Area News
City ready to move council meetings into former bank; building restored with hotel tax revenues
Cotulla city councilors agreed at their mid-September meeting to change an ordinance that will allow them to meet at an earlier time and in a new location. Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the city council has held all of its meetings in the AB Alexander Convention Center, beginning in the main…
Read MoreOfficers want driver after Sunday crash
Cotulla woman trapped in crushed car Frio County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man who fled the scene of a two-vehicle accident, leaving his passenger pinned inside the sedan Sunday morning. According to a report on the case, deputies were dispatched to downtown Dilley just before 3 a.m. Sunday, September 29, after emergency dispatchers…
Read MoreFormer nursing home burns again
Arson to blame in three-alarm blaze on Ash Street Pearsall police are seeking information leading to the identity of the person who may be responsible for an arson attack at a former nursing home on Ash Street Saturday evening. Volunteer firefighters and police responded to the blaze at the old Pearsall Manor shortly before 8…
Read MoreBudget passes in last-day vote
“You can’t spend more…” Finances for the next fiscal year at the city of Cotulla were locked in on a Monday evening vote by the council, hours before the new cycle was to begin. Having failed to seat a quorum at scheduled meetings during the second half of September, the council convened on the final…
Read MoreCarroll makes bid for school board seat
ELECTIONS 2024 DILLEY ISD Melody Carroll is announcing her candidacy for trustee in Place #5 in the Dilley ISD School Board election on Tuesday, November 5. “I believe that many of you already know me, but I wanted to tell you some things about myself,” Carroll said. “I am a graduate of the Class of…
Read MoreMegliorino is write-in candidate for sherif
ELECTIONS 2024 LA SALLE COUNTY La Salle County Constable Guy Megliorino has announced that he is a write-in candidate for sheriff in the general election on Tuesday, November 5. Megliorino will face both a Democratic Party and a Republican Party contender in the race. The write-in candidate is a long-term resident of La Salle County…
Read More30 jailed in Frio, September 9 – 22
Thirty individuals were arrested in Frio County between Monday, September 9, and Sunday, September 22, 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 those being…
Read MorePearsall police report steep increase in arrest numbers for August
208 incident reports, 77 offenses, 49 suspects arrested, chief says Despite a slight decrease in the number of calls for service that Pearsall police received last month, patrol officers doubled the number of suspects arrested during the month of August. Pearsall Police Chief Daniel Flores told councilors his officers continue vigilantly patroling the streets and…
Read MoreReorganized Frio Rotary preps for annual gala
Scholarship fundraiser includes traditional auction From Rebekah Mann Rotary Club Treasurer The Rotary Club of Frio County will hold its biggest fundraiser of the year on Saturday, October 5, with its ‘Denim and Diamonds’ charity gala and auction for student scholarships. The event replaces a long-standing tradition of holding an auction in Frio County to…
Read MorePearsall woman was growing cannabis, had heroin near school
A Pearsall woman landed behind bars last week after a search warrant revealed she had narcotics and was growing cannabis plants. Frio County deputies say a warrant for the home on Frio Street was carried out Thursday, September 19, after an investigation into possible drug trafficking. According to a report on the case, the sheriff’s…
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