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Roadrunner QB Soza to spe...
SKIDMORE – Eric Soza, University of Texas-San Antonio standout quarterback, will be the guest speaker at this year’s Skidmore-Tynan High School Athletic Banquet on May 28. Soza graduated from A.C. ...
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The Beeville 4-H Shooting Club members are locked and loaded and ready for their next full season of target shooting and competitions.
Bulls-eye: 4-H Shooting C...
BEEVILLE – The Beeville Shooting Sports 4-H Club enjoyed another great season, according to club leaders. Shooters from ages 9 through 19 competed in invitational shooting matches hosted by Austin ...
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Supportive Citizens
Not all concerned citizens go inside City Hall to show their support or concern of issues on the City Councel meetings agenda. Members of the River of Life Worship Center and Good Hope Baptist Chu...
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Taylor is pictured here with the top AR readers in Mrs. Denise Scott’s class at Hampton-Moreno-Dugat Early Learning Center: Jaiden Gonzales, Ashley Sustaita, Ryne Espinoza, April Canales, Texas Ballew and Julieann Castenada.
Encouraging excellence
BEEVILLE – Jones High valedictorian Taylor Castillo attended the Spring Celebration with BISD kindergarten classes this past week. She visited with the students and gave a small inspirational messa...
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Tim Delaney photo This white Dodge pickup went off the U.S. Highway 77 northbound lanes about four miles north of Refugio near Lambert Road and rolled after hitting the median at about 10 a.m. Thursday, May 9. The driver appeared to have minor injuries and was taken by EMS to the Refugio County Memorial Hospital.
Man injured in Highway 77...
REFUGIO – A one-vehicle rollover resulted in what appeared to be minor injuries to the driver of the pickup at 9:55 a.m., Thursday, May 9. The driver, Steve Muguerza, was the only one in the vehicl...
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Pictured from left (standing), Katalina Herrera, Mikayla Shaulis, Carly Haggard, Mailey Hardin, (kneeling) Christopher Olivarez, and Inocente Esquivel represent Skidmore-Tynan Elemetary School, which was recently named a Title 1 Distinguished School.
S-TES named ‘distinguishe...
Skidmore-Tynan Elementary School has again been named a “Title 1 Distinguished School” by the Texas Education Agency. S-T Elementary, along with Calallen East Elementary, George West Primary campus...
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Pauline Dillard enjoys Mothers Day in style. On Tuesday, she celebrated her 105th birthday. She is the mother of Bob Dillard of Refugio.
Century-plus-five birthda...
REFUGIO – Pauline Dillard celebrated 105 years Tuesday, May 14, at the Mission Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center where she is building up her strength to go home. The nursing home’s residents...
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Lucas Barcak goes in for a bunt during the Longhorn's game against the Jourdanton Indians on Friday evening at Three Rivers High School.
'Horns sweep Indians to a...
- The George West Longhorns swept the Jourdanton Indians in two games to advance to the Region IV Quarterfinals. The ‘Horns would face a wacky Friday night game that would have them travel to three...
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McMullen High School senior Destinee Thomas spins into her throw when practicing discuss throws on May 1 in preparation for the state track meet in Austin on May 10 and 11.
McMullen High track duo r...
High School’s Heather Gillin and Destinee Thomas represented their team, and Gillin brought home the gold at the UIL State Track Meet on May 10 and 11 in Austin; but getting there wasn’t an easy ta...
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Standing at left, Hoss Whitt, director of the Refugio County EMS, gives a presentation about emergency medical responses to a group of Austwell residents during the Austwell City Council meeting on Monday evening, May 13.
EMS says Austwell will be...
AUSTWELL – Residents attending the Austwell City Council meeting on Monday, May 13, were assured that the Refugio County EMS will make sure emergency patients get the care they need and are taken ...
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Roadrunner QB Soza to speak at Bobcat banquet
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
SKIDMORE – Eric Soza, University of Texas-San Antonio standout quarterback, will be the guest speaker at this year’s Skidmore-Tynan High School Athletic Banquet on May 28. Soza graduated from A.C. ...

Hamco buys BISD admin building
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
BEEVILLE – The former Beeville Independent School District administration building has been sold — again. At its regular meeting May 9, BISD trustees accepted a $350,000 bid from Hamco Realty, a Fo...

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People look at the destruction after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma
Frenetic search for survivors as 91 feared dead in tornado-hit Oklahoma
By Alice Mannette Ian Simpson MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Pre-dawn emergency workers searched fev...
Tue May 21 06:24:58 UTC 2013
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A U.S. Marine, who is part of a military honor guard, takes his position before a welcoming ceremony for German Defense Minister de Maiziere at the Pentagon in Washington
Pentagon to take over some CIA drone operations : sources
By Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's admin...
Mon May 20 20:35:27 UTC 2013
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Commuters arrive at the South Norwalk train station to be transferred to buses to Bridgeport to re-board Metro-North trains bound for New Haven
Connecticut rail delays continue, seen repaired by Wednesday
By Richard Weizel WESTPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - Connecticut rail commuters endured crowded an...
Mon May 20 17:13:49 UTC 2013
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Witnesses describe deadly Oklahoma tornado: ‘All you could hear were screams’
MOORE, Okla. – The hell he saw was harrowing, but it’s the sounds at Plaza Towers Elementary that...
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