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Younger and older veterans carry the colors at the beginning of Saturday morning’s “The Parade That Never Was.” Thousands showed from cities throughout the area to honor the Vietnam veterans.
Parade that now was
Downtown Beeville turned red, white and blue for the Parade That Never Was. Organizer Eloy Rodriguez said he estimated that a couple of thousand residents showed up to cheer and thank the Vietnam v...
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Coastal Bend College honored its graduates Friday with commencement ceremonies in both the morning and afternoon — dividing it out by degree type.
Grads told to excel in life by taking chances
Hers is a story of a high school graduate so naive of the world that she believed Christianity was the only religion. She thought that Spanish and English would be the only languages she would ever...
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CBCF announces 2013 annual grants available to area nonprofits
Corpus Christi – The Coastal Bend Community Foundation board of directors has announced that $700,000 is available for its 2013 annual grants cycle. Interested nonprofit organizations may access th...
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Pet adoption clinic
BEEVILLE — The staff at the Beeville Animal Shelter on Cook Road will hold another adoption clinic this Saturday. The clinic has been a huge success in the past. Animal Control Officer Lupe Valdez ...
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Donations received on Klipstein challenge
BEEVILLE – Donations keep coming, and that’s a good thing. The Lions Club and Sports and Recreation Foundation of Beeville have been hard at work in gathering matching funds for a $750 challenge do...
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DKG chapter awards book grants
Gamma Omicron Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International recognized its book grant recipients at the May 4 meeting held at RES Elementary School in Karnes City. Scholarship Chairman Bet...
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Normanna Volunteer Fire Department on path of recovery
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After years of slow decline, the Normanna Volunteer Fire Department shows signs of recovery. Bee County firefighters were quick to point out during a fire school on April 20 that the department’s n...
Ammo returns to store shelves
by Gary Kent
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BEEVILLE – Ever so slowly, ammunition and semiautomatic rifles are beginning to show up again on the shelves at businesses which deal in those products. Few were surprised when, in the wake of the ...
Several groups collecting items for overseas troops
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Members of VFW Auxiliary 9170, American Legion Unit 274, First United Methodist Church, St. Mary’s Academy and St. Philip’s Church are worked together to obtain items to be sent overseas to our act...
DA undecided if seeking capital murder charges
by Gary Kent
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BEEVILLE — District Attorney José Aliseda said Thursday that he has not yet made a decision as to whether or not to seek a capital murder case against Mark Pillow. The 24-year-old suspect has been ...
Pettus to hold BBQ cook-off June 29
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The first annual Pettus Community Center BBQ Cook-off is planned for Saturday, June 29, at the Pettus Community Center. The cook-off is a fundraiser for the center to help with needed repairs. Cont...
Ink Slingers’ Ball left quite an imprint
by Paul Gonzales
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Corpus christi –Last Saturday was the third annual Ink Slingers’ Ball which was held at the House of Rock in Corpus Christi. And if you’re like me, you probably had in mind that you’d see a bunch o...
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Boy Scouts statue titled Trail to Manhood outside the National Scouting Museum in Irving
Boy Scouts of America vote ends long-standing ban on gay scouts
By Marice Richter GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lif...
Thu May 23 18:30:11 UTC 2013
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U.S. President Barack Obama pauses during speech at the National Defense University in Washington
Obama orders review of guidelines for probing journalists
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he directed Attorney...
Thu May 23 17:52:12 UTC 2013
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FBI personnel walk through the complex surrounding the apartment, where Ibragim Todashev was shot and killed by FBI, in Orlando
Father of Chechen shot by FBI says he thinks son was tortured
GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - The father of a Chechen immigrant killed during questioning over his l...
Thu May 23 16:23:25 UTC 2013
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Boy Scouts vote to end ban on openly gay youth members
[Updated at 6:20 p.m. CT] DALLAS – The Boy Scouts of America, one of the country’s largest and ol...
Thu May 23 17:14:38 UTC 2013
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