COTULLA SOFTBALL Cotulla crushed Crystal City 11-1 behind an eight-run fourth inning to claim their second straight district softball championship and third in four years. The Cowgirls capped an 8-2 run through district, falling only to Lytle and Natalia in recent weeks. The team holds an 18-2 record over the last two seasons in league…
The Frio-Nueces Current was presented with three first-place awards in the Better Newspaper Contest hosted by the South Texas Press Association at its annual convention, Thursday to Saturday, April 18-20, in Galveston. The newspaper took the top award in weekly newspapers of similar circulation for its sports coverage during 2023, design and content of the…
Decisions on school board members, ESD funding Early voting began this week in Frio County where eligible voters will determine four trustee positions on the Pearsall ISD board and consider levying a sales tax for Emergency Service District #1. Polls opened at 8 a.m. Monday in Pearsall at the Frio County Conference Room on Pecan…
REGION IV TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP Dilley’s Aranda is four-time regional champion; Pearsall’s Saenz joins him at state meet. Dorian Aranda became Dilley High School’s most decorated track and field athlete as he captured four gold medals and became a four-time regional champion, winning four of the five events he participated in at the Region…
Search reveals Cordova had over 1,500 files A Pearsall man has been arrested after state and local authorities say they found over 1,500 files of child pornography at his west-side home last week. Frio County deputies say 31-year-old Xavier Cordova was taken into custody on Tuesday, April 16, following an investigation by the Attorney General’s…
Classmate to the rescue… Quick action earlier this month by a fourth grader at Cotulla’s Ramirez/Burks Elementary School may have saved the life of a choking classmate, according to administrators recognizing the youngster’s heroism this week. In a special presentation to school board members Monday evening, April 15, CISD Superintendent Dr. Ramiro Nava said he…
AREA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS Local sprinters eye state berths at regional competition this week. Pearsall will send five athletes to regional competition in four different events as the team finished third overall at the District 29 and 30 Area Track and Field Meet at Port Lavaca last Thursday, April 11. Curtis Saenz earned gold…
A habitual offender wanted on a felony charge found himself behind bars on Monday after his girlfriend attempted to conceal 34 grams of illegal narcotics and a digital scale in her shorts. According to a report on the case, Frio County deputies on routine patrol initiated a traffic stop on the driver of a vehicle…
23 rescued after driver abandons truck beside highway The rescue of more than 20 undocumented immigrants from an abandoned freighter in southern La Salle County was only made possible last week when occupants of the truck cab pointed Highway Patrol officers to the trailer’s floorboards. A report by the Texas Highway Patrol on the traffic…
SPECIAL FEATURE Renowned Encinal artist’s work goes on show at SA gallery “Time passes and we watch and marvel,” Janet Krueger writes in her introduction to some of her newest work. “The peoples of the world, rich and poor, stagger before mighty oceanic waves crashing relentlessly on suddenly fragile shores.” It is against this backdrop…
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