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Cemetery group expresses ‘thanks’
Editor: The Loma Alta Cemetery Association had a very successful bake sale Saturday at Wal-Mart. We would like to thank all the people who brought and made donations towards this benefit. We also w...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Another successful tournament
Editor: We had another successful George W. Dumont Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament. The weather was great, the cooks did a great job on the food, friends, hole sponsors, local wonderful Karnes...
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Some respect, please
Editor: The Loma Alta Cemetery is making a plea to the public not to abuse cemetery trash bins for their own personal use. Trash bins are for cemetery use only. People caught abusing the trash bi...
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Early Childhood Education
Editor: “Kindergarten was the beginning of the ruination of Germany” That’s what my grandmother Ripps said when the subject arose about school or day care for kids younger than 6. This daughter of ...
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Are you listening?
Editor: Re: The letter “Save our earth, please!” in honor of Earth Day in the April 24 edition of The Karnes Countywide Newspaper, submitted by the students at It’s A Small World Nursery School. ...
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Many people deserve thanks for help in effort to halt construction of injection well
Editor: As Karnes County begins to grow due to the blessings of the Eagle Ford Shale boom, many opportunities and obstacles lie ahead—many of you may already be aware of the injection well that was...
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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U.S. Senate and House members owe refunds to taxpayers
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Recently, as usual, congress did not set the tax rates for year 2012 until January 2, 2013. Therefore many taxpayers who have refunds did not have necessary forms eg. 1040 to file a timely...
James T. Barnes Benefit: Thank you!
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: We want to thank those involved with the amazing benefit event held Saturday, March 23 for James T. Barnes. All the encouragement as we journey through James’ treatments, means so much to u...
Help with Badger Relays much appreciated
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: I would like to thank the following people for volunteering their time and effort this past Saturday at the KC Badger Relays. With your help, we are able to run a smooth and efficient trac...
Local government becoming contact sport
Mar 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: What a nice transition from the school board meetings’ agenda, not to mention fiascos, to the Commissioners Court, the county attorney’s office, and the Justice of the Peace? Are you kiddi...
County judge’s dismissal of cases, disrespect is unnecessary
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: I had the privilege of serving in the law enforcement community in and around Karnes County for 10 of my 15 year law enforcement career. During those years I met many people who I dealt wi...
Loma Alta Cemetery Association: a non-profit association
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: On Nov. 26, 2012 at the CCD building at Our Lady of Queen of Peace Catholic Church, a new Loma Alta Cemetery Association was formed and an election for officers was held: President: Stormy ...
national news
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng speaks to journalists following an appearance in New York
Lawmaker, university spar over 'control' of Chinese dissident in U.S.
By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressman who has been blind Chinese dissident Che...
2013-06-20 02:08:46 -0500
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Reporters and television cameras are reflected in the glass doors as J.W. Carney, defense attorney for accused mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger, leaves the U.S. Federal Courthouse at the end of first day of Bulger's trial in Boston
Trial of 'Whitey' Bulger returns to evidence of murders
BOSTON (Reuters) - The trial of James "Whitey" Bulger on Thursday turns back to evidenc...
2013-06-20 04:11:59 -0500
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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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FILE - In a Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, gun violence protesters participate in a lie-in during an anti-gun rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month's deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games and movies and on TV, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. President Barack Obama was set Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 to unveil a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence expected to include a proposed ban on assault weapons, limits on the capacity of ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun sales. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
10 Things to Know for Today
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2013-06-20 06:47:13 -0500
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