COUNTY ARRESTS Forty-four individuals were arrested in Frio County between Monday, January 27, and Sunday, February 9, 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…

Carnival tickets for the La Salle County Fairgrounds during Wild Hog Weekend are now being sold in advance by junior and senior student members of the Cotulla High School Los Jefes Chapter of the National Honor Society, and at the Frank Newman Middle School and Stockmens National Bank. Tickets for carnival rides are available for…

Bordertown Showdown set for April 17-19 in Cotulla Both the La Salle County and Cotulla city governments have put their support behind an April weekend rodeo that is expected to attract hundreds of riders and spectators to the community and invigorate the local economy. Hosted by the South Texas Rodeo Association, LLC, the Bordertown Showdown…

CITY, SCHOOL ELECTIONS 2025 Billy Alvarado has announced that he is a candidate for Place 5 on the Cotulla City Council in the municipal election on Saturday, May 3. Alvarado has lived in Cotulla for two years and has been employed for the past seven years as a project manager for the Texas Department of…

The Frio-Nueces Current provides an opportunity for each political candidate to announce his or her candidacy once, free of charge as a news story, before early voting begins. Candidates for election in the city council and school district board of trustee races in May are able to submit their announcements until two weeks before the…