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IS THIS ANY WAY TO TREAT THE BOSS?

IS THIS ANY WAY TO TREAT THE BOSS? More...

NAS Kingsville command change is set for Friday

Command of Naval Air Station Kingsville will change hands Friday at 2 p.m. when Capt. Philip Waddingham will turn over the helm to Capt. Mark McLaughlin during a traditional change of command ceremony at the NAS Club. Rear Adml. More...

BISHOP SPOTLIGHT ON COMMUNITY PRIDE

The Bishop Spotlight of the Month honor for June goes to the Holmes family, 512 Tubbs in Bishop. Pictured are Brad and Monica Holmes and son Cade. Monica Holmes says Cade is her little helper in the yard. More...

News

Vital Statistics

Births Mandy Naranjo and Fernando Gonzalez, June 11, 2010, a boy Kimberly Ramirez and Joe R. Soliz, June 11, 2010, a boy Norma M. More...

Hess completes basic combat training

Army Pfc. Alexander M. Hess has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, Mo. More...

Photo

Naval Air Station Kingsville held a ribbon cutting ceremony June 18 for the reopening McFall Memorial Chapel. The chapel is named after Chaplain (Lt.) William McFall, one of the first NAS chaplains, who died in action on Dec. More...

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Education

KISD honors local media

Gloria Bigger-Cantu and Bob Odom of the Kingsville Record and Bishop News and Benny Guerra and John Garza of KING Channel 69 TV station were named to the Media Honor Roll, a program sponsored by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), by King More...

BHS 1961 CLASS

BHS 1961 CLASS — Members of the Bishop High School Class of ‘61 were invited to attend the 50th class reunion of the BHS Class of ‘60. More...

Top Latino students to practice public policy debate, and prepare for community leadership, at youth legislative session at Texas A&M-Kingsville, July 18-25

The National Hispanic Institute, as part of its mission to cultivate leadership for the 21st century U.S. More...

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Sports

Seahawks make all-district baseball team

By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

It’s a different summer but with the same result as Riviera-Kaufer High School’s varsity baseball team recently had numerous players named to the All- District 32-2A team. J.D. More...

Timeout!

To buy or not to buy?
By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

If you cruised up and down 14th Street this past Saturday, during the late morning-early afternoon, then you saw them everywhere. Car washes and food plate sales being held at numerous local businesses. More...

Hogs football team in preseason polls

By Shane Meling
Texas A&M-Kingsville Sports Information Director

The Texas A&MKingsville football team has appeared in a pair of preseason publications. They were picked 18th in The Sporting News and 22nd in Lindy’s Division II Preseason polls. More...

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Kingsville city commission eyes future goals during tough times

By Erika Hernandez

Parks and recreation improvements, overall city beautification, code enforcement, and seeking more grants were just a few of the topics discussed at a Monday Kingsville City Commission workshop on setting future goals for the city. More...

Pct. 2 residents invited to crime prevention meeting

Kleberg County Precinct 2 Constable Omar Rosales has issued an invitation to the citizens of Precinct 2 to attend a meeting at 7 p.m. More...

KSO presents 4th annual Fourth of July concert

By D. Wayne Gunn, KSO Board Member

The Kingsville Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Patriotic Concert at 3 p.m., July 4, in Jones Auditorium, 855 N. Armstrong, on the Texas A&M University- Kingsville campus. More...

Editorial

The Rich Lowry Column

Vindicators of the Declaration

“Decades later the Declaration of Independence was canonized as American scripture,” the vinegary historian Walter McDougall writes of the nation’s founding document, “but in 1776 it was generally read once -- in army camps, More...

Perry celebrates Texas Week in China while challenger campaigns at home

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry on June 15 kicked off Salute to Texas Week at the Shanghai World Expo 2010, welcoming visitors to the Texas-themed U.S.A. National Pavilion. More...

Citizens have a right to know about crime in Kingsville

Editor: I am a Houston businessman with commercial interests in McAllen, and as such I travel frequently to the Valley. More...

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Obituaries

Juan Jose (John) Olivarez

Juan Jose (John) Olivarez, 57, passed away after a strong, year-long battle with cancer, in the privacy of his own home, peacefully with the presence of his loving family, on June 13, 2010. More...

Thomas Preston Driver

Thomas Preston Driver, 75, put up one heck of a fight. He passed away on June 17, 2010 from complications of cancer. He was born on January 8th, 1935 to AC and Bess Driver in Augusta, GA. More...

Aurora B. Silva

Aurora B. Silva, 93, of Kingsville, died on June 18, 2010, in Kingsville. She was born on Jan. 11, 1917, to Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Buentello in Kingsville. She was a member of St. Martins Catholic Church and a skillful seamstress. More...

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