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The Cotulla – La Salle County Chamber of Commerce held its monthly ‘Coffee with the Chamber’ on Friday, June 23, this time hosted by the Las Palmas Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, welcoming business leaders, local officials, family and friends to an opportunity for networking, sharing ideas and generating interest in local events and upcoming projects,…

PEARSALL HAS HISTORY OF CODE VIOLATIONS Pearsall Mayor Ben Briscoe and City Manager Federico Reyes are acknowledging the public’s frustration with building permits but say the process is in place for the protection of the builder and municipality. City officials have been confronted several times over the past year by issues related to permit applications,…

  Members of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. were recently assigned to provide mission support to the South Texas Immigration Processing Center with ICE in Pearsall, and in a display of community support, volunteered with the food bank distribution event at the Pearsall food bank. Commissioner Corps. officers participating include LCDR Ngozi…

SECURITY MEASURE DICTATES ONLY CLEAR BAGS ALLOWED NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR Pearsall ISD announced Monday evening 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. The district conducted a…

STAND UP AND HOLLER – Members of the Cotulla High School cheerleading squads have been taking part in the UCA Camp this month and have been training in a number of cheers and stunts. The camp continued through Thursday, June 22, when the cheerleaders took part in the CHS Cheer Showcase in the high school…

POLICE EXAMINE POSSIBLE BREAK-IN, FIND NO CLUES There is a handwritten note in a Bible on the front porch of a house in Pearsall addressed to whoever has been responsible for a recent theft and an attempted break-in. The Pearsall Police Department said last week that a case involving the possible theft of valuables from…

COUNTY ARREST Fifty-five individuals were arrested in Frio County between Monday, May 22, and Monday, June 19, 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…

The Pearsall Mavs Elite Pony League Bronco Division All-Star team competed in the San Antonio South Zone Pony Chapter Regional Tournament last week at the Victor Trevino Sports Complex in Pearsall. The Mavericks were runners-up in the Southwest Sectional tournament the previous week. Pearsall played host to the Mustang Division (10 and under) Bronco Division…

      Frio County sheriff’s deputy Luis A. Maldonado and his wife, Sherry, participated in the 23rd annual Texas Police Games in El Paso in mid-June. More than 1,200 law enforcement participants from across the state came to compete in various Olympic-style games. The Maldonados were the first couple in Frio County history to…

A La Salle County sheriff’s investigator working enhanced patrol as part of Operation Lone Star effected the traffic stop of a vehicle near downtown Cotulla on Thursday evening, June 15, to discover a wanted fugitive and a man in possession of cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine. The traffic stop occurred shortly after 6:45 p.m. Thursday in…