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New School Dedicated

NEW SCHOOL DEDICATED — The community got its first look inside the new Santa Gertrudis School during a Tuesday morning dedication ceremony and public open house. More...

Kingsville Sailors’ advancement rate bests Navywide percentage

By AC3 Kiana Kahlbaum
NASK Public Affairs

The results of the March advancement exams are in, showing that personnel stationed at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, finished ahead of the curve. More...

News

FEDERAL CREDIT CARD ACT IMPOSES NEW RULES

by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott

LAST MAY, THE U.S. CONGRESS ENACTED THE Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (Credit Card Act). More...

Vela Dental Center opens new office

The Vela Dental Center Kingsville has expanded its offices to another location to serve their patients. It has been almost a year since the Vela Dental Center Kingsville came here. Their office was located at 223 E. Santa Gertrudis. More...

BHS 65 Year Reunion

BHS 65-YEAR CLASS REUNION-Members of the Bishop High School Class of 1945 gathered for a 65-year class reunion at the St. More...

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Obituaries

Genoveva T. Aleman

Genoveva T. Aleman, 84, of Kingsville, died June 5, 2010, in San Antonio. She was born June 2, 1926, in Largarto, to Jacobo (Dolores) Trevino. More...

Tomas T. Basaldua

Tomas T. Basaldua, 91, of Riviera, died June 3, 2010, in Corpus Christi. He was born on April 1, 1919, in Kingsville to Telesforo and Manuela Basaldua. Basaldua, a U.S. More...

Julia G. Garza

Julia G. Garza, 84, of Kingsville, died June 6, 2010, in Corpus Christi. She was born Sept. 22, 1925, in Kingsville. Garza was a retired housewife and was formerly employed with Don’s Cleaners and First Assembly of God Church. More...

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Preliminary TAKS results show higher pass rates here, statewide

Kingsville Independent School District officials said preliminary TAKS scores are very good this year, but actual results won’t be released until after receiving official results from the Texas Education Agency. More...

Old Exxon building coming back to life

By Gloria Bigger-Cantu

Renovations on the old Exxon Building, owned by Kleberg County, continues. The projected completion date will be at the end of the year. More...

KISD honors military volunteers

KISD honors By Gloria Bigger-Cantu

“One makes a living by what one gets, but one makes a life by what one gives,” said Martha Ramirez, as she introduced and praised the NAS Kingsville volunteers at the recent Community Volunteer Recognition ceremony. More...

Editorial

— He’s not our daddy —

President Barack Obama said at his BP press conference that when he was shaving the other day, his daughter Malia asked him, “Did you plug the hole yet, Daddy?” More...

Governor nixes participation in education funding program

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Education

Bishop High School Seniors 2010

Cynthia Michelle Huerta Garcia’s photo was inadvertently left off of the 2010 Salute to Seniors section of the May 30, 2010 issue of the Kingsville Record and Bishop News newspaper. More...

Local A&M Graduates

The following students from your area graduated from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi during the 2010 Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 15: Bishop Luis Alexandro Jimenez, College of Liberal Arts, Bachelor of Arts; Leigh Ann Ortegon, Col More...

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Sports

Catch of the Day

CATCH OF THE DAY — Adrian Garcia of Bishop displays his Baffin Bay over night limit triple slam of black drum, redfish, and speckled trout caught in Riviera using fresh cut croaker and mullet. More...

What a Catch

WHAT A CATCH — Jacob Sendejo of Bishop landed this 40-inch bull redfish using live shrimp at Sandy Hook in Baffin Bay recently. More...

Timeout!

A momma’s tears
tears By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

Just two days after graduating from Eagle Pass High School, back in 1992, I was sitting on a parked bus headed to Texas A&M Kingsville for a college exploration program. It hadn’t yet hit me, but my mother was another story. More...

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