buttongroup business directory
police/ courts
Five suspected illegal immigrants captured after fleeing vehicle
GOLIAD COUNTY – Five suspected illegal immigrants were captured by the Goliad County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Department of Public Safety on Monday afternoon after they fled a vehicle that wa...
Jun 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Stephen Kirk
One arrested in Goliad burglary investigation
GOLIAD – The Goliad County Sheriff's Office has arrested one Goliad man and is investigating two others suspected to have been involved in a rash of burglaries in the city. Stephen Ray Kirk, 49, ha...
Jun 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Goliad County Court dispositions
Following are people who pled guilty or no contest in Goliad County Court on May 8 and 22: • Luis Espino-Diaz, Liberty, 37 days in jail, $750 fine and court cost after he pled to driving while into...
Jun 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Goliad couple injured in Victoria County wreck
VICTORIA – A Goliad couple was involved in a two-vehicle wreck on U.S. Highway 59 on Wednesday. Hortense Garza, 81, was driving a Chevrolet Silverado with her husband, Dan Garza, 81, as a passenger...
May 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
GCSO has questioned burglary suspects
GOLIAD - The Goliad County Sheriff's Office is closer to find e perpetrators in a rash of burglaries in town, according to Sheriff Kirby Brumby. According to a news release sent to the Advance-Guar...
May 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
GCSO swears in new deputies
GOLIAD – Goliad County now has more deputies to patrol to streets. Goliad County Sheriff Kirby Brumby swore in two full-time deputies and one reserve deputy during a ceremony May 17 at the County C...
May 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Loose livestock calls increased in April
by Sheriff's Corner by Kirby Brumby
May 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The following is an accounting of calls for service for April 2013: Loose livestock calls, which take a lot of a deputy’s time, are high with 92; criminal mischief calls are also high with 23; sus...
GCSO has suspects in rash of mailbox vandalism
by Coy Slavik, Advance-Guard Editor
Apr 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
GOLIAD – The Goliad County Sheriff’s Office has determined suspects in the recent vandalism of over 20 mailboxes throughout the rural areas in the county. According to GCSO Captain Tom Copeland, 24...
GCSO investigating break-in at golf course
by Coy Slavik, Advance-Guard Editor
Apr 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
GOLIAD – The Goliad County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary that took place on March 31 at the Goliad Golf Course clubhouse. A cash register and flat-screen TV were stolen during the ea...
Man arrested in Goliad suspected of hit-and-run in Yorktown
Mar 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
GOLIAD – A man purportedly involved with the Mexican Mafia was arrested in Goliad on Wednesday and charged with aggravated assault with a motor vehicle. According to a news release from the Goliad ...
Twelve die in one-vehicle crash in Goliad County
by Coy Slavik
Jul 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
Update: Total as of noon Monday had reached 14 dead. Click here for the updated story. GOLIAD COUNTY – Twelve people died in a one-vehicle wreck that occurred Sunday at around 6:30 p.m. on U.S....
Help sought to solve Goliad ISD burglaries
Jun 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
GOLIAD – Four burglaries have been reported over the last month on Goliad ISD property. The first occurred on or about May 15 when entry was gained into the Goliad Intermediate School. A bag of clo...
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
full story
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
full story
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
full story
A reporter walks through a door to the Vivos Shelter and Resort during a tour of the facility in Atchison, Kan., Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
Developer: Kan. caverns could preserve human race
ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — After most of the world's population is wiped off the map by a wayward...
2013-06-20 06:22:42 -0500
full story