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Lady Eagle selected for All-State softball
WOODSBORO - Lady Eagle Pitcher Jamie Wilson was selected for the Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State softball team. Wilson is a three year starter for the Woodsboro Lady Eagles. She was the...
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BAYSIDE CONSTRUCtION contributed photo The Bayside City Park is rebuilding the canopies around the tables at the park.
Austwell has good water report
AUSTWELL – Mayor David Cann told his council and people in attendance Monday, June 10, that the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality issued a violation because it said the city hadn’t filed a ...
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Matthew McGuill
Walk to bring awareness
REFUGIO – The second annual Matthew McGuill Memorial Walk for Prader Willi Syndrome will be at 8 a.m. June 22, beginning at Kings Park. Matthew McGuill died 36 years ago at the age of 15, accord...
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Fire victim’s family struggles to get back on feet
TIVOLI – The Ismael Martinez family not only lost a father and grandfather to their kids – Lupe Martinez – but their home and all their belongings. Lupe Martinez died in the Austwell house fire Sat...
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Tim Delaney photo Remodeling on the old fuel station at the corner of Alamo and Ymbacion streets is underway. Houston attorney Daniel Barrera will practice in Refugio after the office is completed in about two weeks.
Houston attorney opens office in Refugio Lawyer is originally from area
By Tim Delaney County Press Editor REFUGIO – After Daniel Barrera finished his junior year at Refugio High School in 1982, he moved away. He’s been trying to get back ever since. Barrera finished h...
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Photos by Rusty Courtney Myers competes in January in breakaway roping in the Texas High School Rodeo Association in Sinton, the Association's Region VIII.
Rodeo high schoolers compete in Abilene
REFUGIO COUNTY – Time marches to its normal rhythm until that moment when the rider nods her head in the rodeo box. Then the adrenaline takes over, said Courtney Myers, 17, of Refugio. Myers, alon...
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Rodeo high schoolers compete in Abilene
by Tim Delaney
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REFUGIO COUNTY – Time marches to its normal rhythm until that moment when the rider nods her head in the rodeo box. Then the adrenaline takes over, said Courtney Myers, 17, of Refugio. Myers, alon...
Team USA powerlifter heads for Russia
by Tim Delaney
Jun 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
REFUGIO – Petite and strong. By looking at her, you wouldn’t think she could lift twice her weight, but she can and more. Laura McGuill, 22, a 2009 graduate of Refugio High School, headed to Russia...
Elderly man perishes in house fire
by Tim Delaney
Jun 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
AUSTWELL – An 80-year-old Austwell man died in a Saturday night fire that destroyed his home, according to Refugio County Sheriff Robert Bolcik. Guadalupe Campos Martinez, 80, was found in a hallwa...
Council changes member paydays
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REFUGIO – The Refugio City Council met in a specially called meeting Tuesday morning, June 4, to change the method of payment to the mayor and council members. The method has been to pay the counci...
Petty officer surprises siblings with visit
by Tim Delaney
Jun 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
WOODSBORO – Andrea Canlas dressed in her Navy whites moved stealthily toward 16-year-old Danika Vasquez, a Woodsboro High School student resting from taking a test in her classroom on Tuesday, June...
Eagles, Lady Eagles honored at all-sports booster banquet
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WOODSBORO – The Woodsboro All-Sports Booster Club hosted its 2012-2013 Banquet Tuesday, May 21, at the Refugio County Expo Center. Logan Moses was named the male athlete of the year; and Noorie Ha...

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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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Residents Kora Thompson, left, and Joey Hopper watch activity at the scene of the Lakeview Condominiums shooting in Louisville, Ky., on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Three people were shot to death and a fourth was seriously injured at a condominium building Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Matt Herp) NO SALES; MAGS OUT; NO ARCHIVE; MANDATORY CREDIT
4 shot, 3 dead at Kentucky condo shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville police say the shooting that resulted in three deaths and a cri...
2013-06-19 20:19:47 -0500
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