Area News

COUNTY ARREST Thirty-one 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, county constables, troopers of the Texas Department of Public Safety Highway…

The city of Pearsall held its Legislative Days on March 21 and 22 at the State Capitol in Austin. The delegation was led by Mayor Ben Briscoe and included council members James Leal, Sonia Hernandez, Tiffany Talamantes, Lionel Gandara, Racheal Garza, Ramiro Treviño, City Manager Federico Reyes Jr., Public Works Director Hector Gandara, Chief of…

‘INSPIRE KIDS TO DO’ MISSION IN PEARSALL Living up to its pledge of service to others, the Pearsall 4-H Club spent a Saturday cleaning up and making repairs to the local dog shelter. While many of their peers were at the ballfield for opening day of Little League, members of the youth organization spent their…

LAW ENFORCEMENT NEWS The La Salle County Sheriff’s Office announced this week that Deputy Adrian Ruiz has been promoted to the rank of investigator and will join the team that examines some of the county’s most serious crimes. Ruiz was hired in 2022 as a deputy for the sheriff’s office, having previously served as the…

The Frio County jobless rate rose to 3.8 percent in February, up from 3.5 percent rate the previous month in the Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) jobs report. The unemployment rate is lower than the 4.3-percent rate of the 13-county Workforce Development Area and lower than the 4.5 percent rate for Texas. Frio County’s rate was…

The Wintergarden Groundwater Conservation District is notifying private water well and septic system owners about free online classes offered by the US Environmental Protection Agency and other partners including the Rural Community Assistance Corporation on private water wells and septic system maintenance. Classes are scheduled for Wednesday, April 26, for the Private Well Training and…

Small non-farm businesses in Frio and La Salle counties are among those in seven Texas counties now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the US Small Business Administration. SBA Disaster Field Operations Center-West Director Tanya N. Garfield said the loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought that…

MONITORING SITES OVER CARRIZO-WILCOX AQUIFER… The Wintergarden Groundwater Conservation District has issued its quarterly water well monitoring report, indicating that sites across the region have seen a drop in the water table with one county’s exception. Measuring water levels at a select number of wells in Dimmit, La Salle and Zavala counties on Saturday, March…

The Cotulla Main Street Program hosted an Easter window decorating contest last week, in which a number of downtown businesses, agencies and service providers participated. Judging was undertaken by guests Maricela Benavides from the Pearsall ISD Board of Trustees and Samantha Lopez, deputy with the Frio County Sheriff’s Office. (Photos this page) The Judges’ Choice…

The Dilley High School Grey Wolf Band earned the coveted Sweepstakes trophy for top scores upon competing in the annual University Interscholastic League Concert & Sightreading Contest in the Raul A Gonzales Fine Arts Center at Eagle Pass on Thursday, March 30. Students performed a set of rehearsed concert pieces for judges and were then…