VICTORIA — Meaghan Vega of Refugio was named to the University of Houston-Victoria Fall 2011 Dean’s List at the School of Arts & Sciences. To qualify for the Dean’s List in the fall or spring sem...
Pullin earns nursing degree VICTORIA – Samantha Pullin, of Victoria and formerly of Refugio, earned an Associate’s Degree in Nursing at The Victoria College on Dec. 14, 2011. She passed the state’s NCLEX examination on Jan...
Eleven students inducted into NJHS WOODSBORO – Eleven Woodsboro Junior High School students were named to the school’s National Junior Honor Society Chapter at the Induction Candle Lighting Ceremony on Jan. 9, in the school cafeteri...
4-H Livestock Judging Team win awards REFUGIO — The Refugio County 4-H Livestock Judging Team recently competed at the Nueces County and San Patricio County contests. Team members did well by winning awards at both contests. At ...
RISD to hold public hearing REFUGIO – The Refugio ISD Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing to review the district’s Academic Excellence Indicator System Report and School Report Card. The public hearing will be held...
CBC honors 10 county students
BEEVILLE — Coastal Bend College recognized the academic achievement during the Fall 2011 semester of 10 county students. Students named to the scholastic leadership roll, also called the “dean’s...
Williams earns degree from TAMU - Corpus Christi Betsy Lynn Williams earned a Master of Accountancy in business at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi on Dec. 17, 2011. Betsy, of Houston and formerly of Refugio, earned a bachelor’s degree in...
WOODSBORO – Woodsboro Independent School District will hold a public hearing to discuss Academic Excellence Indicator System Section II & III for 2010-11 District Performance on Monday, Jan. 16, at...
WOODSBORO — More than 20 kids at Woodsboro ISD and 20 at Refugio ISD are believed to have contracted human parvovirus B19, commonly known as “fifth disease” or “slapped-cheek” virus. Most commonl...
COLLEGE STATION — Three local college students graduated from Texas A&M University-College Station, during the 2011 Fall Commencement ceremonies. Clara A. O’Brien of Refugio graduated Magna Cum La...
Woodsboro Independent School District will hold a public hearing to Discuss Academic Excellence Indicator System Section II & III for 2010-11 District Performance on Monday, Jan. 16, at 6:15 p.m.
REFUGIO — The Refugio County Retired School Personnel’s December meeting in the cafeteria of Our Lady of Refuge on Thursday, Dec. 8 was highlighted by entertainment from the Woodsboro sixth grade b...
Three years ago, Woodsboro ISD needed a gymnasium for its junior high. A gym was included in the community-supported $9.9 million bond issue for major construction and building upgrades. However, ...
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.
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.
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.
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