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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.
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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.
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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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Mickie Ochoa, Chamber of Commerce; Scott Childress, Chamber of Commerce board chairman; David Zalman, chairman of the board and president; Mickey Lofton, president of the Beeville Prosperity Bank; Day Abel, Prosperity Bank vice president; and County Judge David Silva..
Grand reopening
Above, the new Prosperity Bank officially opened with a ribbon cutting Monday evening. Front row, from left, are: Mickie Ochoa, Chamber of Commerce; Scott Childress, Chamber of Commerce board chair...
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Kenda Nelson photo Heather Belle Solansky recently was able to obtain a service dog to assist with her type 1 childhood diabetes. The brown Lab costs $18,000, so Heather’s family and friends along with businesses have partnered to hold a teen dance Saturday from 8 to midnight at the VFW Post 6290.
Heather Solansky’s servic...
Heather Belle Solansky recently obtained the service dog she has long awaited — a small, brown Labrador pup named Max with energy to match the 8-year-old’s. The two are bonding and working togethe...
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Contributed photo Pictured are Chief of Police Joe Treviño and other Beeville Police Department Officers with children from Thomas Jefferson Elementary School as they participate in this year’s One Book One School program.
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BEEVILLE – Through the Joe Barnhart Foundation, all of the schools in Beeville ISD are participating in the One School One Book program this year, a program in which one book is selected and a whol...
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A pair of youngsters dash across Main Street in Kenedy Saturday morning in a rush to find a good spot to watch the Bluebonnet Days Parade. This year’s parade featured numerous decorated floats and colorful entries. Saturday events at Joe Gulley Park were cancelled due to heavy rains on Thursday, but Kenedy Chamber of Commerce officials plan to reschedule for a future date.
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A pair of youngsters dash across Main Street in Kenedy Saturday morning in a rush to find a good spot to watch the Bluebonnet Days Parade. This year’s parade featured numerous decorated floats and ...
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Grand jurors indict McConnell inmates for assault, weapons
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BEEVILLE — Seven inmates who are or were assigned to the William G. McConnell Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice face additional prison time if they are convicted of crimes allegedly ...

Coastal Bend College awarded $1.5M in fed grants
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BEEVILLE — Coastal Bend College is among three educational facilities who will share more than $1.5 million in grants for the U.S. Department of Education’s Upward Bound Program. Congressman Ruben...

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