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EMS and fire calls increase: Talisman donates $32k
EMS calls increased three to four times their traditional volume and fire calls have gone from 30-35 calls a year to 20 a month in McMullen County. Talisman Energy stepped up and donated $32,000 to...
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Contributed Photo Buddy and Carolyn Orsak decorate their son, Caleb Rance Orsak, after earning the rank of Second Lieutenant and graduating Texas A&M on May 11.
Orsak commissioned as Second Lieutenant and graduates college
Caleb Rance Orsak received his commission in the United States Army as a Second Lieutenant on Friday, May 10 along with 42 other Army cadet candidates. In order to earn his commission, Lt. Orsak an...
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Built Ford Tough Scholarhips
Area FFA members and 2013 graduates Ashley Keadle of George West, Joseph Stanley of Tilden, and Lacey McNeill of Three Rivers hold their $1,000 Built Ford Tough FFA Scholarships. Keadle plans to a...
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A 3-month-old Catahoula Cur and a 3-month-old lab mix get acquainted at the George West dog pound on Thursday morning. The Catahoula Cur was found near George West Primary School about two weeks ago and the lab mix was found near the railroad tracks in George West about two weeks ago as well.
Foster homes needed to save dogs' lives
There are currently two ways to save a stray dog’s life in George West, through adoption or by finding a foster home until adoption. Darah Conard spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and countles...
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Academic Regional Qualifiers
Three Rivers High School had a total of seven students qualify for state UIL competition this year. The cross-examination debate teams of Gage Saenz and Tessa Gregory and Keller Hughes and Travis ...
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Morgan makes Dean's list
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Three Rivers High School 2010 graduate John Morgan Ross made the dean's list at Sul Ross State University with a 3.37 GPA. Ross has been a student/athlete at Sul Ross State since the fall of 2011. ...
Mystery photo needs ID
by Sylvia Steele
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The Museum received several calls in reference to the solider, but no one identified the photo. The solider in the photo is James M. Johnson III, “Marnie;” he served as MP during the Korean War in...
Biggest Valero store opens
by Matt Naber
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The saying goes that everything is bigger in Texas, and for locals and travelers in Three Rivers, that now includes the new gas station just north of town at the Interstate 37 and Highway 72 inters...
Garden Club May Hostess
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Contributed photo May hostesses, Carole Jambers, Norma Newport and Brenda Springer pose for a photo as the Three Rivers Garden Club prepares for their annual Plant and Bake Sale at the Gurwitz Cent...
Local rent increases by 275 percent
by Matt Naber
Jun 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
Rent in Live Oak County increased by 275 percent since 2005. Locals and newcomers alike looking for rental houses, mobile homes and apartments have all seen an increase over the last eight years wi...
Actors needed for Dobie West
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The Dobie West Theatre will present Horton Foote’s “Dividing the Estate” on Aug. 9 and 10 at 7 p.m. The story takes place in Texas in 1987 just after the oil, gas, and uranium “bust.” People who h...

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The interior of an unoccupied communal cellblock is seen at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay
Lawyer Cliff Sloan faces tough assignment: Closing Guantanamo
By Steve Holland and Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cliff Sloan has represented Jon Bon ...
2013-06-17 20:09:29 -0500
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A passenger plane approaches to land as other aircraft taxi to the runway at the San Diego International Airport in San Diego, California
Airlines' performance improves, lags other industries: U.S. poll
By Chris Michaud (Reuters) - U.S. consumers are more satisfied with airlines in recent years but ...
2013-06-18 00:16:15 -0500
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Trayvon Martin's parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin on the fifth day of jury selection at Seminole circuit court in Sanford
Lawyers probe jurors for hidden agendas in Trayvon Martin murder case
By Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - A white man with a chest-length gray beard wrote i...
2013-06-18 00:18:00 -0500
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Snowden: U.S. ‘not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me’
Edward Snowden, America's most-wanted whistle-blower, says the truth about the government spying ...
2013-06-17 09:42:20 -0500
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