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Riviera School District goes high tech thanks to USDA grant

Students from the Riviera Independent School District are pictured with Cheryl Cook (center), USDA Rural Development Deputy Under Secretary, along with Michael Canales, USDA Rural Development Texas Co More...

KHDDA sets Saturday, Oct. 9, for the 3rd annual Downtown Artwalk and Music Festival

The third annual Downtown Artwalk and Music Festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 9, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the 200 and 300 blocks of East Kleberg Avenue. More...

Old King High’s unique dome a source for the stuff of urban legends

By Kathryn Evans

Henrietta M. King has something most high schools don’t — a dome. The stories that circulate about this phenomenal feature are fearful and breathtaking. I avoided writing about them in my railroad stories of old Kingsville. More...

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Sports

Son racing in father’s memory

By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

Harrel Elementary School Teacher Norma Garza is touched that her son Rolando Garza Jr. will be competing in a triathlon (to be held September 18 in San Diego, California) in memory of his late father Rolando Garza Sr. More...

A loving mother never forgets

By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

It is an experience no parent should ever have to go through; burying their child. Kenny and Twila Johnson, unfortunately, know what it is like to say goodbye to an offspring. More...

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Editorial

Pre-Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease

Would you want to know years in advance that you have Alzheimer’s disease in your future? More...

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The President Obama’s Economic Stimulus plan is not working

By Tom Pauken

The Financial Times recently reported these dismal figures for private sector hiring: “Since the stimulus began, about 400,000 public sector jobs have been added (through May 2010) while 2.7 million private sector jobs were lost.” More...

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Family

Brown - Hernandez

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown of Kingsville announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica A. Brown to Nick Hernandez, son of George and Lupe Hernandez of Kingsville. More...

LOCAL PASTOR ATTENDS CONFERENCE

LOCAL PASTOR ATTENDS CONFERENCE — The Breath of Life Church Pastor Marcos Barrientes attended the Annual Woman’s Life Conference on July 23 at the Corpus Christi Christian Fellowship with More...

50th Wedding Anniversary celebrated

Ronald D. and Aurora Benavides Stephenson of Corpus Christi were married in Kingsville on Aug. 8, 1960. The children honored their parents with a celebration Aug. More...

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Sports bar killing nets a third arrest

By Erika Hernandez

The Kingsville Police Department arrested a third suspect on Wednesday in connection with the stabbing death of Matthew Garcia. Bobby Ortega, 19, was arrested in the 200 block of West Santa Gertrudis Avenue without incident. More...

OPERATION SCHOOL SUPPLY

OPERATION SCHOOL SUPPLY — Jeanie Alexander, School Liaison Officer at Naval Air Station Kingsville, dressed as a yellow crayon for ‘Operation School Supply,’ greeting those passing t More...

Appraisal board holds the line on spending

By Erika Hernandez

The Kleberg County Appraisal District Board of Directors met Thursday in order to continue their ongoing discussion over the proposed 2011 budget and a motion was passed which directed the district to come up with a budget that was no higher than $8 More...

News

Riviera ISD receives 2009-2010 TEA Ratings

The Riviera Independent School District recently received their annual AEIS accountability ratings from the Texas Education Agency for the 2009-2010 school years. Ratings were based on Texas Projected Measure system (TPM). More...

TAMUK Dates to Remember

By Julie Navejar Texas A&M-Kngsville

(Editors note: All of the events listed take place on the Texas A&M University- Kingsville campus unless otherwise noted. More...

Summer Clubs and Organizations Calendar

(Editor’s note: Some entries may have outdated or incorrect information, to submit correct information or changes to your calendar item, call 592-4304 ext. 5.) Monday More...

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Education

Four graduates honored as distinguished students during summer commencement

By Julie Navejar Texas A&M-Kingsville

Four graduates at Texas A&M University- Kingsville’s summer commencement ceremony received the Distinguished Undergraduate Student Award sponsored by the Student Government Association. More...

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Business

Local entrepreneur attends annual Mary Kay Inc. seminar

Elva Short of Kingsville joined Mary Kay independent sales force members from throughout the United States and around the world at the Company’s annual Seminar held in Dallas, from July 21– Aug. 7. More...

Water quality management plans

Conservation Conversation
By Robert Schmidt NRCS District Conservationist

A water quality management program was created by a law passed in 1993 by the 73rd Texas Legislature known as the Senate Bill 503 Program. More...

Could it be a Sago palm pest?

By John Ford CEA-AG Texas AgriLife Extension

Several have commented that the sago palms in their landscapes are doing poorly. Hopefully, this lack of vitality is weather related and not due to an attack by the Cycad Aulacaspis scale. More...

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Obituaries

Robert Todd Lemmons

Robert Todd “Bob” Lemmons, 91, of Pampa, died Aug. 10, 2010, in Amarillo. Lemmons was born Jan. 3, 1919, to William Arthur Lemmons and Grace Hitt Lemmons in Hamilton. More...

Esther M. Mata

Former Kingsville resident, Esther M. Mata, 88, of Austin, died Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, in Austin. She was born on Jan. 27, 1922, to Amado A. Moya and Urbana Alarcon Moya in Falfurrias. Mata, a homemaker, was a member of St. More...

Leslie Ross Marrou

Leslie Ross Marrou, age 74, a resident of Bishop, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2010 in Kingsville, Texas. He was born on July 26, 1936 in Gillett, Texas to Frank Marrou and Matilde Schroeder Marrou and raised in Gonzales, Texas. Mr. More...

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