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It's turtle time at the library in Beeville
A nest of children gathered Friday packed inside a room at the Joe Barnhart Bee County Library. They were there to see the turtles brought by instructors with the Texas State Aquarium. Double click on the video to see it in full screen.
Undocumented take George West PD on high-speed car chase
A U-Haul truck filled with 18 illegal immigrants took George West Police Department’s Bob Meakins and Jason Lee on a high-speed chase that ultimately ended with a crash through an iron ranch gate near midnight on June 9. Double click the video for full screen.

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Contributed photo The 1916 cannon that normally sits in front of the Karnes County courthouse is loaded onto a trailer headed to New Braunfels for restoration.
Joe Baker photo A turtle is perched on the edge of a second stock pond that Adrian Opiela fears may be affected by a recent spill of oilfield waste fluids that contaminated a large part of his property. Family members worry about the impact of the recent spill on wildlife living on the piece of land about 600 acres in size.
Joe Baker photo White squares of absorbent material float in a ditch filled with waste fluids from an area drilling operation that spilled when a two-inch fiberglass feeder line ruptured on property located about eight miles north of Karnes City.
Joe Baker photo A huge oak tree that the Opiela family estimates is more than 150 years old stands in danger near the site of a feeder line rupture and spill of contaminants from oilfield production.
Like a thick coat of orange slime, waste fluids from an area oil well production coat a dry creek bed on property owned by Adrian Opiela, Jr. A feeder line carrying the fluids from a well to a disposal facility ruptured on the property located about 8 miles north of Karnes City, contaminating a large area of the property and filling a large stock pond with waste fluids. Opiela is worried the spill may kill several large oak trees that have been on the property for more than 150 years.
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Contributed photo Pictured here is the unmarked unit used by the Karnes County Sheriff’s Office special operations unit license and weights deputy as he patrols for vehicles that appear to have safety violations, speeding, and other types of traffic enforcement. Deputy Jim Pearce (left), a retired DPS L&W trooper, is the license and weights deputy for Karnes County. According to Karnes County Sheriff Dwayne Villanueva (right), the vehicle will allow him to mix in as a regular vehicle with the large amounts of traffic that is now present on local roadways here in Karnes County and that way violators will not notice him as easily as they would in a truly marked patrol vehicle. This vehicle is also four wheel drive and recently with the large amounts of rain has come in handy. Sheriff Villanueva said that there is a possibility that more vehicles like this one, both marked and unmarked, could be added to the sheriff’s office fleet.

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