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GROUNDBREAKING — After several days of rain, Mother Nature dried out long enough for Thursday morning’s Kingsville Independent School District groundbreaking ceremony to kick off construct More...

King Ranch Saddle Shop is on Best Stores in Texas list

The King Ranch Saddle Shop, which will celebrate its 156th anniversary next month has been honored as one of the Lone Star State’s “Top 45” stores in Texas, according to ShopAcrossTexas .com, which released its annual Best Store Li More...

Teen advisory board established

KISD student leaders will meet Monday in the first of six yearly Teen Advisory Board meetings with Emilio Castro, Superintendent of Schools, and Jennifer Kent, Chief Academic Officer. More...

American Legion Bishop Centennial fundraiser Oct. 11

The American Legion Post 185 will sponsor a Bishop Centennial barbecue fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11, at the Bishop Consolidated Independent School District Cafetorium. Tickets are $6.50 presale and $7 at the door. More...

Tractor Supply opening Oct. 3

The new Tractor Supply Company store in Kingsville will open for business on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 8 a.m., according to Store Manager Wayne Cole. “We’re excited about opening our doors and welcoming customers,” said Cole. More...

News

Garcia completes basic training course

Private Phillip Ray Garcia Jr. completed his 15-week basic training course at Fort Benning, Ga., on Sept. 18, 2009. He was with the 198th Infantry Brigade and will be stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky., joining the 101st Airborne Division on Oct. More...

Boys & Girls Clubs of South Texas join forces to host World Wide Day of Play

In a collobrative effort the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kingsville, NAS Corpus Christi, Robstown, NS Ingleside, Laguna Madre, NAS Kingsville, Alice and Edinburg RGV will jointly host Worldwide Day of Play on Sept. 26, 2009. More...

Texas A&M University local graduates listed

Diplomas were awarded to more than 1,800 Texas A&M University graduates during summer commencement ceremonies. More...

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Family

Calls keep coming after life ends in TAMUK theatre opener ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’

By Jason Marton Texas A&M-Kingsville

A man dies in a café. When his cell phone keeps ringing, a lonely woman decides to answer. She ends up learning more than she planned about his unconventional life, and about her own existence as well. More...

Van Fleet - Hall

Bruce and Lisa Van Fleet announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth of Spring, to Matthew Brett Hall, son of Monte and Kim Hall, of Montgomery. More...

Twin babies arrive!

Juan Carlos Ramirez and Melissa Erin Smith of Kingsville announce the birth of their twin sons, Jackson Dean Ramirez and Presley James Ramirez, born on September 10, 2009. Jackson weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces and was 19 inches long. More...

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Sports

Monterrey Tech Rams stampede over Bishop Badgers 35-6

By Fred Salinas Sports Correspondent The Bishop Badgers hosted the Monterrey Tech Rams from Mexico this past Thursday in the final game before district play for the Badgers. More...

Weekend Sports Notes

By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

Varsity football this week More...

Texas A&M-Kingsville volleyball: Bulldogs down Javelinas

By Shane Meling Texas A&M-Kingsville Sports Information Director

WEATHERFORD, OKLA. - On Thursday night, the Texas A&MKingsville volleyball team went on the road for a Lone Star Conference match at Southwestern Oklahoma. The Bulldogs topped the Javelinas in four sets by a score of 25-22, 21-25, 25-23, 25-21. More...

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Job picture here brighter than most counties

Kleberg County shows increase in jobs

Kleberg County seems to be bucking the trend with an increase in the number of jobs created at a time when neighboring counties continue to lose jobs with no end in sight. More...

Commissioner Lomas appears before Kleberg County grand jury

Kleberg County Precinct 4 Commissioner Romeo Lomas said Friday that he testified before the Kleberg County Grand Jury on Wednesday. “They asked questions and I said what I had to say,” Lomas said. More...

KISD sets ‘Town Talk’ community meetings

The Kingsville Independent School District, in an effort to inform parents, students, staff members, business members, and the community at large, of progress in the district, will host its first annual “Town Talk.” More...

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JUST IN TIME FOR ARTWALK — Take a drive through historic downtown Kingsville and you’ll see flowers encircled around the Live Oak trees, just in time for the second annual ArtWalk on Oct. More...

Editorial

Commentary

Action Now Preserves Tomorrow Fund
By Michael Quinn Sullivan

Comptroller Combs protects taxpayers with Tomorrow Fund decision More...

Cartoonists look at life…

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Business

Time running out to sign-up for New CSP

By Robert Schmidt NRCS District Conservationist

Only a few days remain for Texas landowners to hit the first sign-up period cutoff of Sept. More...

Classic films of Mexican cinema celebrated with South Texas Archives poster exhibits

By Jason Marton Texas A&M-Kingsville

Decades of classic Mexican cinema will be celebrated throughout the month of October, with three different exhibitions devoted to one rich poster collection. More...

Fewer webworms this year

By John Ford, CEA-AG Texas AgriLife Extension Service

Probably the weather has limited webworm activity this year. In fact, I am surprised that following the early September showers there were not any webworm calls and questions. The fall webworm is a common caterpillar pest of trees. More...

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Obituaries

Deaths Marcos R. Gonzalez Sr.

Marcos R. Gonzalez Sr., 79, of Kingsville, died Sept. 24, 2009 in Kingsville. Gonzalez was born on April 25, 1930, in Kingsville to Martin and Petra Gonzalez. He was a retired maintenance worker with the City of Kingsville. More...

Manuel Elio Ramirez

Manuel Elio Ramirez, 86, of Kingsville, died Sept. 22, 2009, in Kingsville. Ramirez was born on May 9, 1923, in Bishop to Eliseo and Josefina Ramirez. More...

Lorenzo Rios Jr.

Former Kingsville resident, Lorenzo Rios, Jr., 56, of Sanger, died Sept. 7, 2009, at Presbyterian Hospital in Denton, after a short illness. He was born March 31, 1953, in Kingsville, to Lorenzo Rios Sr. and Herlinda Escobedo. More...

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