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JANUARY IS SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH — Ricardo ISD School Board Members Pictured, from left to right, are Victor Vera III, Carol Radford, Dr. More...

Ricardo School board to be honored

In recognition of their service, January is designated as School Board Recognition Month and a number of other districts across the state will take this opportunity to say thanks to trustees for giving so much to their communities. More...

Lisamarie Erebia announces candidacy

Lisamarie Erebia has announced her candidacy for Kleberg County District Clerk in the March 2010 Democratic Primary. She believes her background will be viable as a District Clerk. More...

‘Sonny’ Alvarez seeks Precinct 2 post

Octavio Xavier (Sonny) Alvarez is announcing his candidacy for the position of Precinct 2 Kleberg County Commissioner in the Democratic 2010 March primary. More...

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LOCAL CAR CLUB K-OTIC RIDEZ DONATES TOYS – Cynthia Alvarado and Rachel Johnson’s Headstart class at Kingsville C.D.C. receives a Christmas donation of toys from K-OTIC RIDEZ. More...

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PTO TOP SELLERS — The top sellers for the PTO’s fundraisers were also announced and awarded a bike for their efforts. More...

Our Lady of Good Counsel Church members gather to reenact ‘The Journey of Mary and Joseph’

Photos by Adrian Garcia

Parishioners of St. James and Our Lady of Good Counsel joined together on Dec. 18 in Bishop to reenact the journey of Mary and Joseph played by Sammy and Delisa Garcia of Kingsville. Mr. and Mrs. More...

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Family

Operation Homefront

I’ve written in the past about Operation Homefront, but it wasn’t until today that I met someone who works with them. More...

New Year’s Resolutions the Easy Way

A New Year’s resolution is a promise you make to yourself. Keeping that promise isn’t easy, though. Sometimes we choose resolutions that are impossible to keep because they’re too broad or beyond our capabilities. More...

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During a visit with Santa Clause, a foster child receives a gift from Border Patrol Agent Zenaido Ramos and CPS Supervisor Jamie Vasquez during the annual Christmas party held by the Kleberg County Ch More...

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Obituaries

Robert Eric Garza

Robert Eric Garza, 27, of Kingsville, died Jan. 1, 2010, in Kingsville. He was born on June 16, 1982, in Kingsville, to Jaime J. Garza and Delfina Hinojosa Garza. More...

Arturo ‘Artie’ Miguel Luna

Arturo “Artie” Miguel Luna, 23, died Jan. 1, 2010. He was born Jan. 2, 1986, in Kingsville. Luna was a graduate of H.M. King High School in 2004. More...

Graciela G. Martinez

Graciela G. Martinez, 54, of Kingsville, died Jan. 3, 2010, in Corpus Christi. She was born on Nov. 25, 1954, in Kingsville to Jesus V. Galvan and Elena Casanova Galvan. Martinez was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. More...

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Lone Star Report

Drug abuse poster contest winners revealed

The grand prize winner in the annual Palmer Drug Abuse Program Art Contest is Brenda Gonzalez, an 8th grade student at Memorial Middle School. More...

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Tragedy, violence usher in new year

Traffic wreck is fatal

Tragedy stuck early New Year’s Day when two men were killed and three others were injured and taken to area hospitals following a wreck Friday around 2:45 a.m, according to police reports. More...

Arson suspected in fire

Arson is suspected in a fire that occurred at 9 a.m. New Year’s Eve, which left the second story of a vacant home on Ninth Street completely engulfed in flames. More...

Gunshot victim recovering

A woman was shot in the chest early New Year’s Day morning after she attempted to work out a dispute with another woman, according to a press statement from Chief of Police Ricardo Torres. More...

Candidate roundup

By Gloria Bigger- Cantu

Kleberg County voters get ready for the March 2010 Democratic Primary that is only three months away because some of the races will be compelling to watch. More...

Lindsey Lewis is JP Pct. 1 candidate

Lindsey N. Lewis has announced his candidacy for Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace in the March 2010 Democratic Primary. More...

Editorial

Janet Napolitano’s man-caused disaster

Janet Napolitano is impressed with Janet Napolitano’s work. More...

Hutchison blasts TxDOT

Shortly after filing to run for governor in the March 2 Republican primary, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison promised to “clean up” the Texas Department of Transportation. More...

Letter to the Editor

Veteran says he is glad service officer is gone

Editor: I tried to get help from the former so-called Veterans Service Officer on several occasions and he never had time for me. He was either in some sort of training or out of the office. More...

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Education

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BISHOP HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES — Twenty Bishop High school students were inducted into the National Honor Society on Dec. 3, 2009. More...

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MEET THE BISHOP HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY — Members pictured are front row, from left to right, Treasurer Grant Michalk, Vice President Stephanie Moya, President Claudia Perez, Historian Taylor Carmona, Chaplain Brianne Vincent, Se More...

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KLEBERG HOSTS ACADEMIC NIGHT — A.G. Kleberg Elementary celebrated education by hosting an “Academic Night” recently. Parents were accompanied by their children as they visited reading and math classrooms. More...

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Sports

Brahma powerlifting team young this season

By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

H.M. King High School’s Powerlifting Head Coach Sam Callis has had his team pumping iron since late November. “We started just after Thanksgiving and the practices have been going well,” Callis said. More...

H.M. King senior David Lewis commits to Bobcats

By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

H.M. King High School Senior David Lewis has announced his intent to attend and play football for Texas State University in San Marcos next year. More...

Gonzalez selected to play in Baseball Factory Under Armour National Team

By Erika Hernandez

Vando Gonzalez, a senior at H.M. King High school, was selected to play with the Baseball Factory Under Armour National Team from December 19-22 in Bradenton, Florida. More...

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