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RECOGNIZED CAMPUSES

RECOGNIZED CAMPUSES — Six Kingsville Independent School District campuses were honored on Oct. 6 for attaining ‘Academically Recognized’ state ratings for 2008-2009. More...

Letter clarification

The letter to the editor by Zulema Longoria in the Oct. 11 edition of the Kingsville Record and Bishop News was a followup letter to a previous letter she had written concerning issues in the Riviera school system. More...

KISD looks to legacy of learning that will serve entire community

By Gloria Bigger-Cantu

The first Town Talk community meeting Tuesday outlined current high school programs and district goals. More...

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Sports

ADDING TO HER MEDAL COLLECTION

ADDING TO HER MEDAL COLLECTION — H.M. King freshman Rosario Gonzalez won a first place medal in her divisional race at a cross country meet held in Calallen this past weekend. More...

Midweek Sports Notes

By Rey Sifuentes Jr. Brahma

homecoming festivities H.M. King High School’s homecoming parade will be Thursday at 6:00 p.m. and then the annual ‘Burning of the B’ pep rally will be held at the high school practice field. More...

These are your Brahmas, Kingsville

By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

One of the things I try never do with my weekly column is single out student athletes for their efforts on the field in a bad way. More...

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Editorial

Memorabilia from baseball exhibits comes home

Letter to the Editor

Editor: On Oct. 1, I presented The Kingsville American Legion Post 99 a certificate of participation along with several other articles of baseball memorabilia at the Legion Hall. More...

The Barack Obama Snap-Back

A buzz-generating “Saturday Night Live” skit mocked President Barack Obama for not yet having accomplished anything. Not fair. Obama has been on a roll. More...

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Obituaries

Candelario ‘Lalo’ G. Salazar Jr.

Candelario “Lalo” G. Salazar Jr., 68, of Kingsville, died on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009 in Kingsville. Salazar was born on Jan. 3, 1941, in Linares, N.L., Mexico to Candelario and Castula Salazar. He was a self-employed carpenter. More...

Michael T. Alvarez

Michael T. Alvarez, 52, of Kingsville, died on Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 in Kingsville. Alvarez was born on Oct. 31, 1957, in Kingsville to Manuel and Delia Alvarez. He was an Oil Driller for many years. More...

Thomas Henry Lawrence

Thomas Henry Lawrence, age 87, a resident of Bishop, Texas passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2009 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was born on July 26, 1922 in El Paso, Texas to John Henry Lawrence and Lydia Colbert Lawrence. More...

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It’s a mixed report on sales tax collections for area communities

While Kingsville and Kleberg County experience another decline this month in revenue generated by the city sales tax, Bishop and neighboring Driscoll recorded a healthy increase in city sales tax revenue. More...

Women’s Shelter seeking donations of used clothing

By Erika Hernandez

The Women’s Shelter of South Texas is currently taking donations of new or gently used women’s clothing for their new “Passion for Fashion Project” which is focusing on building a “career closet” of clothing suita More...

Free Choral Ensembles concert at TAMUK Oct. 22

The Texas A&M University-Kingsville Choral Ensembles will present “Music of Our Time,” a concert highlighting music that has been composed or arranged since the average college student has been alive. More...

New Trash Containers

Here is your first look at the new garbage containers planning to be distributed in Kingsville the first week of November. More...

News

TxDOT ends plan to build Interstate 35 ‘corridor’

AUSTIN — Back in January, the governor’s office announced its decision to jettison plans to create the Trans-Texas Corridor, a 4,000-mile network of motorways, including rail, power, water, gas, oil and telecommunications lines. More...

RETREAT HELD

RETREAT HELD — The Women’s Shelter of South Texas held their annual staff retreat at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Center on Thursday. More...

Two A&M-Kingsville Alumni to receive Tejano Heritage Awards

By Julie Navejar Texas A&M-Kingsville

The Third Annual Tejano Heritage Awards celebrated at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, as part of the university’s Hispanic Heritage Month observation, will honor two university alumni who have contributed much to South Texas and the Tejano cu More...

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Education

Local students put handmade robots to the test at A&M-Kingsville Oct. 24

About 22 student teams from area elementary, intermediate, middle and high schools will put robots of their own design and construction to the test at the BEST Robotics and Science Competition at Texas A&M University-Kingsville on Saturday, Oct. More...

TAMUK Arts, Sciences to host College Night Out event

By Jason Marton Texas A&M-Kingsville

A lot of fields of study make up the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Find out about them all at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, with College Night Out. More...

‘Muffins for Mom’ celebrated at Lamar Elementary

The Muffins for Mom Program was recently held at Lamar Elementary to celebrate the role models that mothers, grandmothers and aunts provide to children. The C-Scope Curriculum, Title I, and Parent Involvement Programs were featured at this event. More...

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