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Morris recognized as Chamber Citizen of Year
Longtime Beeville Fire Chief Donnie Morris was selected as the Citizen of the Year at the 2013 Bee County Chamber of Commerce banquet, recently held at the Beeville Country Club. Tom Beasley, who i...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Crime Stoppers, BPD seek info on graffiti, hit-and-run
BEEVILLE – Police officers and Coastal Bend Crime Stoppers are looking for information that could help them solve two recent crimes. Police Chief Joe Treviño said one of the problems his officers w...
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Joyce Baker is all smiles as she helps Zorina Boyd select her pair of frames. Boyd is one of the first recipients in the Pickles for Peepers program. Students have been selling pickles to help pay for eyeglasses for their classmates.
Pickles for Peepers
Zorina Boyd can finally see what the teacher is writing on the chalkboard. And it’s thanks to a benefit cleverly named Pickles for Peepers. Deborah Keys, chemistry teacher at Jones High and one of...
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Gary Kent photo.Minas Talarantas shows off the recently remodeled dining room at his new business, the Beeville Diner. Previously one of the owners of the City Diner on Water Street in Corpus Christi, Talarantas said he is coming to Beeville with the hopes of making his customers happy and with the desire to fit in the community.
No New York state of mind here
BEEVILLE – For Minas Talarantas, the road from his native Greece to the quiet life in Beeville took a huge and unpleasant detour. Talarantas was only 13 when his family left Europe and traveled to ...
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Benefit funds dry up for car washes
BEEVILLE – Those fund-raising car washes that are often held around town will have to cease and desist for a while. City Manager Deborah Ballí said this weekend that the city is suspending all orga...
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Bill Clough photo Signs on the campus promote registration for the upcoming semesters. However, a decease in enrollment and reduced funding have forced cutbacks at the college — including the loss of faculty.
More cuts to come at CBC
BEEVILLE – The faculty at Coastal Bend College can expect more cutbacks. CBC President Dr. Beatriz Espinoza issued the warning before her leadership team Monday, ironically meeting in the same room...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Council elects new mayor
City Council voted Tuesday evening to have David Carabajal, right, serve as mayor and Libby Spires serve as mayor pro tem. Carabajal was nominated for mayor by John Fulghum while Jimbo Martinez, th...
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Gas leak shuts down part of city
Workmen from CenterPoint Energy rush to stop a large gas leak just before noon Monday in the 1300 block of West Corpus Christi Street. A utility truck owned by T&D Solutions of Corpus Christi was b...
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The Corpus Christi Ballet Company drew more than 700 audience members and raised $20,500 for CBC student scholarships.
‘Cinderella’ helps raise $20,500 for CBC Foundation
More than 700 attendees came to experience the magic of “Cinderella,” performed by the Corpus Christi Ballet Company, at the A.C. Jones High School Auditorium on Saturday, May 4. The event was a f...
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A man stands and waits, quietly honoring Joe Carrizales, 51, as the funeral procession, comprised of hundreds of vehicles, passes by on Highway 181 Business.
Always with a smile
BEEVILLE — When Joe Carrizales’ body was discovered Sunday evening in his home, the news sent a shock wave not only through the Bee County Sheriff’s Office but through the entire community. Carriza...
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Police release new details about fatal crash near Kenedy
KENEDY – Four men were killed in a crash involving three vehicles on the outskirts of Kenedy in the early morning hours of Monday, May 20. According to information from DPS, the accident happened a...
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Hamco buys BISD admin building
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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St. Philip's Church
Two different views of St. Philip's Episcopal Church.
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Jennifer Tyrrell hugs Pascal Tessier after a resolution passed to allow openly gay scouts in the Boy Scouts in Grapevine
Boy Scouts of America votes to end century-old ban on gay scouts
By Marice Richter GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lif...
Thu May 23 21:55:35 UTC 2013
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Protester Benjamin interrupts U.S. President Barack Obama as he speaks about his administration's counter-terrorism policy at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington
Obama in heated exchanges with Code Pink anti-war protester
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The woman who interrupted President Barack Obama's speech on countert...
Thu May 23 19:43:20 UTC 2013
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U.S. President Barack Obama pauses during speech at the National Defense University in Washington
Obama orders review of guidelines for probing journalists
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he directed Attorney...
Thu May 23 17:52:12 UTC 2013
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Boy Scouts vote to end ban on gay youth members
[Updated at 6:55 p.m. CT] DALLAS – The Boy Scouts of America, one of the country’s largest and ol...
Thu May 23 18:55:38 UTC 2013
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