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Dobson triplets find niche at RHS
REFUGIO — RHS senior triplets Brian, Celena and Sarah Dodson moved to Refugio during their 7th-grade year from Hemet in Southern California. “We had SWAT officers with guns on our campus,” Celena ...
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All outdoor burning banned countywide
The rain that fell over the past several weeks remains insufficient to eliminate the danger of wildfires in the county. Tuesday morning, the commissioners court extended a complete burn ban for ...
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Watts suggests council, mayor give up salaries
REFUGIO — Council member Karen Watts proposed that the mayor and five council members give up their salaries so the money can be dispersed among the 22 city employees. “I was really thinking about...
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County-sanctioned housing feasibility study underway
REFUGIO – Josh Wadley, project director for Community Development Strategies of Houston, began interviewing business owners, school officials and citizens across the county to assess the county’s h...
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Former Refugian murdered
By Kenda Nelson Editor, County Press CORPUS CHRISTI — Christine Paredes Naranjo, 88, loved to dance and she was always happy. She enjoyed helping her neighbors and never turned away anyone who ne...
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Bobcat stars named MaxPreps All-American
REFUGIO — Three Bobcat all-state players were named to the second team of the MaxPreps U.S. Air Force Small Schools All-American Teams. Travis Quintanilla, quarterback, and Lynx Hawthorne, wide r...
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What would Dr. King say?
by Kenda Nelson
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REFUGIO — The early-morning fog disappeared under a bright Texas sky as approximately 50 men, women, boys and girls gathered at Refugio City Hall Monday morning. The annual Dr. Martin Luther King ...
Former Refugian murdered
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By Kenda Nelson Editor, County Press CORPUS CHRISTI — Christine Paredes Naranjo, 88, loved to dance and she was always happy. She enjoyed helping her neighbors and never turned away anyone who ne...
Bobcat stars named MaxPreps All-American
by Kenda Nelson
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REFUGIO — Three Bobcat all-state players were named to the second team of the MaxPreps U.S. Air Force Small Schools All-American Teams. Travis Quintanilla, quarterback, and Lynx Hawthorne, wide r...
Whetsel’s sprint elected ‘2011 Play of the Year’
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CORPUS CHRISTI — All-state running back Shiloh Whetsel’s scamper for a touchdown during the Premont game was selected as KRIS TV Channel 6’s 2011 Play of the Year. The Refugio High School senior w...
Police, Tejas BBQ kick off ‘Lunch with a badge’
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REFUGIO — Just about every kid in the county recognizes Refugio Police Chief Andy Lopez Jr. The former Texas Ranger and DPS trooper has had roots in the county since the early 1980s. His shootout...
Coaches vote Schneider into Hall of Honor
by Kenda Nelson
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WOODSBORO — Retired Woodsboro coach Don Schneider led the Eagles into the state playoffs in basketball 14 times in the 19 years he served as coach. On Saturday, Jan. 14, at noon, Schneider will b...
  • Jan. 6-13 is Bobcat Week
    by Kenda Nelson
    01.13.12 - 02:46 pm
  • Council halts free days off
    by Kenda Nelson
    01.11.12 - 02:58 pm
  • Fugitive arrested
    by Kenda Nelson
    01.08.12 - 02:10 pm
  • Chief of police resigns
    by Kenda Nelson
    01.07.12 - 02:00 pm

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    Reuters - Among the slick, million-dollar ads for the likes of Pepsi and Honda during the Super Bowl this Sunday, viewers in Washington will see a far more modest spot. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will be sitting on a couch touting an issue most politicians avoid like the plague: gun control.
    Sat Feb 04 12:19:03 UTC 2012

    A protester walks along barricades with his personal belongings as U.S. National Park Service police cordon-off the Occupy DC encampment in McPherson Square in Washington, February 4, 2012. Police officers wearing helmets and carrying shields arrived at the site where protesters with the Reuters - Police removed bedding and most tents on Saturday at an "Occupy" protest site just blocks from the White House, enforcing a no-camping rule at a public square that has housed protesters for months.


    Sat Feb 04 11:08:40 UTC 2012
    Reuters - A major winter storm that dumped two feet of snow on the Denver area marched eastward on Saturday, buffeting the Central Plains with heavy snowfall and wind gusts of 25 miles per hour.
    Sat Feb 04 12:43:22 UTC 2012
    Time.com - Gingrich ended his campaign against Romney in Florida with the same message strategy that Romney's senior advisers had used in another Republican primary two years earlier: Attack Goldman Sachs. There was a good reason
    Fri Feb 03 23:20:00 UTC 2012