KSAT Sports photojournalist Adam Barraza traveled south on Interstate 35 for the latest installment of the BGC Road Trip.

The Pearsall Independent School District is continuing to work to fully restore phone service to its junior high school.

Pearsall police have identified a now-former Pearsall Independent School District employee accused of having inappropriate communication with a student.

A Pearsall ISD employee was terminated after allegations of inappropriate communication with a student, according to a letter sent by the district to families on Monday.

A former candidate for San Antonio mayor and former Bexar County Democratic Chair, a former candidate for the Texas House and former Pearsall council members are among the seven suspects who turned themselves in to the Frio County jail on Wednesday in connection with a massive state-led election investigation, KSAT Investigates confirmed.

An emergency protest is taking place in Pearsall on Wednesday morning.

Five suspects, including two Pearsall city council members, are set to appear in a Frio County courtroom Friday morning after they were charged in a state-led election investigation.

Additional search warrants were executed last week in connection with the state attorney general’s office investigation into a possible vote-harvesting scheme in Frio County.

Two Pearsall city council members facing felony charges were sworn in to serve another term on Tuesday night, nearly two weeks after a grand jury indicted them in an election investigation.

A UTSA professor explains vote harvesting, a charge six suspects, including Pearsall city council members and the Frio County Judge, are facing in Frio County.

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has suspended Rochelle Camacho from her position as Frio County Judge, more than a week after a grand jury indicted her in an alleged vote-harvesting scheme.

One week after she was indicted in connection with an alleged vote harvesting scheme, KSAT Investigates has learned the Frio County Judge has been arrested for her role in the case.

Several Frio County elected officials are accused of targeting elderly voters at a Pearsall nursing home, according to search warrants obtained Wednesday afternoon by KSAT Investigates.

Several suspects, including the Frio County judge and two Pearsall City Council members, are accused of paying for vote-harvesting services, according to indictment records obtained by KSAT Investigates.

The Frio County District Clerk’s office is delaying the release of search warrants, a public record, for several elected officials charged in connection to a voting investigation.

Six suspects, including a Frio County judge and two Pearsall City Council members, are facing charges of vote harvesting and tampering with evidence, according to the Frio County Sheriff’s Office.

The Frio County sheriff has died after a stint battling cancer, the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post on Monday.

It hasn’t been easy, but the Cotulla Cowboys are used to handling adversity.

An hours-long standoff at a motel in Pearsall ended peacefully late Tuesday evening, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

An hours-long standoff at a motel in Pearsall ended peacefully late Tuesday evening, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Voters across Frio County headed to the polls on Tuesday to decide who they will nominate in their respective political party.

Elberto Roy Trevino Jr., 50, conspired with others to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl in July 2022, a United States Attorney’s Office media release said.

The capital murder trial of Jilson Avelar-Rodriguez is scheduled to resume at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.

KSAT takes a look at a double murder case from 2018 as the Hondurian national accused in the crime heads to trial.

The Pearsall football team is 4-1 entering its Week 6 match-up against Stockdale.

A fatal neurological disease known as “zombie deer disease” has been detected in a South Texas county for the first time, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Departments.

Only three milligrams of fentanyl is enough to kill an average adult male. The potent synthetic opioid is having a significant impact on how police in Pearsall do their jobs.

An explosion in Pearsall has left one person dead and two others injured, a federal official said.

Tommy Navarro, 45, faces a Class A misdemeanor charge of theft of property between $750 and $2,500.

Early voting results will be released at 7 p.m. CST on Nov. 8, 2022. Scroll within the result embeds to see all races.

Steele's impressive victory over New Braunfels headlined a pivotal Week 7 of KSAT 12's Big Game Coverage for the high school football season that brought clarity to district races across greater San Antonio area.

Week 4 of the 2022 high school football season was highlighted by offensive fireworks, as Canyon raced past Champion in KSAT 12's Game of the Week, Davenport scored 62 points in a win over Lockhart and Jefferson edged Brackenridge in overtime.

Residents in Derby, a rural town in Frio County about 10 miles southwest of Pearsall, have been without running water since August 6, according to the private company that supplies the town's water.

A recent homicide in Pearsall at the hands of a woman's ex-boyfriend is highlighting the inequities of domestic violence resources in rural communities.

Victims of domestic violence are reluctant to seek help because news travels fast in small towns, and everyone knows everyone, a domestic violence survivor advocate says.

Two women were injured after a man with a gun entered a business in downtown Pearsall and opened fire, according to authorities.

PEARSALL, Texas – A Pearsall 13-year-old girl is fighting for her life at Houston’s Texas Children’s Hospital after going into cardiac arrest. Alina Valenzuela’s health took a dramatic turn just less than two weeks ago. Her older sister, Leticia, said Valenzuela’s health plummeted on Jan. 10. Since her arrival in Houston, Alina has undergone two heart surgeries with Monday being the most recent. Since her arrival to Houston, Alina has undergone two heart surgeries, with Monday being the most recent.

The South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall, Texas. Across the nation, detention centers have become hotspots for the coronavirus, putting immigrant families and ICE officers at risk of contracting the virus. In early May, the immigration detention center was linked to more than 90% of Frio Countys confirmed COVID-19 cases. One of the detention centers has a rapid COVID-19 testing machine, but its constantly passed around between centers, Castro said. Garcia said shes not convinced recommended health protocols are being followed within the detention centers, though ICE employees told her they were.

Every positive COVID-19 case in Pearsall traced to immigration detention center, officials sayPublished: May 5, 2020, 6:34 pmAll of the 10 positive COVID-19 cases in Frio County have been traced to the South Texas Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing and Detention Center, according to Fred Reyes, Pearsall city manager.