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Church Cleanup

Youth groups representing the Woodland Oaks Church of Christ in The Woodlands and the Kingsville Church of Christ got together to do some clean up work at the park area located at the intersection of Sixth and Yoakum streets on Tuesday. More...

Benefit concert will honor Charlie Goetsch

Country western singer and actor Tex Ritter might have dreamed of Hillbilly Heaven, but anyone who attends a special musical concert fund-raiser Saturday, July 10, in honor of Kingsville businessman Charlie Goetsch of Goetsch Music, will certainly e More...

There’s a new KISD athletic director in town and he’s full of Brahma spirit

By Gloria Bigger-Cantu

New Kingsville school district athletic director Robert E. Wilcox has visited 21 businesses, three churches and encouraged a banker to donate a scoreboard. He’s also given away 16 Brahma football jerseys throughout the community. More...

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Perry protests disapproval of Texas’ clean air plan

AUSTIN — The U.S Environmental Protection Agency on June 30 announced its final disapproval of the flexible permit program the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality had submitted two weeks earlier for inclusion in its clean-air plan. More...

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Obituaries

Jose R. Narvaez

Jose R. Narvaez, 78, of Kingsville, died July 2, 2010, in Kingsville. He was born Sept. 11, 1931, in Kingsville, to Francisco and Rebecca Narvaez. He was a retired teacher at West Oso ISD for over 35 years. More...

Imberly Leann Garcia

Imberly Leann Garcia, 1 ½ months old, of Kingsville, died July 2, 2010, in Houston. She was born May 15, 2010, in Corpus Christi. More...

Walter Michael Ebarb

Walter Michael Ebarb, 36, of Kingsville, died July 1, 2010 in Kingsville. He was born on May 3, 1974, in Columbus, Ohio. More...

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Mosquitoes can’t stop church groups from beautify city park

By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

Members of the Woodland Oaks Church of Christ (The Woodlands) and the Kingsville Church of Christ have been swatting away mosquitoes and enduring the summer heat while cleaning up the park area located at the intersection of Sixth and Yoakum streets More...

Goodbye, Alex; hello, mosquitoes

City officials were busy during Alex
By Erika Hernandez

Following the heavy rains associated with Hurricane Alex, the Coastal Bend has been bombarded with mosquitoes and the City of Kingsville-Kleberg County Health Department has already begun working on the problem. More...

HOLLYWOOD VISITOR

HOLLYWOOD VISITOR — Actor Valente Rodriguez, also known as ‘Ernie’ on the George Lopez television sitcom, made a special visit to Bishop July 3 to meet with co-director David Garcia to discuss ideas for an upcoming film. More...

Students, faculty travel to London to celebrate life of famed playwright

By Adriana Garza Texas A&M-Kingsville

William Shakespeare once wrote “All that glisters is not gold,” but don’t tell that to the dozen students, faculty and staff who traveled to London recently as part of the Texas A&M University-Kingsville London Shakespeare Program. More...

Family

Vital Statistics

Births Jessica and Charles Holman, Jr., June 23, 2010 girl Ronisha Doty and Jerome Howard, June 28, 2010 a girl Reba R. Loera and Oscar D. Mendietta, June 29, 2010 girl Marriage Licenses Sylvester K. Petro and Laura S. More...

Outdoor Country 4-H Club wins Texas State 4-H Roundup Food Challenge

The Outdoor Country 4-H Club representing Kleberg County won the first annual Texas State 4-H Roundup Food Challenge recently. More...

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Sports

Riviera competes in 7 on 7 games

By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

The Seahawks have been busy this summer running around in seven on seven football contests. More...

The 2010 CCPAL girls 8U softbal All Star team

The 2010 CCPAL girls 8U softbal All Star team — The 77Xpress softball team recently placed first in the Pony Sectionals tourney held in Corpus Christi on Saturday, June 26. More...

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