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A lost symbol of love
It will be 50 years next year that Rinda and J.A. Young married. But the symbol of their union disappeared earlier this month. “I know I went to the doctor on the 9th and I had it on then,” she sa...
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Free SBA seminars planned
Lender Relations Specialist Annie Hudspeth of the U.S. Small Business Administration ( SBA ) and guest speakers, in collaboration with the Coastal Bend College, will hold several informative and e...
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Council may call for Civil Service election in November
The anticipated November election to determine the fate of Civil Service for officers of the Beeville Police Department became less likely Tuesday night. Nine of the BPD’s 18 patrolmen and detecti...
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Sea changes bigger than tsunamis
In the mid-1800s there was a smart geologist with a face as sharp as flint who worked in the American Midwest. In those days, the “Midwest” was quite close to the frontier of the country. It took ...
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This photo of a school children’s parade taken on Nov. 2, 1917, is one of a number of interesting old photographs that can be seen on the Bee County Historical Commission’s new website. Computer users may find the site, and its photo gallery at www.beecountyhistoricalcommission.org. More photos also online at www.mySouTex.com. Bee County history gone digital
Fans of Texas and Bee County history will be glad to learn that local and state Web sites are offering a wealth of information, photos and site descriptions for their research. Dr. Barbara Welder ...
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Rabid bats found in South Texas
Beeville’s Senior Animal Control Officer Johnny Carabajal is encouraging pet owners to have their animals vaccinated against rabies after the Texas Department of State Health Services reported thr...
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Spring forward on Sunday
Don’t forget to spring forward this weekend! On Sunday, March 14, daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m., giving everyone an extra hour of sunlight in the afternoons for work or play. In order to b...
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$125K passed out to Bee County schools
Members of the Bee County Commissioners Court voted Monday to disburse $124,890 in permanent school funds. County Judge David Silva said the majority of that money, $91,834.76, went to the Beevill...
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16-year-old girl recovering after tragic wreck last week
The doctors and nurses didn’t think 16-year-old Bethany Bernal would survive the night. With serious head injuries sustained in a wreck that also killed two other teens, things weren’t looking goo...
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Prison inmates may get their $50 and a bus ticket home in Beeville
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has confirmed that prison inmates could soon be released in Beeville and other regional sites around the state after they have served their time. Jason Cla...
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BISD trustees approve $1.3 million for stadium improvements
Beeville ISD trustees voted Monday to spend $1.3 million to replace the north side bleachers at the high school stadium. Earlier this year, specialists deemed the 30-year-old or older bleachers ...
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Steven Ray Martin Sex offender agrees to 10 years deferred adjudication & 75 days in jail
District Judge M.E. “Mike” Welborn approved a plea bargain agreement Tuesday morning and sentenced a 39-year-old man to 10 years deferred adjudication, 75 days confinement in the Bee County Jail a...
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Calif. rape suspect lived by school for 16 months (AP)
AP - A convicted sex offender charged with murdering a California teenager lived near a preschool for at least 16 months before parole agents forced him to move, according to state corrections records released Wednesday.
Wed Mar 17 22:49:03 -0500 2010
Authorities: Prius seen near Border Patrol vehicle (AP)

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - A California Highway Patrol report released Wednesday says an officer responding to a report of a runaway Toyota Prius arrived to find a Border Patrol agent near the driver with lights flashing.


Wed Mar 17 21:42:49 -0500 2010
More than 100 complaints lodged over fixed Toyotas (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, the Toyota logo is seen on a car at a dealership in Nashville, Tenn. An analysis by The Associated Press finds that the U.S. government has received more than 100 complaints from drivers who say their recalled Toyotas are still accelerating on their own even after receiving the automaker's fix. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)AP - Complaints of sudden acceleration in Toyotas repaired under recalls have nearly doubled in the past two weeks, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data.


Wed Mar 17 22:19:05 -0500 2010
Nation, world go green for St. Patrick's Day (AP)

John Ruplenas, foreground, of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., and in background from left, Jessica Scott, Brandy Bazinet, and Johnna Pitt, all from Alabama, wait on 5th Ave for the start of the St. Patrick's day parade, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, in New York. Ruplenas arrived on 5th Ave to get a spot at 5 a.m. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - All the world from the Sydney Opera House to the Empire State Building turned Irish, or at least Irish for the day, as revelers marked St. Patrick's Day with bagpipes, dancing, emerald lights and green body paint in a flurry of celebration.


Wed Mar 17 19:45:15 -0500 2010