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The La Pryor Independent School District has named a second interim superintendent as the district grapples with an investigation into an alleged assault of a child involving its former superintendent.

A now-former Crystal City Police Department officer was arrested amid an investigation into child exploitation, according to the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office.

The La Pryor Independent School District has placed its superintendent on paid leave pending an unspecified investigation, according to the district.

A person died, and several were injured after a major vehicle accident due to icy road conditions early Tuesday morning in Zavala County, according to the sheriff’s office

DPS officials said a Honda coming from Houston was believed to be involved in human smuggling.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is launching a new campaign to help educate the public about a fatal neurological disease among deer known as Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD.

A fatal neurological disease known as “zombie deer disease” has been detected in more animals in Frio and Zavala counties, southwest of San Antonio.

A San Antonio man has been arrested in a human smuggling case that ended in a car crash in Zavala County, according to the sheriff’s office.

A San Antonio woman was arrested after she led Zavala County deputies on a chase while driving a group of migrants, according to the sheriff’s office.

A Texas driver was arrested after sheriff’s deputies found a woman and a child inside her vehicle’s trunk during a traffic stop, according to the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office.

Two women were arrested on multiple charges after they led Texas DPS troopers on a high-speed chase that ended in a crash, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

A man has been arrested in South Texas after he fatally struck a person with a vehicle and evaded Blanco County authorities during a shootout, according to the sheriff’s office.

Authorities in Zavala County are investigating an attempted abduction of a student outside a middle school this week.

SAN ANTONIO – A lack of rainfall in 2020 has allowed drought conditions to worsen in South Texas, culminating this week. The latest Drought Monitor, which was released on Thursday and takes into account drought conditions through November 10th, has placed parts of Uvalde, Zavala, and Dimmit counties within an “exceptional drought," the highest drought level. What is Exceptional Drought? So, what does it mean to be within the “exceptional drought” category? Many other cities around South Texas are in the same situation.

ZAVALA COUNTY, Texas – A 62-year-old man’s run from the law since 1990 is over. Cesar Dominguez Chavez, who was wanted for a 1990 shooting death in Zavala County, has been arrested. Man who fatally shot pregnant ex-girlfriend on Christmas Day diesHe was transported to the Maverick County Jail, where he will be picked up for transfer to the Zavala County Jail, officials said. Chavez was on the run since he allegedly shot and killed Juan Jose Jimenez DeLeon on April 13, 1990. He was indicted by a Zavala County grand jury in 1991 on a charge of capital murder.

LA PRYOR, Texas – Two suspects are charged in connection with the murder of a 38-year-old man that happened early New Year’s Day in La Pryor, officials said Thursday. David Castillo, 51, and Daniel Castillo, 25, who are father and son, are both charged with murder. Officers were called to the 500 block of Evelyn Street in La Pryor around 2:45 a.m. Wednesday for a possible stabbing. Deputies with the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office were told that the victim was at a New Year’s party at the location. The Zavala County Sheriff’s Office said both suspects, who were not invited, arrived to the party and called out the victim, identified as Abel Longoria.