{"id":395219,"date":"2026-08-02T03:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/395219\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T03:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:31:08","slug":"deputies-investigate-after-person-drowns-in-nueces-river-near-cooksey-dam-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/395219\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputies investigate after person drowns in Nueces River near Cooksey Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UVALDE, Texas &#8211; Uvalde County deputies were assisting Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officers with a drowning on the Nueces River near Cooksey Dam.<\/p>\n<p>According to a warning posted on Facebook by Uvalde County Sheriff Ruben Nolasco, he urged residents to use caution while swimming in the river, saying it can be \u201cunpredictable\u201d and that \u201ccurrents, sudden changes in water level, and hidden hazards can make swimming more dangerous than it looks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUvalde County Deputies are currently assisting TPWD with a drowning that just occurred on the Nueces River by Cooksey Dam,\u201d Nolasco wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Nolasco also shared safety reminders, including: \u201cNever swim alone,\u201d \u201cKeep an eye on kids at all times,\u201d and \u201cAvoid swimming after heavy rain or when water looks rough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UVALDE, Texas &#8211; Uvalde County deputies were assisting Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officers with a drowning on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-395219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}