Atascosa News Archives

“Vigilance and good judgment are key to ensuring Texans' families, homes and places of work remain safe.”

Men watch a grass fire in Parker county near Aledo, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. via KLTV Tyler

An Atascosa man died and his son was hospitalized after a dispute over gang-related activity among family members turned violent three miles south of Somerset. via MySA.com

In light of a ruckus raised by a proposal to turn some of Atascosa County's brackish groundwater into drinking water for San Antonio, the local water district is sponsoring a town hall meeting on water issues ... via MySanAntonio.com

“It'd be a huge liability not to be a licensed peace officer.”

Longtime Atascosa County Constable Glenn Riley is running for reelection despite never completing the requirements to obtain a peace officer's license. via MySA.com

“The vision we had was the creation of 70,000 to 100,000 new jobs.”

Cameron County is being cheated by the sudden evaporation of state highway funding, Commissioner David Garza said Thursday during a town hall meeting presented by a father-son team of legislators. via The Brownsville Herald

“Shazam! What a great time to set off fireworks.”

It's an amazing thing to ponder. It's a frightening thing on which to linger. It's enough to make you shake your head in exasperation. via MySanAntonio.com

“I'm just glad nobody got hurt, and that's the important thing”

In the past three days, firefighters have responded to more than 240 fires in Travis County alone. via KXAN-TV Austin

“By the time he had noticed the fire, it had gotten into the grass and burned some acreage.”

Construction workers who had been building this house along Old Corpus Christi Road outside Saspamco work feverishly to remove equipment away from the path of a quickly moving wildfire on Dec. via The Wilson County News