DIMMIT COUNTY, Tex. – Justin Horne is back on the road again to find the meaning behind area names. This time, there is a theme: misspelled names. For one local county, it was a matter of dotting its ...

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SAN ANTONIO — A Dimmit County deputy is recovering in a San Antonio hospital after being shot in Big Wells Tuesday night, authorities say. The suspect is in custody after he crashed while attempting ...

The trouble all started down in Dimmit County, in a corner of South Texas known best for oil and trophy deer hunting. But it isn’t limited to thorn brush country. The problem twists through 191 of the ...

BIG WELLS, Texas – Dimmit County Precinct 3 Constable Robert Balderas says chases involving human smuggling have become common in recent weeks in the area. Balderas said one of the wild and scariest ...

Officials in a South Texas county have voted against a contract to open a new immigrant family holding center there. The San Antonio Express-News reports Dimmit County commissioners voted Monday ...

Dimmit County commissioners could decide next week whether to partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on a facility for holding immigrant families. The proposal for a 500- to 1,000-bed ...

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Dimmit County, an area which may ...

Facing stark legal consequences, Dimmit County Sheriff Joel Gonzales resigned Monday in compliance with a pre-trial diversion agreement relating to a misdemeanor charge of operating an unlicensed ...

Dimmit County officials have arrested an immigrant from El Salvador who they say was in the country illegally and kidnapped a woman and tried to use her car to get to Houston. Carlos Monge Hernandez, ...