SONORA – Authorities safely detonated a World War I-era bomb shell on Aug. 29 after it was turned in to Sonora Police Chief Donald Fernandez Jr. Officers raised concerns about the …
Schleicher County Commissioners approved $3,000 stipends for County Clerk Marsha Maskkill and Tax Assessor Vanessa Covarrubiaz as compensation for their work in conducting county elections, but they …
The Blotter is a summary of the previous week’s activity by the Schleicher County Sheriff’s Dept. For practical reasons of time and space, The Blotter does not include every call made to …
A 19-year-old Austin man was arrested Wednesday, August 20th, and charged with stealing 2023 GMC Sierra pickup, but not before he was taken by ambulance to Schleicher County Medical Center after he rolled the pickup on FM 915 near the Irion County line.
No members of the public were in attendance as the Schleicher County ISD board of trustees met Monday evening, August 25th, for a budget and tax rate hearing. With no public input on the district’s proposed budget, the trustees voted 5-0 to adopt a $8,929,596 budget for the coming year.
The Eldorado City Council met at 12 noon on Monday, August 25 and voted to adopt a $2,543,550 budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
The Blotter is a summary of the previous week’s activity by the Schleicher County Sheriff’s Dept. For practical reasons of time and space, The Blotter does not include every call made to …
Construction is underway to upgrade the intersection of U.S. 277 and Grand Canal Road and the US 87 frontage road in the southern portion of San Angelo.
Schleicher County Commissioners met Monday, August 18th and authorized the transfer of $470,000 from the Permanent School Fund, to Schleicher County Independent School District in order to pay for renovations of the district's running track.
Schleicher County Deputy Carlos Duran and Sheriff Jason Chatham were among the emergency personnel responding to a two-vehicle accident 13 miles north of Eldorado on Friday morning, August 15th. The …
The Blotter is a summary of the previous week’s activity by the Schleicher County Sheriff’s Department
Schleicher County ISD will be holding a bond election on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, as the district asks the voters for permission to issue general obligation bonds totaling as much as $23 million. If approved, the bonds will be used to fund construction of a new elementary school.
The Eldorado City Council met Monday, August 11th, and declined a request from local resident Steven Pina to keep show pigs within the city limits.
U.S. 277 was closed to traffic for several hours on Friday, August 8, 2025, after a two-vehicle accident claimed the life of a Victoria man some four miles north of Sonora.
Schleicher County ISD's new cell phone and electronic device policy takes effect on Thursday, August 14th. The policy was adopted to comply with Texas House Bill 1481 which directly relates to all public and open-enrollment charter schools in the state.
Admiral Frank Mitchell Bradley, a 1987 graduate of Eldorado High School, has been promoted to four-star admiral and confirmed as the new commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM). The U.S. …
Schleicher County Commissioners considered the need to repair flood-damaged roads during their meeting on Monday, August 4th.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), in coordination with the Tom Green Co. Sheriff’s Office, captured an assault suspect after a miles-long pursuit that ended in Mertzon this week.
A nine man, three woman jury found Frank Moreno Gandar IV of Eldorado guilty on three felony counts on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, and sentenced him to two years in prison and a pair of three year terms …
The 56th annual Schleicher County Rodeo Association Top of the Divide Rodeo actually got underway on Thursday, July 24th, with several contestants, who could not appear in the main performances of the rodeo, competing during slack.
