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The current state of drought in Texas. The orange areas over Refugio County indicate "severe” drought conditions. “Extreme" drought conditions are deep red; the deep brown is for "exceptional" drought, the worst.
Drought remains persistent
By Bill Clough Special to the County Press BEEVILLE – Short of a hurricane or tropical storm, the National Weather Service in Corpus Christi is warning to expect the drought to continue through nex...
Apr 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tim Delaney photo Nancy and Chuck Henderson sit in a section of their garden near Copano Bay. The garden began as a small herb planting. Now, it is in three sections: the sun, star and moon.
Garden design: sun, moon and star
BAYSIDE – Spring blossoms sway in the breeze off Copano Bay, attracting hummingbirds and honey bees in a uniquely designed garden in north Bayside. The garden, though smaller, is as extraordinary a...
Apr 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kristin McGee photo An excavator demolishes the McDonald's Restaurant at 427 North Alamo St. on Wednesday, April 17. A new McDonald's will be constructed in its place with more conveniences and upgrades.
Restaurant to be rebuilt by August
REFUGIO – The demolition took all of a day to bring down McDonald’s Restaurant on Wednesday, April 17. Randy Cothes, owner and operator of the Refugio restaurant, said the time had come to upgrade ...
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Boy dies in San Pat rollover
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY – A former Woodsboro resident was in a one-vehicle rollover that involved a child fatality at 7:24 a.m. Monday, April 22, according to Texas Department of Public Safety Cpl. Cha...
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Refugio Bobcat Draigon Silvas collides with the runner in the Refugio vs. Goliad game on Friday, April 12.
Bobcat baseball clinches district title
REFUGIO – On Friday, April 12, the Refugio Bobcat baseball team was looking to clinch its 2nd consecutive district championship. They also put their undefeated district record (10-0) and #6 state r...
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Drugs gone missing
Refugio Police Department Officer Bruce Radford and Investigator Danny Madrigal responded to the Mission Ridge Nursing Home because pills of the prescription drug Xanax were reported missing. The...
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Boy dies in San Pat rollover
by Tim Delaney
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY – A former Woodsboro resident was in a one-vehicle rollover that involved a child fatality at 7:24 a.m. Monday, April 22, according to Texas Department of Public Safety Cpl. Cha...
Bobcat baseball clinches district title
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
REFUGIO – On Friday, April 12, the Refugio Bobcat baseball team was looking to clinch its 2nd consecutive district championship. They also put their undefeated district record (10-0) and #6 state r...
Drugs gone missing
Apr 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Refugio Police Department Officer Bruce Radford and Investigator Danny Madrigal responded to the Mission Ridge Nursing Home because pills of the prescription drug Xanax were reported missing. The...
Eagle Ford changes landscape
by Christina Rowland
Apr 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
EAGLE FORD SHALE – With a $61 billion impact and growing, the Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas play is causing many people to pay attention. Sleepy little towns in counties that were rarely spoken of a...
Bayside mayor: ‘Enough is enough’
by Tim Delaney
Apr 22, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
BAYSIDE – Addressing the Bayside City Council and those in attendance at the council’s meeting on Wednesday, April 10, Mayor Ken Dahl acknowledged that someone filed a complaint accusing Dahl of mi...
WHS Eagles baseball team makes history at Whataburger Field
Apr 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
CORPUS CHRISTI – Woodsboro Eagle Baseball team made history on Tuesday, March 26 when they played the Port Aransas Marlins at Whataburger Field, home of the Corpus Christi Hooks. The District 31-...
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Danielle Stephan holds boyfriend Thomas Layton as they pause between salvaging through the remains of a family member's home one day after a tornado devastated the town Moore, Oklahoma
Rescuers comb Oklahoma tornado rubble for buried survivors
By Ian Simpson and Alice Mannette MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Rescue workers with sniffer dogs an...
Wed May 22 07:23:32 UTC 2013
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U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner pauses as he announces that he will resign from the United States House of Representatives during a news conference in Brooklyn, New York
Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner announces candidacy for NYC mayor
By Edith Honan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two years after resigning from Congress in a lewd photo scand...
Wed May 22 05:25:18 UTC 2013
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Jodi Arias addresses the jury during the penalty phase of her murder trial in Phoenix
Jodi Arias jury due to resume death penalty deliberations in Arizona
By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX (Reuters) - A jury weighing the fate of murderer Jodi Arias is set to resum...
Wed May 22 06:02:13 UTC 2013
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Witnesses describe deadly Oklahoma tornado; Gov. Fallin says death count unknown
[Updated at 2:30 p.m. CT] MOORE, Okla. –As a hailstorm bore down on the devastated region Tuesday...
Tue May 21 18:36:00 UTC 2013
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