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Yoga classes set to start May 29
From May 29 through July 24, yoga classes will be offered each Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. at St. John Lutheran Church Parish Hall. Participants must bring their own yoga mats. Cost will be $5 per ...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Goliad County jobless rate rose slightly in April
The unemployment rate in Goliad County rose slightly in April to 4.8 percent, according to the Golden Crescent Workforce. There were 178 residents filing for unemployment in April compared to 174, ...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Library undergoing renovations
The Goliad County Library wishes to apologize for the inconvenience our renovations may be causing our patrons. The interior of the library is being painted, which has left us quite unorganized. W...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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A queen leafcutter ant, right, is shown on a fingertip.
Leafcutter ants invade Goliad area
After all that rain a couple of weeks ago, I’ll bet you noticed the weird insect invasion that seemed to take over Goliad immediately afterward. The giant, ant-like things were absolutely everywh...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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This week's Advance-Guard available at local news stands
This week's Advance-Guard available today at local news stands. In this week's A-G: • TxDOT says construction completion date at Goliad's busiest intersection pushed back to late September. • GCSO ...
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Cinco de Mayo event organizer says thanks
Dear Editor: On behalf of Zaragoza Society President Edward Garcia its officers and members, allow me to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation for the tremendous support given to us on ou...
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Goliad County arrest report
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The following individuals were arrested by the Goliad County Sheriff’s Dept ot DPS during the week of May 5-12 and have been charged or arraigned: • Antonio Abraham Romero, 19, of George West, proh...
Goliad could host PBR event in November
by Coy Slavik, Advance-Guard Editor
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
GOLIAD – Texas AgriLife Extension Agent Brian Yanta told Goliad County Commissioners during Monday’s meeting that he is working on bring a PBR rodeo event to Goliad on Nov. 13. The commissioners u...
Burglaries on the rise in Goliad
by Coy Slavik, Advance-Guard Editor
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
GOLIAD – The Goliad County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a rash of burglaries that have occurred in the city over the last two months. Olga’s Restaurant on U.S. Highway 59 had approximately $1,...
Coleto Creek Kids Fishing event scheduled for June 1
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The 20th Annual Coleto Creek Kids Fishing Tournament will be held Saturday, June 1 from 7 a.m. to noon at the Coleto Creek Park, located at 365 Coleto Park Rd., which is midway between Goliad and V...
Seige of La Bahia put into motion
by Jeremy D. Turner, Presidio La Bahia
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The rise and fall of Father Miguel Hidalgo was swift and violent. His demand for a free and independent Mexico was met by an even more swift and violent royalist response. Having eliminated Hida...
WOSJ visits quilt museum
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Women of St. John’s Lutheran Church held its Women’s Day Out by visiting the Texas Quilt Museum at La Grange on April 27. “Flower Power” quilts were on display from the early 1800’s until pres...

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A home destroyed nearly five months ago during the landfall of Superstorm Sandy is pictured in Mantoloking, New Jersey
Sandy who? Jersey shore opens for summer seven months after storm
By Victoria Cavaliere SEASIDE HEIGHTS, New Jersey (Reuters) - The New Jersey shore ushered in the...
Fri May 24 12:25:59 UTC 2013
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Obama signs a bill designating the Congressional Gold Medal commemorating lives of four young girls killed in 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing of Birmingham, Alabama, in Washington
U.S. awards medals to four girls killed in 1963 civil rights bombing
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed a bill into law on Friday granting the United States�...
Fri May 24 14:52:41 UTC 2013
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Jason Owen digs through debris as he helps his mother to salvage items from her uncle's home after it was almost destroyed by a tornado in Moore, Oklahoma
Tornado insured losses estimated at $2 billion-$5 billion
(Reuters) - Tornadoes that struck the United States from May 18 to May 20 caused between $2 billi...
Fri May 24 07:55:01 UTC 2013
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On Memorial Day, remembering friends, family with ‘a heavy but grateful heart’
From William Ray Fullmer: "My nephew, Sgt. Derek Tillman Roberts, spilled his blood on the sands ...
Fri May 24 13:55:25 UTC 2013
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