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Cotulla’s Isaiah Saldivar and Bigfoot’s Miranda Grubb were among the 25 graduating seniors recently awarded $25,000 in scholarships by the Medina Electric Cooperative. Students pursuing secondary education were each awarded a $1,000 scholarship to be used during the 2023-2024 academic year. Twenty of those students are graduating high school seniors and five were part of…

Frio County Judge Rochelle Camacho hosted a number of Pearsall High School students from the English Department in her county courtroom on Wednesday, May 17, coaching them through a series of mock trial exercises in which the teens played the roles of judge, prosecution and defense attorneys, defendant, witnesses and other key figures in the…

The Frio County unemployment rate dropped to 3.0 percent in April, down from the 3.5-percent rate of the previous month in the Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) jobs report. The unemployment rate is lower than the 3.4-percent rate of the 13-county Workforce Development Area and lower than the 3.7-percent rate for Texas. Frio County’s rate was…

La Salle commissioners voted on Monday, May 22, to begin accepting applications for 24 temporary employment positions for local teens during the summer. The jobs begin on Monday, June 5, although all those who are hired before that date will be offered orientation and drug screening before the first day of work. The county’s summer…

This year marks the 59th year since the Community Action Network was established to help American families and communities overcome obstacles to poverty. Over 1,000 agencies across the country are working every day to create opportunities and transform the lives of their neighbors, making communities stronger and helping families across the US thrive, according to…

COMMUNITY PLAYERS WANT FIELD AFTER HOURS… La Salle County commissioners have moved to make baseball fields at the Martinez Park sports complex in Cotulla more accessible to local players who meet weekly for informal games. The decision came in the form of a directive instead of a motion by unanimous support from the court Monday,…

COUNTY ARREST Thirty-five 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…

Law enforcement officers intercepting criminal enterprises involved in smuggling undocumented immigrants through South Texas are reporting an increase in the number of times their arrests also reveal drug possession. In a report filed this week by the Encinal Police Department, officers confirm that two smuggler arrests over a three-day period included the discovery of narcotics.…

The Frio County unemployment rate dropped to 3.5 percent in March, down from the 3.8 percent rate of the previous month in the Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) jobs report. The unemployment rate is lower than the 3.9 percent rate of the 13-county Workforce Development Area and lower than the 4.2 percent rate for Texas. Frio…

  A scholarship program launched in 2021 by La Salle County Sheriff Anthony Zertuche and Sgt. Investigator Esmeralda Gonzales is gaining in popularity and has taken in new batches of applications this week. The ‘Beyond the Badge’ program awards scholarships to local graduating seniors who pursue their higher education at colleges, universities and trade schools.…