Area News

“It can happen to anyone” “The more we talk about domestic violence, the more likely we will be able to spread awareness about it, be better able to identify abusive behavior and take active steps to fight it.” La Salle County Judge Leodoro Martinez III opened a special event in the county’s district courtroom on…

Learning by doing, the slogan for 4-H is exactly what the Mavericks 4-H hopes the community will do this Saturday, October 21 at the Frio County Junior Livestock Show Barn for the 2nd Annual Baggin’ and Snaggin’ CornHole Tournament, Goat Roping and Cabrito Cook Off. Members of the Mavericks 4-H Club have organized an afternoon…

Twenty-three individuals were arrested in La Salle County over the past two weeks on a range of felony and misdemeanor charges and on warrants issued locally and in other jurisdictions. Arrests were made by deputies of the La Salle County Sheriff’s Office, troopers of the Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol, officers of the…

$2.5M project won’t be ready before winter freeze More than two and a half years after South Texas suffered one of its harshest winter storms in living memory, a municipal project to install emergency generators in Cotulla remains incomplete. The $2.5 million construction plan was launched after the city suffered a complete breakdown of its…

LAW ENFORCEMENT NEWS La Salle County Sheriff Anthony Zertuche welcomed a returning officer to his agency recently, administering the oath of office to Deputy Mario Ybarra, who has since begun full-time duty on patrols in the county. Ybarra is a native of Hondo and graduated from the law enforcement academy at Southwest Texas Junior College…

Cooking teams are still being sought for the Mavericks 4-H Club second annual Baggin and Snaggin Cabrito Cook-Off Competition on Saturday, October 21 at the Frio County Junior Livestock Show Barn. The event is a fundraiser for the group to help with scholarships and travel to and from competitions for educational and leadership activities. Activities…

A traveler whose vehicle veered off the road in rural La Salle County last week was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, according to the Department of Public Safety. A preliminary report from the Texas Highway Patrol indicates Eulalio Israel Garza, 32, of Mission, Texas, had been traveling east on Hwy 44 at…

Twenty-two individuals were arrested in La Salle County over the past two weeks on a range of felony and misdemeanor charges and on warrants issued locally and in other jurisdictions. In addition to those serving commitment by order of the courts (details previously published), those taken into custody between Monday, September 18, and Sunday, October…

Nearly a decade after dissolving the Chamber of Commerce due to an alleged misappropriation of funds, Pearsall city councilors have made a unanimous decision to fund the entity with strict guidelines. The city began talks with local business owners and community members to re-establish the organization in November 2022. In October 2014, then-City Manager Richard…

Pearsall ISD officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony recently to celebrate the completion of the renovation project at the Ted Flores Elementary Pre-K and kindergarten wing and new classroom construction and the grand opening of the new gymnasium at the campus. Present for the event was PISD School Board President Marco Reyes, Vice-President Matthew Aguilar, Secretary…