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Jason Collins photo Tractor trailers, like this one, are frequently seen traveling U.S. Highway 181. The increase in traffic is making many elderly fearful to travel the highways into town even to buy groceries.
Traffic keeping many off ...
Some highways will get face-lifts. Others will be widened, and still others will have passing lanes installed. It’s all part of the four-year plan announced Tuesday by the Texas Department of Tran...
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File photo Luminarias line the track at Veterans Memorial Stadium during last year’s Relay for Life.
Relay back on track for F...
BEEVILLE – Relay for Life Bee County is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Friday at Veterans Memorial Stadium at A.C. Jones High School. So far, $52,544 has been raised from the 43 teams and 582 parti...
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Bruce Harper photo Moreno Middle School seventh-grade math teacher Pete Ferrer is joined by two of his students with a backdrop of motivational posters that adorn the ceiling in his classroom. The students are, from left, Maria Jimenez and Valeria Garcia.
Motivation leads Ferrer a...
BEEVILLE – Seventh-grade math teacher Pete Ferrer understands that, when you have motivated students, the learning and teaching become easier and better. “After getting the sixth-graders up and m...
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Bruce Harper photo Junior midfielder Heather McKinney controls the action on the field for the Lady Trojans. She was recently named to the All-Region First Team by the Texas Association of Soccer Coaches.
Lady Trojans selected to ...
BEEVILLE – The Lady Trojan soccer team continues to accumulate postseason awards. Three members of Beeville’s Region IV semifinals team were recently named to the 2012 All-Region team by the Texas ...
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Nancy Bellows, who lives in close proximity to Tejas BBQ, wanted assurance that the restaurant will not turn into a “beer joint.”
Council approves $10,000 ...
After swearing in the new city council members Tuesday night, the council granted permission for a local restaurant to serve beer and wine. They also approved a $10,000 fireworks show for the Fourt...
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Gary Kent photo Republicans seeking the party’s nomination for the U.S. Representative seat in District 34, Paul Haring and Jessica Puente Bradshaw, answer questions during debates Saturday night at A.C. Jones High School. Republican candidate for the nomination, Adela Garza, was unable to attend the function.
Early voting ends Friday ...
BEEVILLE – Early voting continues in the Texas Democratic and Republican primary elections through Friday. Voting is from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. in Room 109 of the county courthouse. Voters should r...
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Emergency medical technicians assist a deputy sheriff and members of the Beeville Volunteer Fire Department in lifting Dr. Maximiliano Herrera off the underside of his small SUV Tuesday morning so he can be pulled up the bank at Poesta Creek to a waiting ambulance. A witness called 911 just before 9 a.m. after seeing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s physician veer off State Highway 202 and crash, upside down, in about two feet of water in the creek. Herrera appeared to have only minor injuries.
Rescue team pulls doctor ...
BEEVILLE — A physician working for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is lucky to be alive this week after the small SUV he was driving left the roadway early Tuesday and crashed, upside down...
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Carole Gaskamp photo Kenedy senior Tristan Mejia hits a sacrifice fly to deep centerfield to score Rolie Zepeda from third base in State Quarter Final playoff game on Friday.
Lions’ run comes to an end
In a one game series timing is everything and it was that timing that ended the playoff run of the Kenedy Lions in the regional quarterfinals in Hondo Friday night against the Mason Punchers. Bot...
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Longhorns Advance to regi...
MATHIS- The George West Longhorns continue their winning streak, by beating the previously undefeated Refugio Bobcats 6-5 in the 2A area playoff game Saturday night. The Longhorns started off th...
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Nurses week
Registered nurses working at Christus Spohn Hospital Beeville gathered last week on Wednesday morning to watch as Mayor Pro Tem Mike Scotten delivered a proclamation, designating the week of May 7-...
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Jason Collins photo Tractor trailers, like this one, are frequently seen traveling U.S. Highway 181. The increase in traffic is making many elderly fearful to travel the highways into town even to buy groceries.
Jason Collins photo Tractor trailers, like this one, are frequently seen traveling U.S. Highway 181. The increase in traffic is making many elderly fearful to travel the highways into town even to buy groceries.
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Traffic keeping many off the roadways
by Jason Collins
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Some highways will get face-lifts. Others will be widened, and still others will have passing lanes installed. It’s all part of the four-year plan announced Tuesday by the Texas Department of Tran...

Boy robber avoids prison
by Gary Kent
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BEEVILLE — A teen-ager was sentenced to spend the next five years in the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department during a hearing on May 17. District Judge Joel Johnson sent the 14-year-o...

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