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BBB warns of recent Internet scams
CORPUS CHRISTI – Weeks of tragedies can bring out the best in a community, but unfortunately it can also bring about those looking to take advantage of the situation. Better Business Bureau is warn...
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VFW now collecting item for overseas troops
Members of VFW Auxiliary 9170, American Legion Unit 274, First United Methodist Church, St. Mary’s Academy and St. Philip’s Church are worked together to obtain items to be sent overseas to our act...
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Click It or Ticket week comes May 20-June 2
BEEVILLE – Wearing a seat belt when on the road is a good idea any time. But it is especially a good idea during a Click It or Ticket week. That is when a violator is more likely to get a ticket fo...
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County reaches $3 million in reserves
BEEVILLE – County Judge David Silva was all smiles Monday. The county had reached the $3 million milestone in its reserves. The news came at the end of a routine county audit of last fiscal year’s ...
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County, city sales tax rebates up for year
BEEVILLE — Sales tax rebates slipped slightly for Bee County when the office of State Comptroller Susan Combs sent out payments last week. The $191,785.86 rebate was down by 9.17 percent when compa...
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Pit bull owner: Attack was like ‘a bad dream’
BEEVILLE – The man and woman who fought off an attack by a pet pit bulldog on May 8 said a lot of the facts from that incident got lost in the first report. Derek didn’t swat the dog, Linda Egstrom...
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Taking a bite is a crime
BEEVILLE – An attack on two residents of the 1200 block of South Tyler Street last week probably has some owners of pit bulldogs concerned. But Beeville’s Senior Animal Control Officer Lupe Valdez ...
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Voters also elected attorney George P. “Trace” Morrill to represent them in Ward 1 on the council.
Voters flush water bond
BEEVILLE — City Council members and City Manager Deborah Ballí are planning to start from scratch as they read the results of Saturday’s $15.3 million bond election. Voters shot down the bond sale ...
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Actor Jonathan Joss poses in front of the fan favorite character from TV’s “King of the Hill” John Redcorn. He made a surprise appearance to speak to the middle school students in Pawnee Friday about the importance of knowledge both in and out of school.
‘King of the Hill’ voice star stops in Pawnee
PAWNEE – Pawnee ISD had a special guest last Friday, and even though he’s worked with Oscar winning actors like Jeff Bridges and comedy legends like Chris Farley, none of the students could recogni...
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Younger and older veterans carry the colors at the beginning of Saturday morning’s “The Parade That Never Was.” Thousands showed from cities throughout the area to honor the Vietnam veterans.
Parade that now was
Downtown Beeville turned red, white and blue for the Parade That Never Was. Organizer Eloy Rodriguez said he estimated that a couple of thousand residents showed up to cheer and thank the Vietnam v...
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Coastal Bend College honored its graduates Friday with commencement ceremonies in both the morning and afternoon — dividing it out by degree type.
Grads told to excel in life by taking chances
Hers is a story of a high school graduate so naive of the world that she believed Christianity was the only religion. She thought that Spanish and English would be the only languages she would ever...
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CBCF announces 2013 annual grants available to area nonprofits
Corpus Christi – The Coastal Bend Community Foundation board of directors has announced that $700,000 is available for its 2013 annual grants cycle. Interested nonprofit organizations may access th...
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St. Philip's Church
Two different views of St. Philip's Episcopal Church.
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Huge tornado touches down near Oklahoma City, more forecast
By Lindsay Morris TULSA, Oklahoma (Reuters) - A huge tornado touched down on Monday near Oklahoma...
Mon May 20 16:05:36 UTC 2013
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Newly constructed homes in an unfinished subdivision is surrounded by weeds in Coolidge
More poor people now live in U.S. suburbs than cities - study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of people living in poverty in U.S. suburbs surpassed the numbe...
Mon May 20 11:55:15 UTC 2013
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Vermont passes law allowing doctor-assisted suicide
By Jason McLure (Reuters) - Vermont on Monday became the fourth U.S. state to end legal penalties...
Mon May 20 14:14:46 UTC 2013
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Huge tornado touches down near Oklahoma City
A devastating, mile-wide tornado touched down near Oklahoma City on Monday, leveling homes, busin...
Mon May 20 15:55:48 UTC 2013
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