The committee of the President’s Legacy Ball, held annually at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, has announced the date for this year’s event. The 2010 event will be Saturday, April 17, in the Grand Ballrooms of the Memorial Student Union Building. More...

President Barack Obama is a budgetary Don Quixote, with Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag his enabling sidekick Sancho Panza. Obama has donned his armor and picked up his lance to wage a thoroughly imaginary battle for fiscal restraint. More...

Kleberg Elementary recently held its campus spelling bee. Jason Chen was declared the top speller and Anthony Seals the alternate. Jason will go on to represent the school at the Corpus Christi Caller- Times 57th Annual South Texas Regional Spelling Bee, which will be held on Feb. More...

Azucena Olivarez, 95, died Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. She was born on Dec. 3, 1914, in Alice, to Guadalupe and Delfina Alaniz. Survivors include her son-in-law, Joseph Scramuzza of Kingsville; and two grandchildren. Visitation was held Feb. 8 at Turcotte-Piper Mortuary with a rosary recited that same evening. More...

FIRST PLACE TOURNEY CHAMPS — The 77Xpress 8U girls softball team participated in the Diamond Angels Classic Tourney in Kingsville on Jan. 30-31. The 77Xpress finished in first place with a record of 5-1. More...