Pearsall News

May 18 1911 Big Joe Turner is born in Kansas City, Mo. His shouting blues inspired rock singers like Elvis Presley and Little Richard.

George Harvey Strait was born May 18, 1952. He grew up in Pearsall, Texas, which is south of San Antonio.

Last Saturday's Bass Champs Tournament was scheduled perfectly. The tournament at Choke Canyon Reservoir yielded two bass bigger than 14 pounds and another fish weighing nearly 13 pounds.

March 3, 2009 Dennis and Sharmane Gass of Floresville, Texas, are pleased to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Brandy Sharee, to Clinton Louis Wickham, the son of Debbie Wickham of Pleasanton ...

Employees at the largest immigrant detention center in Texas will meet today in Pearsall to vote on whether to strike or accept a proposed contract with the company that runs the facility for the Department of ...

Plane crash kills Spicewood pair A twin-engine plane crashed into the backyard of a home in Montgomery County on Thursday, killing a couple from Spicewood who were in the plane.

Guards at one of the nation's largest immigrant detention facilities have approved a new labor contract rather than strike.

Guards at the largest immigrant detention facility in Texas readied to strike Tuesday in a dispute with the same private contractor running a West Texas prison disrupted by two inmate riots in as many months.

As officials in a remote West Texas county have sought to keep their local prison full and financially viable, it has become the scene of mounting inmate unrest, including two riots in the last six weeks.

This may be a small town, but its civic leaders say that's no reason to turn away from big ideas.

News 4 WOAI has learned guards could go on strike at a detention center in our area.

Freer police seized eight bags of cocaine last Tuesday, found strapped to the legs of a Pearsall man who was allegedly trying to smuggle it under his pants, according to police reports.

Amorese Valenzuela was the first baby born in 2009 at Uvalde Memorial Hospital. She was born on Jan.

Pearsall TX- More claims of sexual assaults at a detention center for immigrants in Pearsall.

A two-car collision at the Turtle Creek Crossing of Lower Turtle Creek Road Monday afternoon resulted in one woman being airlifted to San Antonio.

Pearsall will replace its outgoing police chief, ,with Bexar County Sheriff's Office deputy chief Henry Martinez.

Attorneys for 10 Somali men held in an immigration detention center in South Texas allege that federal immigration officials segregated and interrogated their clients after they left a Muslim prayer service, ...

December 16, 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Larry Urban of Pearsall, Texas, are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Meredith Leigh Urban, to Darrell Wayne Hartl, the son of Mr.

Classic Christmas Review Posted by Mitch Michaels on 12.04.2008 The king of country returns with a sack full of Christmas goodies... My Story I'm a huge George Strait fan and I'll admit that up front.