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COUNTY ARRESTS Forty-four individuals were arrested in Frio County between Monday, July 10, and Saturday, July 29, 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…

COUNTY ARREST Twelve 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, and…

FOUR-PERCENT HIKE FOR ALL, PLUS EXTRA STIPEND FOR MANY SUPPORT STAFF Employees at Cotulla ISD will see an increase in their monthly income beginning this academic year, following a decision by the board of trustees on Monday to grant a four-percent salary hike. Trustees voted on July 31 to approve the raise for the 2023-24…

WATCHING WATER LEVELS IN THREE SOUTH TEXAS COUNTIES… ORGANIZATION WANTS MORE WELL OWNERS TO REGISTER FOR QUARTERLY MEASUREEMENTS The Wintergarden Groundwater Conservation District has issued its report for wells monitored in three South Texas counties and shows that the water table has dropped at most of the sites in the past three months. The WGCD…

  Pearsall police were dispatched to the scene of a lunchtime crash Monday, July 31, at the intersection of Comal Street and Louise Lane to find that two vehicles had collided head-on near the city’s iconic ‘Largest Peanut’ statue. Medics of the Frio EMS were also dispatched, although investigators have yet to announce whether any…

Law enforcement officers from county sheriffs’ departments across South Texas and federal agencies met at Laredo Alexander High School last week for a five-day intensive training course on crisis negotiation. Hosted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, the regional training course included vital pointers on de-escalating hostage situations, cases involving barricaded subjects, and working…

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…

  GENEROUS DONATION – Brian Daughtry of Ridgemar Energy/Callon Petroleum donated several H2S monitors to the Frio County Sheriff’s Department at the request of County Commissioner Pct. #4 Danny Cano during a ceremony on Tuesday, July 11. Daughtry donated six monitors to the department. Pictured are (L-R) Patrol Lt. Chris Marquez, Commissioner Pct. #1 Joe…

LAW ENFOREMENT NEWS La Salle County Sheriff Anthony Zertuche presided over a brief ceremony Monday, July 31, to administer the oath of office and pin a badge on the newest member of his law enforcement team, welcoming Laredo native Deputy Edwin Gonzalez. The new officer is a 2023 graduate of the Law Enforcement Academy at…

OPENING SOON – The new Love’s travel center, which includes an Arby’s restaurant, is being built on the southern outskirts of Cotulla in a development area targeted by the city for economic growth and part of an annexation project that stretched the city’s boundary across the Nueces River for the first time. Positioned beside IH-35…