Area News
Pearsall schools will resume 5-day week
Short schedule lasted only one year Pearsall ISD trustees voted unanimously on Wednesday, June 18, to return schedules to a traditional five-day school week following input from campus administrators. The change represents a reversal of school scheduling policy only a year after a four-day week was initiated at PISD. The abbreviated schedule used during the…
Read More32 jailed in La Salle, June 2 – 15
COUNTY ARRESTS Thirty-two 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, officers…
Read MoreCouncil chooses three for manager interviews
Full-time position vacant since January Three finalists vying for the position of Cotulla city administrator will meet councilors Thursday, June 26, for interviews, although one is the last to have held the job. The city named its three finalists for the position on June 12, having chosen Paul Zepeda, Juan Estrada and David Wright for…
Read MoreDilley mayor elected to AACOG board of directors
Dilley Mayor Alexandria Inocencio has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG). The Alamo Area Council of Governments is a voluntary association of local governments that works to enhance the quality of life of residents in the Alamo Area through assisting with planning and coordination…
Read MoreCity hopes agreement with fire service lowers insurance rates
“This is plain vanilla…” Three months after learning that homeowners in Cotulla may be paying higher insurance rates than those living in outlying areas and in Encinal, city councilors have added the La Salle Fire Rescue to an agreement for response within city limits. In a decision Thursday evening, June 12, councilors described the contract…
Read MoreWork advances on Pearsall pond park upgrades
The first phase of a multi-million-dollar improvement project at the Pearsall Fishing Pond is slated for completion by Thursday, July 3. “We are on track, on budget, and on schedule,” Gabrielle Fierro, senior account executive for McKinstry, told county commissioners during a Tuesday, June 10, meeting. According to Fierro, crews are set to complete the…
Read MorePedestrian airlifted after crosswalk strike
The Pearsall Police Department has confirmed that a 65-year-old man is recovering in a San Antonio hospital this week after he was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street downtown on Thursday, June 5. The man, later identified as Joe Viesca, was walking south on the crosswalk at Comal and Oak streets after leaving…
Read More“They were crammed in there”
Smuggler had immigrants in trailer floor USBP alerts deputies to disguised vehicle The weekend discovery of a dozen undocumented immigrants concealed in the floor of a flatbed utility trailer on IH-35 has local law enforcement drawing comparisons with a recent similar incident. In a case that developed shortly after 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 14, the…
Read More43 jailed in Frio, June 2 – 15
COUNTY ARRESTS Forty-three individuals were arrested in Frio County between Monday, June 2, and Sunday, June 15, 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…
Read MoreEarthquake strikes 7.5 miles underground near Dilley
No damage reports from Saturday tremor A small earthquake with a magnitude of 2.7 on the Richter Scale struck South Central Texas early on Saturday morning, June 7, jolting parts of the region, including areas near Dilley, according to the Texas Seismological Noetwork (TexNet), which monitors seismic activity. The tremor occurred at 3:44 a.m. and…
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