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Dedicated school boards make education possible

By Kathyrn Evans
To paraphrase an old saying, “It takes a village to raise a child,” it takes a multitude of interested and inspired people to preserve an old school. This is true of Henrietta M. King High School. More...

Services set for Ron Hausler

Kingsville businessman Ronald D. Hausler, 62, died Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Visitation will take place on Thursday, July 22, 2010 from 6 until 8 p.m. at the Turcotte-Piper Mortuary. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. More...

King High principal on agenda

The Kingsville Independent School District board members will consider hiring a new principal for H.M. King High School at a special meeting Thursday. More...

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Sports

HMK Brahma baseball player to play in college

By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

Recent H.M. King High School Graduate Ryan Martinez just about has his suitcase packed as he will soon attend Huston Tillotson University, in Austin, where he will major in business and continue his baseball playing career. More...

Timeout!

Uninterrupted Time
By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

There is a saying which goes ‘Why do we often get bored or fall asleep during church, but totally wake up right after the sermon is concluded’? More...

Brush Country Thunder 6U All Stars Team “A” Champions

Brush Country Thunder 6U All Stars Team “A” Champions — The team competed in an All Star Sectional tournament held in Corpus Christi recently. More...

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Editorial

Time for something completely different

If there’s a characteristic American trait, it’s moving ahead. Our great 19th-century chronicler, Alexis de Tocqueville, noted how Americans would leave their new homes -- onto the next thing! More...

Graduate rate holds high spot on list of state concerns

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry is proposing an initiative to provide a business tax credit while helping working Texans earn a diploma or GED. More...

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Economic hard times blamed for downsizing of Bishop Post Office

Office By Erika Hernandez

The Bishop Postal Service will combine delivery operations currently housed at the Bishop Post Office with the Kingsville Post Office by the end of July. More...

Angel of Goliad descendants gather in Kingsville for reunion

By Gloria Bigger-Cantu

“The basic reason we have a reunion is so that we can all meet each other, because we are all family,” said Rudy A. Ramirez, one of the coordinators of the third Alvarez family reunion held Saturday at the Henrietta Memorial Center. More...

Kingsville grants special use permit for commercial recycling center here

The City of Kingsville has approved a special use permit for ABC Recycling to operate a recycling business who will be operating at a new location. More...

News

Delgado completes One Station Unit Training

Army Pvt. Alfredo G. Delgado has graduated from One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at Fort Knox, Ky., which consisted of basic military training and advanced individual training (AIT). More...

CELEBRATION

CELEBRATION — Consuelo Alvarez celebrated her 103rd birthday with family members on July 14, 2010. More...

NEW STATE LAWS: BUCKLE NEW STATE LAWS: UP AND DRIVE SAFELY UP AND DRIVE SAFELY

by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott by Texas Attorney General Greg

THE LAST TIME THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE More...

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Education

Teaching Excellence Awards honor 161 faculty in the Texas A&M system

The Texas A&M University System today awarded $526,000 to outstanding faculty throughout the system for the spring 2010 presentation of the Teaching Excellence Awards, a voluntary, student-selected honors program. More...

Textbook rental continues at TAMUK

Barnes and Noble piloted the program in Kingsville
By Julie Navejar Texas A&M-Kingsville

A textbook rental program that was piloted by Barnes and Noble at Texas A&M University-Kingsville and 24 other institutions across the country was a success and will now be expanded to more than 300 other university bookstores across the nation. More...

READING CELEBRATION

READING CELEBRATION — Reading is always encouraged and celebrated at St. Paul Lutheran School. More...

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Obituaries

Shorty ‘Eloy’ Narvaez

Shorty “Eloy” Narvaez, 51, of Premont, died Sunday, July 18, 2010, at his residence in Premont. Narvaez was born to Pedro Narvaez and Maria Paula Gutierrez Narvaez in Refugio. He was a self-employed construction contractor. More...

Norma G. Alaniz

Former Kingsville resident, Norma G. Alaniz, 77, of Laredo, died on Sunday July 18, 2010, in Laredo. She was born on March 27, 1933 to Alfonso and Herlinda Garcia in Kingsville. She was a retired housewife. More...

Rodolfo “Rudy” Guerrero

Rodolfo “Rudy” Guerrero, 71, of Kingsville, passed away July 17, 2010. He was born July 2, 1939 in Edinburgh, Texas to Pedro and Tomasa Guerrero. Rudy was a member of the St. More...

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