January 27, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

CBC-Kingsville cosmetology program looks for equal opportunity when it comes to hair

When it comes to cutting and styling hair, students in the cosmetology program at the Kingsville campus of Coastal Bend College, who are mostly female students, want to enhance their skills to include more training in male haircuts. More...

Ambulance service reality for Bishop, Petronila, and Driscoll

Reliable ambulance service is now a reality for Bishop, Driscoll and Petronila, and the 911 Ambulance Task Force is gearing up to persuade voters to approve an ambulance district with the authority to levy taxes to permanently fund the ambulance ser More...

News

More than 300 attend first Rangel College of Pharmacy Silver Star Gala; many contribute to general scholarship fund

The Texas A&M Health Science Center (HSC) Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy Silver Star Gala Jan. More...

Vital Statistics

Births Filed Rosalba Arriaga and Reynaldo Munoz, Jr., January 15, 2010, a boy Jessica Arevalo and Agustin J. More...

Kingsville law enforcement seeks information on burglary

Kingsville Crime Stoppers and the Kingsville Police Department would like your help in solving an Aggravated Robbery that occurred on Jan. 18, 2010 at the K-2 Food Mart store located at 128 West Corral. More...

Family

Lisa Neely speaks at Community Service Department January meeting

The Community Service Department of the Woman’s Club held their January meeting with Lisa Neely as the speaker. Neely has been the archivist for the King Ranch for over 20 years. More...

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Obituaries

Marcos Benavides

Marcos Benavides, 60, of Falfurrias, died Jan. 24, 2010, at his residence in Falfurrias. He was born on June 18, 1949, to the Rev. Eusebio Benavides and Aurora Bazan Benavides in Falfurrias. More...

Frank Henry Wilson, II

Frank Henry Wilson, II, 87, of Kingsville, died Jan. 23, 2010, from Alzheimer disease. He was born Aug. 18, 1922, in Detroit, Mich., to Frank Henry Wilson, Sr. and Genevieve Gordon Wilson. More...

Omar Francisco Garcia

Omar Francisco Garcia, 42, of Kingsville, died Jan. 21, 2010. He was born May 8, 1967, in Kingsville, to Cristobal Garcia and Emilia Flores Garcia. He was employed by Neessen Chevrolet for 23 years as a Service Advisor. More...

Lone Star Report

A&M initiates student transfer pilot program

Students from eight universities within The Texas A&M University System will now have the opportunity for seamless admission by transfer into certain Texas A&M University programs as part of a formal agreement for a five-year pilot project. More...

Dead or alive

When should KISD honor people by naming buildings after them?

To name new facilities after a living or deceased individual is a question that Kingsville Independent School District board members would like to resolve in the near future. More...

Airport zoning board created

The Kleberg County Commissioners Court and the Kingsville City Commission took simultaneous actions at their respective meetings Monday to create the Kingsville-Kleberg County Joint Airport Zoning Board with a primary goal of protecting Naval Air St More...

Editorial

Obama’s Anti-Wall Street Jag

“We want our money back” is a battle cry you’d expect from a teaparty rally. Such lack of nuance. Such grasping materialism. Such us-vs.-them populism. More...

Judge Keller defeats charge in execution case

AUSTIN — A state district judge has ruled that Sharon Keller, presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, should not be punished for her part in refusing an appeal from a death row inmate in September 2007. More...

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Education

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H.M. KING STUDENTS TAKE A TRIP TO UT — H.M. King High Gear Up students attended college at University of Texas at Austin on Jan. 20. More...

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GILLETT STUDENTS OF THE MONTH HONORED — The December J.S. Gillett students of the month were announced for John S. Gillett Intermediate School. More...

Ricardo ISD subsitute orientation set

The Ricardo Independent School District will hold orientation for all new substitute applicants at 1 p.m. Feb. 9. in the Administration Conference Room. More...

Sports

Lady Brahmas dehorn toros

The Lady Brahmas varsity basketball team defeated Laredo Cigarroa 45-39 this past Friday and moved their District 31-4A record to 2-7 (10-12 overall). Kaylie Hahn led her team with 15 points and Jasmine Richardson scored 13. H.M. More...

Badger baseball players selected to 2010 South Texas Preseason All-Star Team

Bishop Badger Baseball has been honored with three selections to the 2010 South Texas Preseason High School All-Star Team. Selected to the small school (1A-3A) team were senior Carl Huizar, junior Joey Olvera and senior A.J. Gaona. More...

Timeout!

Blood, sweat, and years

In the 2000 movie ‘Gladiator’, Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius watches his army - led by General Maximus Decimus Meridius - charge and defeat the Barbarians of Germania. More...