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Tommy Hensley cooks up a redneck burger Tuesday as he gets used to the grill and layout of the cafe’s new food trailer. He and his wife say they plan to start in July using it not only for catering but also to serve those working in the oil field.

Hensley’s Ca-fae goes mobile with new chuck wagon trailer

by Jason Collins

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BEEVILLE – Tommy stood in front of the searing hot grill housed inside the new Hensley’s Ca-fae chuck wagon food trailer. Steam rolled from the meat as the sugars caramelized forming a light brown ...

Belated utility fees bewilder residents
BEEVILLE — City Hall is hearing some complaints about all the added-on fees residents are seeing on their monthly utility bills. One woman recently drew question marks about a park fee, a fire fee ...

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Beeville MedicalAssociates Practice is closing
BEEVILLE — Christus Spohn Medical Group is closing the Beeville Medical Associates practice. BMA will no longer see patients after July 19, but clinic offices will be open until Oct. 1 for patient...

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Grand jurors indict suspect in pool cue assault, escape case
BEEVILLE – A Bee County man who allegedly struck another man with a pool stick and then fled in a vehicle to escape arrest could face some lengthy prison time if convicted of one of two counts in a...

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Sales tax rebates to city, county improve
AUSTIN — State Comptroller Susan Combs’ office has sent out sales tax rebates for June and the figures are looking good once again for the city and county. The city’s payment this month was $324,15...

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Engvall to bring Blue Collar comedy to Victoria
VICTORIA — Bill Engvall has been doing stand up comedy for more than 30 years now. He’s starred in numerous films and TV shows and even has a platinum record hanging on his wall in his home office...

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Because rainfall was spotty this year, so will be the harvest. This grain sorghum east of Beeville was in one of the lucky areas. Now, if farmers can just fight off the hogs that attack their grain each night, some might actually make some money this year.

Crop outcome spotty this year
BEEVILLE — “We’re actually going to make a crop this year,” said Bee County Agricultural Extension Agent Matthew “Matt” Bochat. “If we can keep the hogs out,” complained Bee County farmer Troy Bert...

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Beeville Water Supply District Board President Jim Crumrine (far left) hands a plaque to outgoing board member George P. “Trace” Morrill III at Monday evening’s board meeting. Morrill resigned from the board after being elected to the City Council last month. Other board members pictured are Ronald “Buddy” Hardy and Kay Hickey.

Goodbye to one, welcome to the new
Beeville Water Supply District Board welcomes one new member and says goodbye to another.

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Victoria Master Gardeners will hold training classes
Applications are currently being accepted by Victoria County Master Gardener Association for the 2013 training class starting Aug. 1. Gardening enthusiasts living in Victoria and surrounding counti...

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Edward Brady Morton, Jr.
Edward Brady Morton, Jr., 80, died on Wednesday, June 12, at a hospital in Corpus Christi following a short illness. He was born to Edward Brady and Betty Elizabeth (Smith) Morton on Dec. 25, 1932 ...

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Water crisis committee gets first of its members: Water supply board appoints Crumrine, Hardy
BEEVILLE — Two longtime members of the Beeville Water Supply District board of directors were appointed Monday evening to sit on a special city committee to study the current water crisis. Board me...

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Council selects a multitude of new volunteers for water crisis committee
BEEVILLE — City Council members appointed three members each to their committee to study the development of alternative water supplies when they met Tuesday night. George P. “Trace” Morrill appoint...

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THC to offer workshop on historical marker program
BEEVILLE — The Joe Barnhart Bee County Library will host a special workshop on Texas historical markers later this month. Scheduled for June 29, members of the Texas Historical Commission staff wil...

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Moreno Loudmouth golf tourney adds up to success

Hunger to help

BAA serves Berclair well with ‘Boots-n-BBQ’

Shaffer brings licenses, experience to wastewater superintendent position

Bee ’N Idol gears up for another season of stars

Is Pettus merely doomed to flood?

Pioneer makes donation to Coastal Bend College

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tales of old Bee County

One building goes up, another comes down.
In Beeville there's always lots of construction and demolition going on. Well, back when these photos were taken there was. Both buildings are unnamed and unknown.

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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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