Cuellar delivers $3.7M to La Salle schools
Supt. Seals says priorities are student health, campus safety Federal funds have been directed at schools in La Salle County this week, and US Congressman Henry Cuellar delivered a check for $3.7 million on Monday, March 29, although how much of that money Cotulla ISD will be able to keep remains uncertain. In a brief…
Read MoreTeen driver charged after fatal crash
Smuggled immigrants died after high-speed pursuit An 18-year-old Laredo man has been taken into custody on a rake of felony manslaughter and smuggling charges after being held responsible for leading officers on a high-speed pursuit last week through La Salle County and crashing a vehicle carrying undocumented immigrants. Emergency responders were dispatched to a wreck…
Read MoreCity breaks ground for $1.43M water tower
Cotulla mayor touts benefits for new development A groundbreaking ceremony was held this week for construction of a new water tower serving the east side of Cotulla at a cost of $1.43 million through a loan and grant program approved more than five years ago. The city secured its financial assistance for the water system…
Read MoreBand students earn places at state contest
By Marc Robertson High school band students from Pearsall, Dilley and Cotulla have earned places at the State UIL Solo & Ensemble contest scheduled for the end of the academic year, having earned top marks from judges for their performances shortly before their Spring Break holiday. In order to advance to the state contest, students…
Read MoreDILLEY MOURNS LONG-SERVING SERGEANT
DILLEY MOURNS LONG-SERVING SERGEANT By Marc Robertson Funeral services will be held at noon on Saturday, March 27, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church for Sgt. Michael Martinez, 39, one of Dilley’s longest-serving police officers, who died last weekend. The police sergeant had been on medical leave when he succumbed due to complications from surgery at…
Read MoreIraqi teen had gun in smuggler’s car, officers say
A 17-year-old Iraqi national who was found traveling in the front seat of a sport utility vehicle engaged in the transport of undocumented immigrants this month was holding a 9-mm Sig Sauer pistol in his lap, according to arresting officers. A report on the case indicates the young adult identified as Rahmatallah Sabti listed a…
Read MoreMercedes reveals meth after driver’s arrest
By Marc Robertson A Cotulla woman who was remanded into custody on a number of outstanding warrants on Sunday, March 14, now faces a felony drug possession charge after officers examining her car discovered it contained bags of crystal methamphetamine. Tracy Grassmuck, 57, had been arrested after a routine traffic stop by Deputy Mario Ybarra…
Read MoreHuman Smuggling increases threat to innocent lives, officers say
By Marc Robertson Law enforcement agencies across South Texas are battling a continuing threat to public safety in a renewed wave of illegal immigration into the United States, with thousands of undocumented people being transported north from the border. Human smuggling, which is classified as a felony offense, differs from human trafficking in that it…
Read MoreLa Salle launches “Report your competition” hotline for drug dealers
Romo believes anonymous tips will help combat crime By Marc Robertson “I know it sounds weird, but it works,” La Salle County Chief Deputy Armando Romo said this week of a plan to ask the public to provide information on local criminal activity. “It worked in San Antonio and Laredo; it’ll work here.” The sheriff’s…
Read MoreResults of the La Salle County Junior Livestock Show
By Marc Robertson Cotulla High School student Robert Sanchez III exhibited the grand champion steer at the annual La Salle County Junior Livestock Show on Friday, March 12, and went on to sell the animal at auction the following day for $7,000. This year’s stock show was held without crowds at the La Salle County…
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