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VFW now collecting item for overseas troops
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...
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Click It or Ticket week comes May 20-June 2
BEEVILLE – Wearing a seat belt when on the road is a good idea any time. But it is especially a good idea during a Click It or Ticket week. That is when a violator is more likely to get a ticket fo...
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County reaches $3 million in reserves
BEEVILLE – County Judge David Silva was all smiles Monday. The county had reached the $3 million milestone in its reserves. The news came at the end of a routine county audit of last fiscal year’s ...
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County, city sales tax rebates up for year
BEEVILLE — Sales tax rebates slipped slightly for Bee County when the office of State Comptroller Susan Combs sent out payments last week. The $191,785.86 rebate was down by 9.17 percent when compa...
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Pit bull owner: Attack was like ‘a bad dream’
BEEVILLE – The man and woman who fought off an attack by a pet pit bulldog on May 8 said a lot of the facts from that incident got lost in the first report. Derek didn’t swat the dog, Linda Egstrom...
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Taking a bite is a crime
BEEVILLE – An attack on two residents of the 1200 block of South Tyler Street last week probably has some owners of pit bulldogs concerned. But Beeville’s Senior Animal Control Officer Lupe Valdez ...
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Voters flush water bond
by Gary Kent
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
BEEVILLE — City Council members and City Manager Deborah Ballí are planning to start from scratch as they read the results of Saturday’s $15.3 million bond election. Voters shot down the bond sale ...
‘King of the Hill’ voice star stops in Pawnee
by Paul Gonzales
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
PAWNEE – Pawnee ISD had a special guest last Friday, and even though he’s worked with Oscar winning actors like Jeff Bridges and comedy legends like Chris Farley, none of the students could recogni...
Parade that now was
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Grads told to excel in life by taking chances
by Jason Collins
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
CBCF announces 2013 annual grants available to area nonprofits
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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...
Pet adoption clinic
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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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Graduating cadets stand in formation as they arrive for graduation ceremonies at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York
Sexual assault is a 'scourge' on U.S. military: Hagel
(Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called sexual assault a "scourge" on Saturday...
Sat May 25 13:45:49 UTC 2013
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Two killed as heavy rains flood San Antonio streets
By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Two women were killed on Saturday as drenching rains in Sa...
Sat May 25 20:24:20 UTC 2013
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Two freight trains that collided at a rail intersection, collapsing an overpass in Missouri are pictured in this photo courtesy of KFVS12
Two freight trains collide in Missouri, bringing down overpass
By Tim Bross ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural Mi...
Sat May 25 15:23:12 UTC 2013
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On Memorial Day, remembering friends, family with ‘a heavy but grateful heart’
From William Ray Fullmer: "My nephew, Sgt. Derek Tillman Roberts, spilled his blood on the sands ...
Fri May 24 13:55:25 UTC 2013
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