September 23, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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Vandals leave mark at county courthouse

Graffiti praises killing cops
By Rey Sifuentes Jr.
Kingsville police have apprehended a 17-year-old and a 15-year-old boy in connection with vandalism at the Kleberg County Courthouse, several vehicles and other county buildings, businesses and Kingsville’s City Hall early Tuesday morning. More...

KISD grades go online

Attention Parents: You can check your children’s grades online. Attention KISD followers: you can learn about school activities on Twitter. More...

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BADGER HOMECOMING ROYALTY — Claudia Perez, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Perez, was crowned Bishop High School Homecoming queen Friday in ceremonies preceding the Badger football game. More...

News

Ranch Management Symposium targets human side of business

Modern human resource tools bring change to old ways
By Julie Navejar Texas A&M-Kingsville

Cowboys have long been the focal point of ranching history and folklore, but on today’s modern ranches is being a good cowboy enough? How are successful ranches managing their workforce? More...

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ARK PET OF THE WEEK — Serge is an adorable orange and white tabby, and is the Animal Rescue Kleberg Pet of the Week looking for a good home. He is a little over a year old and is a very lovable cat. More...

Community Service Department welcomes Norman McBride C.O.O. of Christus Spohn Kleberg

Speaker at September meeting
By Linda Snyder

The Community Service Department met at The Cherry Tree Tea Room on Sept. 16 for their first meeting of the year. The program was entitled, New Ideas-Spohn Kleberg Hospital, and Mr. McBride was our speaker. More...

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Education

Summer Youth Programs are officially over

This summer an estimated 2,000 youth participated in the Kleberg-Kenedy County Summer Youth Programs. There were several changes to this year’s program, which gave the youth a chance to experience different activities during the summer. More...

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Sports

Football this Thursday, Friday and Saturday

By Rey Sifuentes Jr. Badgers

Bishop High School’s varsity football team hosts Mexico’s Monterrey Tech at 7 p.m. on Thursday. The Badgers are coming off of their first victory of the season, a 38-8 victory over Santa Gertrudis Kingsville Academy last Friday. More...

Midweek Sports Notes

By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

Professional boxing Lone Star Promotions will host ‘South Texas Young Guns’ this Friday at J.K. Northway. More...

Badgers versus Pride game statistics posted

By Fred Salinas Sports Correspondent

The Bishop Badgers varsity football squad celebrated homecoming with a lopsided 38-8 victory over the Santa Gertrudis Kingsville Academy Pride this past Friday in Bishop. More...

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ArtWalk II set for Oct. 3

The Kingsville Historic Downtown District Association will presents its second annual Downtown ArtWalk Festival Saturday, Oct. 3 from 1 to 7 p.m. in the 200 and 300 blocks of East Kleberg Avenue. More...

KSO’s season opener pays tribute to the late Anne Armstrong

By Wayne Gunn, KSO Board Member

The Kingsville Symphony Orchestra launches its 4th season on Sunday, Oct. 4 with its first concert at 3 p.m. in Jones Auditorium, 855 N. Armstrong Ave., on the Texas A&M University-Kingsville campus. More...

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SEAHAWK HOMECOMING ROYALTY — Brad Jameson and Tina Gomez were crowned Homecoming king and queen at Riviera’s Kaufer High School football game Friday. Gomez is the daughter of Raul and Anna Gomez. More...

Editorial

What would George Bush do?

If he wants to prevail in Afghanistan, Barack Obama needs a George W. Bush moment. He’ll have to ignore the polls, brush aside doubters in his own party and reinforce a failing war effort. More...

Unemployment rate increases despite state’s strong economic foundation

AUSTIN — Texas’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inched one tenth of a point higher to 8.0 percent in August, which translates to 62,200 more people out of work. More...

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Obituaries

Mary Virginia Black

Former Bishop resident, Mary Virginia Black, 89, died Sept. 17, 2009, at her home in Port Orchard, Wash. She was born April 10, 1920, in Elm Grove, W.Va., to Lionel and Margaret (Chambers) Wilson. She married Victor R. More...

Hector ‘Nixon’ Noriega

Hector “Nixon” Noriega, 53, of Kingsville, died Sept. 20, 2009, in Corpus Christi. Noriega was born on May 23, 1956, in Kingsville. He was a former oil field operator. More...

Enrique Palacios Sr.

Enrique Palacios Sr., 95, of Bishop, died Sept. 15, 2009, in Bishop. Palacios was born on July 28, 1914, in Santa Cruz, to Librado and Paula Ruiz Palacios. More...

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