers Edward Villarreal and Hector Villarreal, brother-in-law Ray Luna of Pearsall, daughter Melissa Adame, granddaughter Aubrey Joy Salazar and great-grandson Adrien Drew Adame…
Read MoreCafecito Time
La Salle County Judge Leodoro Martinez III (Photo below, left)was host on Friday, July 14, for the monthly Coffee With the Chamber, organized by the Cotulla – La Salle County Chamber of Commerce and held this month at the Cattlemen’s of Cotulla private venue in the historic Gallman Building on Front Street, one of the…
Read More34 jailed in Frio, June 20 – July 8
COUNTY ARREST Thirty-four individuals were arrested in Frio County between Tuesday, June 20, and Saturday, July 8, on a range of felony and misdemeanor charges. Arrests were made by deputies of the Frio County Sheriff’s Office, troopers of the Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol, and officers of the Pearsall Police Department. In addition to…
Read MorePedro C. Ynocencio
Pedro C. Ynocencio, 77, died on June 22, 2023. He was born on April 29, 1946 to Blas and Adelfa Ynocencio. He is preceded in death by his parents, brothers Tomas Ynocencio and Abel Ynocencio, first wife Guadalupe H. Ynocencio and his stepson Juan Norberto Rodriguez. Ynocencio is survived by his wife Irma Wilborn, children…
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