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Hayden Kopplin Hayden Kopplin receives scholarship from Southern Arkansas University and Honors College recognition
Hayden Kopplin, a senior at Three Rivers High School, has been selected to receive a Blue and Gold scholarship from Southern Arkansas University ( SAU ). The scholarship includes $2,550 per semest...
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Three Rivers High School sophomore Darcy Orsak was crowned Miss Live Oak County during the pageant held at the coliseum on Saturday (March 13). She was also named Best in Interview. Orsak is the daughter of Buddy and Carolyn Orsak. Orsak of Three Rivers crowned Miss Live Oak County
Three Rivers sophomore Darcy Orsak was crowned Miss Live Oak County and named Best in Interview during the Miss Live Oak County Pageant held Saturday evening at the coliseum. Orsak is the daughte...
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City of Three Rivers to conduct Quarterly Brush Pick-Up
The City of Three Rivers has scheduled a brush pick up from March 29 through April 1st. The City will haul off brush free every day of this week. Residents need to stack their brush on the edge o...
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State housing agency makes $400,000 investment in GW through home repair funds
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ( TDHCA ) and State Representative Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles announced on Thursday (March 11) a $400,000 award to the City of George West to ...
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16-year-old girl recovering after tragic wreck last week
The doctors and nurses didn’t think 16-year-old Bethany Bernal would survive the night. With serious head injuries sustained in a wreck that also killed two other teens, things weren’t looking goo...
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Rabies vaccination clinic in George West
The City of George West, in conjunction with Veterinarian Lynn A. Bluhm, will set up a one-day rabies clinic on Saturday, March 13 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., at the George West Fire Station located a...
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George West High Biotechnology students experience real life CSI action
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Whether it’s being cloned, sequenced, fingerprinted, mapped or genetically engineered, DNA has become an everyday topic in the media and the classroom. George West High School students in Glenda Lo...
‘Quiet tears’
by Jason Collins & Gary Kent
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The halls of A.C. Jones High School were quiet this week as students went from class to class. Their thoughts were of their fellow sophomore schoolmates who died in a car crash Friday night. “The ...
Hundreds of lives impacted by Live Oak Outreach volunteers
by Marilyn Fulbright
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Live Oak Outreach wishes to thank the Jan. volunteers who donated their time and effort to help clients from Live Oak and McMullen counties: Vickie Martinez, 38 hours; Jo-Ann Thoms, 25; Rita Ruiz, ...
‘Coyotes’ smuggling human cargo run through Shelton’s fence once again
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This is the third time “Coyotes” have damaged a fence at Tom Shelton’s ranch in McMullen County by running undocumented immigrants north. Each time the coyotes damage Shelton’s fence it costs him u...
‘Freedom to Succeed’ program slated for George West
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Aim for Success, Inc., will be presenting their nationally acclaimed Freedom to Succeed program to the students and parents of George West ISD on Thursday, March 11 at 7 p.m. and Friday, March 12 a...
DPS seeking current law enforcement officers for Texas Highway Patrol
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For the first time in its 75-year-history, the Department of Public Safety will hold an advanced 8-week school for current Texas and eligible out-of-state law enforcement officers who are intereste...

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'Jihad Jane' due in federal court in Philadelphia (AP)

FILE - This undated file image provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows Colleen LaRose, an American woman from Pennsylvania indicted and accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas. LaRose is due in court Thursday, March 18, 2010, on charges that could bring a life sentence. LaRose, 46, is charged in a global conspiracy to kill a Swedish cartoonist who had offended Muslims. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group, File) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES.AP - Whether she was seeking love or vengeance, or just an escape from her dreary, small-town existence, Colleen LaRose searched the Internet and found Muslim extremists eager to engage the unhappy American.


Thu Mar 18 04:38:52 -0500 2010
Some Fargo residents refuse to move despite floods (AP)

Mac Butler stands in what normally is his backyard as the Red River continues to rise at his Fargo, N.D. home Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Butler is no stranger to spring flooding since he has lived at the same residence for more than 25 years and is now preparing for his fourth flood. (AP photo by Jay Pickthorn)AP - Mac Butler believes he'll beat the bloated Red River and save his home again this year. But a canoe and kayak are tied up outside his house just in case he's wrong.


Thu Mar 18 05:43:14 -0500 2010
Calif. considers smoking ban at all state parks (AP)

Ian Zamora holds his cigarette at the wall separating the parking area from the sand at Surfrider Beach in Malibu, Calif., Wednesday, March 17, 2010. California lawmakers on Thursday will consider what is believed to be the nation's most far-reaching smoking ban in state parks as a way to get unsightly cigarette butts off the beach, eliminate second-hand smoke and reduce the threat of wildfires. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - California lawmakers on Thursday will consider what is believed to be the nation's most far-reaching smoking ban in state parks as a way to get unsightly cigarette butts off the beach, eliminate second-hand smoke and reduce the threat of wildfires.


Thu Mar 18 04:59:53 -0500 2010
Report fails to shed light on SoCal runaway Prius (AP)

This photo released Wednesday March 17, 2010 by the California Highway Patrol shows a Toyota Prius after it was stopped with the help of a California Highway Patrol officer after the driver reported the vehicle's accelerator became stuck. Toyota representatives held a news conference Monday, March 15, and said this driver's account was substantially different from its findings. (AP Photo/California Highway Patrol)AP - A California Highway Patrol officer responding to a report of a runway Toyota Prius last week arrived to find a Border Patrol agent near the driver with emergency lights on.


Thu Mar 18 05:21:10 -0500 2010