Area News
City still waiting for generator grant
“We have met all the requirements…” Cotulla braces for extreme weather Four years after South Texas experienced one of its most crippling winter storms on record and days before an expected hard freeze, Cotulla City Hall acknowledged that plans to install emergency generators at water wells have yet to see fruition. The Valentine’s Day storm…
Read More92 jailed in Frio, December 16 – January 12
COUNTY ARRESTS Ninety-two individuals were arrested in Frio County between Monday, December 16, and Sunday, January 12, 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 MoreLaredo College scholarship for nursing benefits Cotulla ISD graduates
Laredo College has established the Geraldine Smith-Haley and Elinor K. Smith Endowment with a $100,000 fund in a tribute to two generations of nurses who made a lasting impact on South Texas communities, The endowment will support the newly created Geraldine Smith-Haley and Elinor K. Smith Nursing Scholarship, which will provide financial assistance to students…
Read MoreUCA Cheerleaders
DILLEY HIGH SCHOOL Varsity Cheerleader Klaudya Garcia traveled to London over the holiday period to take part as one of a select few UCA cheerleaders in the annual New Year’s Parade, which was held January 1 in the city’s West End near Piccadilly Circus. Pictured on the iconic Tower Bridge, Garcia had been selected as…
Read MoreKickin’ Dust
Nine teams of professional ranch rodeo riders signed up for the qualifying rounds in the La Salle County Fair Ranch Rodeo, an event that was to have been held in early December but was rescheduled due to inclement weather, vying for two coveted spots on the roster for the main event that will be held…
Read MoreAdvocates support trafficking awareness, intervention
“There are things to watch for…” “A crime in the shadows,” outlined by both La Salle County Judge Leodoro Martinez III and Cotulla Woman’s Club spokesperson Louisa Franklin, may be closer to home than many in rural South Texas communities believe. Human trafficking, the enslavement for forced labor or sexual exploitation, is concentrated along the…
Read MoreCourt OK’s sheriff’s bug sweep
Are government employees being tracked? La Salle County commissioners emerged from a closed discussion Monday, January 13, to vote unanimously in favor of allowing Sheriff Hector Ramirez to order a sweep of the courthouse for eavesdropping devices and trackers. The decision came after the sheriff indicated there is evidence some county government employees are being…
Read MoreSuspect sold drugs from RV in Moore, deputies say
A Moore woman has been arrested on a felony charge after Frio County deputies discovered 67 grams of meth-amphetamine in her recreational vehicle. Frio County Sheriff Peter Salinas said the department launched an investigation into the possible sale of illegal narcotics after several calls were received from concerned citizens in Moore. During the course of…
Read MoreNew Year’s gunfire ends in arrest
Did suspect leave loaded handgun in street? A man who allegedly fired several rounds with a handgun from a moving vehicle on the streets of Cotulla shortly after midnight Wednesday, January 1, was jailed on charges of deadly conduct and for having flung the weapon from his car on a residential street. Identified as Armando…
Read MoreFelon had meth, cocaine, heroin, gun
Sheriff’s K-9 detects contraband in Mercedes Brandy Leman, a convicted felon from San Antonio, remains in the Frio County Jail on bond after she was found in possession of a large cache of drugs and a firearm. Frio County deputies say they conducted a routine traffic stop of a Mercedes sedan traveling south on IH-35…
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