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Intruders arrested: charged with burglary, assault, organized crime
Three men and a juvenile were taken into custody and accused of breaking into a home on West Heard Street, assaulting the resident and leaving the place in shambles on June 19. Oscar Esquivel Jr.,...
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July Fourth celebration moved to Labor Day
Editor: Due to extreme dry conditions all across the state of Texas, we have been forced to postpone our Fourth of July Celebration until Labor Day on Saturday, Sept 3. So far we are planning ...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 2,291 calls went through dispatch from May 30 to June 5. The sheriff’s department responded to 41 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 38; Medics, 19; State Trooper...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 2,126 calls went through dispatch from May 16 to May 22. The sheriff’s department responded to 33 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 21; Medics, 33; State Trooper...
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Prison reprimand likely spurred gang assault
The Refugio Sheriff’s Department continues to investigate the beating of a 27-year-old Victoria man on May 1. Investigators believe Mario Vasquez was beaten in a home on First Street in Refugio be...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 2,197 calls went through dispatch from May 16 to May 22. The sheriff’s department responded to 30calls; the Refugio Police Department, 22; State Troopers, one; Woods...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 2,586 calls went through dispatch from May 2 to May 16. The sheriff’s department responded to 87 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 41; State Troopers, 12; Woodsb...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 2,147 calls went through dispatch from April 25 to May 1. The sheriff’s department responded to 59 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 20; Woodsboro Marshal, one; ...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 2,213 calls went through dispatch from April 18 to April 25. The sheriff’s department responded to 41 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 25; state troopers three;...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 2,160 calls went through dispatch from April 11 to April 17. The sheriff’s department responded to 55calls; the Refugio Police Department, 33; state troopers four; W...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 2,160 calls went through dispatch from April 4 to April 11. The sheriff’s department responded to 53calls; the Refugio Police Department, 32; state troopers three; W...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 1,861 calls went through dispatch from March 28, through April 3. The sheriff’s department responded to 53calls; the Refugio Police Department, 36; state troopers fo...
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Special Report: Bloomberg reloads in push for gun control (Reuters)
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.
Sat Feb 04 12:19:03 UTC 2012
Police begin clearing Occupy DC protest site (Reuters)

A protester walks along barricades with his personal belongings as U.S. National Park Service police cordon-off the Occupy DC encampment in McPherson Square in Washington, February 4, 2012. Police officers wearing helmets and carrying shields arrived at the site where protesters with the 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.


Sat Feb 04 11:08:40 UTC 2012
Major snowstorm barrels down on Central Plains (Reuters)
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.
Sat Feb 04 12:43:22 UTC 2012
Class War 2012: Why Both Parties Are Flying the Anti-Wall Street Banner (Time.com)
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
Fri Feb 03 23:20:00 UTC 2012