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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
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 ...
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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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Bill Engvall
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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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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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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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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tales of old Bee County
One building
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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Ariel Castro appears in court with public defender Kathleen DeMetz in Cleveland
Accused Cleveland kidnapper to appear at pre-trial hearing
By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A former Cleveland school-bus driver accused of holding three...
2013-06-19 05:03:26 -0500
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Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk speaks during the Model S Beta Event held at the Tesla factory in Fremont
Tesla recalls some Model S vehicles due to seat-mount defect
(Reuters) - Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc said it recalled some Model S cars manufactured b...
2013-06-19 07:10:46 -0500
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A man carries flags at a rally in support of same-sex marriage at the State of California Supreme Court in San Francisco
After court rules, California gay marriage fight may go on
By Peter Henderson SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The fight over legalizing gay marriage in the most p...
2013-06-19 00:11:14 -0500
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Journalist Michael Hastings dies in car crash at 33
Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist whose explosive 2010 Rolling Stone profile of U.S....
2013-06-18 19:23:00 -0500
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