Area News
“Last-second maneuver…” Traveler smashes truck into hotel
Two Mexican nationals required attention from La Salle Fire Rescue paramedics on Monday, June 10, after they climbed out of the wreckage of a pickup truck that had collided with the front of a highwayside hotel. Emergency responders arrived at the scene at noon on Monday to find that a black Mitsubishi truck had come…
Read MoreCOUNTY ARRESTS
50 jailed in Frio, May 20 – June 2 Fifty individuals were arrested in Frio County between Monday, May 20, and Sunday, June 2, 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…
Read MorePearsall police pursue possible pyromaniac
Pearsall police are investigating possible arson after five fires were set in an eight-hour timeframe last Monday. According to reports filed at the police department, officers were dispatched to West Medina Street around 10:45 p.m. on June 3 after neighbors reported a home on fire. A neighbor reportedly told officers that the home was vacant…
Read MoreFire departments can apply for retired work truck
Medina Electric Cooperative is accepting applications from area volunteer fire departments for a retired fleet truck. Volunteer fire departments can be from any of the 17 counties where the cooperative provides service. The application deadline is Monday, July 1. The vehicle available this year is a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Series four-wheel drive service truck…
Read MoreCRCS building project over budget, unfinished
“We have had other delays come along,” contractor says months after due date Frio County commissioners continue to question the owner of Sandoval Contracting on yet another delay that has hampered construction on a building improvement project that has been a work in progress since December 2021. Angel Sandoval, owner of Sandoval Contracting, told commissioners…
Read MoreIt takes a village
COTULLA ISD celebrated the start of a $65 million construction project on Thursday, June 6, with a groundbreaking ceremony at the high school campus, much of which will be demolished this year and replaced with new classrooms, an auditorium, a dining hall, administration and library buildings and an additional gymnasium, paid for with bond revenues…
Read MoreLucky Turtle bandits go to prison
Armed robbery at Cotulla game parlor… Two of three men accused of taking part in the armed holdup of a game parlor in downtown Cotulla have been sentenced to prison terms of 15 and 20 years by a district judge. Jonathan Longoria Menchaca, 34 at the time, and Mark Anthony Ramirez, 26, both of San…
Read MoreDeputies investigate child’s deadly injuries
Search reveals drugs in home A 10-month-old girl is fighting for her life in a San Antonio hospital after sustaining life-threatening physical injuries on Wednesday, June 5. A report on the case indicates a woman called emergency dispatchers to say she had just left the Nolan Trailer Park in Pearsall and was taking the unresponsive…
Read MoreICE orders CoreCivic facility closure
600 face unemployment in 60 days Nearly ten years after opening the doors to an immigration facility in Dilley that housed over 2,400 undocumented women and children, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has ordered the detention center to close. The announcement means hundreds of local residents presently employed by CoreCivic face unemployment in 60…
Read MoreCity opposes AEP rate hike, joins consortium in plea to utility commission
Pearsall councilors have authorized the city to join a consortium that is fighting a proposed rate increase by American Electric Power (AEP). The council approved a resolution to join other Texas cities in hiring attorneys to intervene in a proposal before the Texas Utility Commission. “AEP is looking to increase rates,” City Manager Federico Reyes…
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