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...

Janet Napolitano is impressed with Janet Napolitano’s work. In an instantly notorious statement on CNN, the Homeland Security secretary said “the system worked” when a man boarded a Christmas Day flight from Amsterdam to Detroit with explosives in his underwear that he couldn’t quite manage to ignite. More...

I’ve written in the past about Operation Homefront, but it wasn’t until today that I met someone who works with them. Its mission statement says it best: Operation Homefront provides emergency assistance and morale to our troops, to the families they leave behind and to wounded warriors when they return home. Here is a sample of some of the programs it offers: More...

BISHOP HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES — Twenty Bishop High school students were inducted into the National Honor Society on Dec. 3, 2009. They had to meet certain criteria in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership and character. More...

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. Garza was employed for the Kingsville H-E-B Store as a stock controller for 10 years. He was a member of St. Martin’s Catholic Church. More...

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. “Our numbers right now are about where they were last year.” The Brahmas’ roster is full of greenhorns this season. More...

The grand prize winner in the annual Palmer Drug Abuse Program Art Contest is Brenda Gonzalez, an 8th grade student at Memorial Middle School. The winner will be presented with the grand prize at the 2010 Drug- Free Walk Kickoff luncheon on March 31. More...