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Texas Highway Patrol troopers and deputies of the La Salle County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 19-year-old San Antonio man last week after he led them on a chase between Catarina and Cotulla while transporting a number of undocumented immigrants. Reports of the pursuit came to the La Salle County dispatch office shortly after 1 p.m.…

Texas has more jobs, more people employed, and more people willing and able to work than ever before as growth continued in July, according to the state’s workforce commission. Total nonfarm employment increased by 26,300 positions over the month to reach a 22nd consecutive series-high level at 13,969,100 jobs and achieved 29 consecutive months of…

LAW ENFORCEMENT NEWS La Salle County Sheriff Anthony Zertuche administered the oath of office to one of his newest deputies late last month, welcoming Spencer Dominguez back to the agency. Dominguez is a Hondo native and graduated from the law enforcement academy at Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde in 2011. He served eight years…

The Cotulla Woman’s Club served as host on Thursday, September 7, at the monthly ‘Coffee With the Chamber’ organized by the Cotulla – La Salle County Chamber of Commerce and held this time in the fellowship hall of the First Church of Cotulla. The event was themed in purple and teal, representative of the month’s…

COUNTY ARREST Fifty-five individuals were arrested in La Salle County over the past month 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 officers…

Railroad traffic on the Union Pacific line between San Antonio and Laredo was halted Friday afternoon, September 8, after a maintenance crane on a road-railer truck caught fire just north of Dilley. According to a report filed at the Frio County Sheriff’s Office, the machine caught fire after coming into contact with a power line.…

Uvalde’s Joe Foley has been named the new Medina Electric Coop Voting District 2 representative following a round of interviews by a selection committee. Former director Jim Gates resigned from Medina EC’s board of directors at the February board meeting, opening a seat to represent Voting District 2. Voting District 2 represents seven of Medina…

Cotulla native Karina Sauceda began serving La Salle County on September 1 as the new extension agent for agriculture and natural resources, headquartered at the AgriLife Extension Service office on Front Street. Sauceda is a Cotulla High School graduate and earned her bachelor of science degree in agriculture, communication and journalism at Texas A&M University…

Student members of the Pearsall High School Mighty Maverick Criminal Justice Explorers took part in a memorial stair climb at Mack Laxson Field on Monday morning, September 11, to commemorate the selfless service of emergency responders, including firefighters, medics and police, who climbed into the towers of the World Trade Center within minutes of terrorist…

Two Houston teens were cuffed in La Salle County last week after leading Encinal police and other agencies on a high-speed pursuit in a stolen car carrying undocumented immigrants. Identified as Alex Sandoval and Arthur Lara, ages 17 and 18, the suspects were subject to a routine traffic stop in Encinal on Thursday, September 7,…