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This year three outstanding TRHS students will be awarded The Dustin Odom Memorial Scholarship. Lacey McNiell, Aaron Meineke and Kaitlyn Roberts are the 2013 recipients. .Pictured with the students is Louise Odom Mother of the late Dustin Odom of Three Rivers. ..
Odom Memorial Award Winners
This year three outstanding TRHS students will be awarded The Dustin Odom Memorial Scholarship. Lacey McNiell, Aaron Meineke and Kaitlyn Roberts are the 2013 recipients. Pictured with the students...
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Contributed Photo Fire and smoke blows into the Friday night sky after lightning struck one of the fiberglass tanks at Bellows Operating Company's saltwater deposit tank battery location about 15 miles south of Jourdanton on Highway 16.
Lightning ignites tank fire
Fire and lightning lit up the night sky on Friday as a column of smoke on the southern end of Atascosa County tall enough to be seen from Tilden drew emergency response teams from all over the area...
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Contributed photo.Justin Troy Jambers, a 2012 Three Rivers High School graduate and son of Harold and Carole Jambers, was announced as a new member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, the National Leadership and Honors Organization at the Texas A&M University. Sigma Alpha Lambda is a national leadership and honors organization dedicated to promoting and rewarding academic achievement and providing members with opportunities for community service, personal development and lifelong professional fulfillment.
Jambers cited
Contributed photo Justin Troy Jambers, a 2012 Three Rivers High School graduate and son of Harold and Carole Jambers, was announced as a new member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, the National Leadership an...
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Firearm use in new GW subdivision
Live Oak County commissioners discussed a new subdivision for George West, water improvements near Swinney Switch and septic systems near Lake Corpus Christi during their meeting on June 10. The pr...
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Contributed Photo Buddy and Carolyn Orsak decorate their son, Caleb Rance Orsak, after earning the rank of Second Lieutenant and graduating Texas A&M on May 11.
Orsak commissioned as Second Lieutenant and graduates college
Caleb Rance Orsak received his commission in the United States Army as a Second Lieutenant on Friday, May 10 along with 42 other Army cadet candidates. In order to earn his commission, Lt. Orsak an...
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EMS and fire calls increase: Talisman donates $32k
EMS calls increased three to four times their traditional volume and fire calls have gone from 30-35 calls a year to 20 a month in McMullen County. Talisman Energy stepped up and donated $32,000 to...
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Foster homes needed to save dogs' lives
by Matt Naber
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There are currently two ways to save a stray dog’s life in George West, through adoption or by finding a foster home until adoption. Darah Conard spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and countles...
Academic Regional Qualifiers
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Three Rivers High School had a total of seven students qualify for state UIL competition this year. The cross-examination debate teams of Gage Saenz and Tessa Gregory and Keller Hughes and Travis ...
Built Ford Tough Scholarhips
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Area FFA members and 2013 graduates Ashley Keadle of George West, Joseph Stanley of Tilden, and Lacey McNeill of Three Rivers hold their $1,000 Built Ford Tough FFA Scholarships. Keadle plans to a...
Mystery photo needs ID
by Sylvia Steele
Jun 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
The Museum received several calls in reference to the solider, but no one identified the photo. The solider in the photo is James M. Johnson III, “Marnie;” he served as MP during the Korean War in...
Biggest Corner Store opens
by Matt Naber
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The saying goes that everything is bigger in Texas, and for locals and travelers in Three Rivers, that now includes the new gas station just north of town at the Interstate 37 and Highway 72 inters...

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North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate, former Charlotte Mayor McCrory meets supporters during U.S. presidential election in Charlotte
North Carolina governor signs law aimed at restarting executions
By Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina's governor, hopi...
2013-06-19 20:20:27 -0500
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A selection of lunch meals offered to detainees are displayed in a food preparation area at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay
Stop force-feeding Guantanamo prisoners: Senator
By Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein urg...
2013-06-19 18:07:32 -0500
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Head of revived watchdog pledges open look at U.S. surveillance
By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of a newly revived federal privacy oversight boa...
2013-06-19 19:28:17 -0500
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House votes to delay food safety rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to delay sweeping food safety rules that would require farm...
2013-06-19 23:13:42 -0500
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