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Contributed photo Pictured are Chief of Police Joe Treviño and other Beeville Police Department Officers with children from Thomas Jefferson Elementary School as they participate in this year’s One Book One School program.
BISD students participate...
BEEVILLE – Through the Joe Barnhart Foundation, all of the schools in Beeville ISD are participating in the One School One Book program this year, a program in which one book is selected and a whol...
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A pair of youngsters dash across Main Street in Kenedy Saturday morning in a rush to find a good spot to watch the Bluebonnet Days Parade. This year’s parade featured numerous decorated floats and colorful entries. Saturday events at Joe Gulley Park were cancelled due to heavy rains on Thursday, but Kenedy Chamber of Commerce officials plan to reschedule for a future date.
Kenedy Bluebonnet Days Pa...
A pair of youngsters dash across Main Street in Kenedy Saturday morning in a rush to find a good spot to watch the Bluebonnet Days Parade. This year’s parade featured numerous decorated floats and ...
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Gary Kent photo Assistant Warden Matt Barber of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s William G. McConnell Unit calls the roll of correctional officers who have died or been killed over the years. The roll call was part of the McConnell Unit’s Tenth Annual Memorial Service held last Friday morning.
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BEEVILLE — The ceremony had a special meaning for some of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice officers and staff when they gathered on May 11. The setting was Bee County’s first prison unit, ...
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Jason Collins photo Tom Beasley, on the far left, reads through the election results as part of the BISD trustees’ canvassing process. Beasley, who opted not to run again, is being replaced by Darryl Martin.
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BEEVILLE — Tom Beasley was in a hurry to end his nine years as a trustee on the Beeville Independent School District Board. His colleagues honored his last meeting at their regular session Tuesday...
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Gary Kent photo No tassels, no ears, recent rains came far too late to save grain crops in Bee County. Most of the corn in the ground is burning up in dry fields without even attempting to produce kernels. Farmers believe much of this year’s crop will simply be plowed into the ground.
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BEEVILLE — Recent rains might have helped some yards and pastures in the surrounding area, but they have done little else. Hector Salinas, superintendent of the Beeville Water Supply District’s Ge...
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Dot Cole, with Cole Consultants, is joined by Grady Burris to pitch the idea of a new nursing and rehabilitation center in Beeville to county commissioners. To do this, they will have to get more Medicaid paid beds available in the county. Jason Collins photo
New nursing home proposed
Grady Burris hopes to open a new nursing and rehabilitation home in Bee County but that will take the assistance of the county commissioners and approval from the state. The state only allots a ...
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GW UIL team finishes the ...
George West High School’s regular UIL season concluded at the district level with ten students advancing to the Region IV AA academic meet hosted by Texas State University in San Marcos. The acco...
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Eagle becomes Warhawk
Pettus Eagle Hunter Tomlin signs to play football with the McMurry University Warhawks in Abilene on Tuesday morning. “The program, the great facilities and the academics were big factors in my dec...
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Contributed photo.The First Baptist Church School...s fundraiser rummage sale held Saturday, May 5, also helped the Jessica Garcia family, who recently lost their home and belongings in a fire. The family was invited to select whatever they needed, at no cost, to help them recover from their loss. Shown from left are FBCS director Orpha Garcia; Fire Marshal James P. Barrie and Jessica Garcia and her two children, Alfonzo and Sandra Campos.
Baptist School Fundraiser
The First Baptist Church School’s fundraiser rummage sale held Saturday, May 5, also helped the Jessica Garcia family, who recently lost their home and belongings in a fire. The family was invited ...
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Local fire chiefs and assistants were at the Beeville Volunteer Fire Department’s C.M. “Smitty” Smith fire station last week to share the excitement of seeing Thomas Mengers, chief of the Tynan Volunteer Fire Department, receive a $2,500 check from Monsanto. Those pictured are, from left, Assistant Fire Chief Lanny Holland of the BVFD, Assistant Chief Clifford Bagwell of the Pettus VFD, Mengers, Monsanto representative Danny Gonzales of Orange Grove, Chief Rick Bohac of the Skidmore VFD and Chief Joel Saenz of the Pawnee VFD. Mengers said his department will use the money to help buy a new fire truck.
Mengers donates $2,500 ch...
BEEVILLE — When Tynan farmer Thomas Mengers learned that he had won a $2,500 award from the Monsanto Fund to donate to the charity of his choice, he knew in an instant he wanted the money to go to ...
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Contributed photo Pictured are Chief of Police Joe Treviño and other Beeville Police Department Officers with children from Thomas Jefferson Elementary School as they participate in this year’s One Book One School program.
Contributed photo Pictured are Chief of Police Joe Treviño and other Beeville Police Department Officers with children from Thomas Jefferson Elementary School as they participate in this year’s One Book One School program.
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BISD students participate in One Book One School program
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BEEVILLE – Through the Joe Barnhart Foundation, all of the schools in Beeville ISD are participating in the One School One Book program this year, a program in which one book is selected and a whol...

BVFD to serve up chicken barbecue Sunday after church
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BEEVILLE — Forget about cooking lunch when you get home after church Sunday. The Beeville Volunteer Fire Department will have everything already cooked up and ready. All anyone has to do is drive ...

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The above photo was taken at the Miss Live Oak County 2012 pageant that took place on Saturday March 3, 2012.
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