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COTULLA CITY SECRETARY
Juanita Fonseca was administered her oath of office by Mayor Sandra Luna Friday morning, November 15, after a council decision the previous evening to offer her the position vacated last month by the resignation of Bianca Maldonado. Fonseca had been serving as interim secretary and previously served the city of Cotulla as code enforcement officer.…
Read MoreOur new home
The Cotulla City Council inaugurated the freshly restored 101 Front Street City Hall Annex, the former Stockmens Bank building, at a meeting Thursday evening, November 14, marking a return to Front Street by the elected body for the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, when the council began holding its meetings in…
Read MoreChristmas festivals set for December 6
NIGHT OF LIGHTS at the city of Pearsall to kick off the Christmas season will be held Friday, December 6, with a 6 p.m. parade along Oak Street and lighting the city’s tree, arts and crafts booths, foods and refreshments, entertainment, and a Santa Claus visit at City Hall, at Ash and San Marcos streets.…
Read MoreMorning raid on Ash reveals cocaine stash, cash, firearm
Frio County deputies seized dozens of bags of cocaine, cash and a gun while searching a habitual offender’s home early Tuesday, November 19. Sheriff Peter Salinas said the department had received a high volume of calls related to stop-and-go traffic at the home on Ash Street, which he described as indicative of narcotics sales. The…
Read MoreTrying every platform
Local youth sports group encourages healthy living, teamwork “This fall we had a total of 159 kids registered,” coach and board president Manuel Sanchez Jr. says of enrollment for the Fall 2024 season, “for flag football, tackle football, cheer, and volleyball.” Formed by Sanchez in July 2022, Cotulla Sports Association, or CSA, was created with…
Read MorePearsall ponders $60M complex expansion
“Thirty-one years without doing a thing…” Pearsall city councilors are one step closer to beginning a nearly $60 million renovation and expansion of the Victor Trevino Sports Complex. Councilors took a deep dive into the final master plan for the facility during a recent presentation by Debra Dockery, a consultant hired in 2022 to evaluate…
Read MoreCouncil’s slim quorum fails to pass street lighting vote
Councilors responding to a request by a local resident and former councilor that the city of Cotulla pay to install street lights on a bridge over Mustang Creek failed to second a motion, leaving the agenda item to die on the table Thursday evening, November 14. The same failure occurred on a following agenda item,…
Read MoreManhunt nets US Marshals fugitive
Prison parolee assaulted woman, ran over sheriff’s deputy A man who reportedly assaulted a woman at the Madison Pointe apartment complex in Cotulla and then ran over a sheriff’s deputy in a stolen car has been taken into custody on felony charges. Francisco Ayala Jr., 37, was the subject of a countywide manhunt last week…
Read MoreDeputies confirm missing Moore man is dead
A Moore man who had been missing for eight days was found dead near Hondo Creek along Hwy 173 Monday morning. Frio County sheriff’s deputies say 34-year-old Paul Arauza’s aunt contacted the department to report her nephew missing on Saturday, November 9. Officers learned that the man had last been seen Sunday, Nov. 3. The…
Read MoreGROUNDBREAKING
GROUNDBREAKING was held Thursday, November 7, at the intersection of FM 1581 and the IH-35 access road to mark the start of construction of a Refuel gas station and convenience store on the previously undeveloped site that sits adjacent to the Carlos Garcia Community Park. Present for the ceremony were members of the Pearsall city…
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