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“For more than a century these families have made agriculture a way of life, establishing Texas as a nationwide leader in an ever-demanding agricultural industry”

Texas Gov. Rick Perry praised longtime farm and ranching families Friday as people who feed the world with the work of their hands. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

For fiscal year 2008, which began Oct. 1, 2007: $33 million for a new polytrauma center at Audie Murphy VA Hospital. via MySA.com

Firefighters continue to battle wildfires in South Texas. Texas Forest Service spokeswoman Sandra Taylor says the flames have scorched about 50,000 acres so far in Hidalgo County. via KIII

“I look forward to working with all the legislators in the state”

Eight months of intense campaigning paid off Tuesday for Tara Rios Ybarra, who won the Democratic primary for state representative for District 43, defeating incumbent state Rep. via Valley Morning Star

“We are going to the area to see if the dog takes a scent.”

Pictured: Texas Ranger Rey Ramon, center, talks to U.S. Marshals in San Diego Saturday as they worked together to search for Abel Morin Jr., a convicted rapist who escaped from jail last week. via Alice Echo-News

The Associated Press SAN DIEGO, Texas -- A fugitive convicted rapist has been captured a week after he escaped a South Texas jail. via Valley Morning Star

As we mentioned in an earlier post , last week a convicted rapist escaped a Hebronville jail by running through an unlocked door. via Austinist

CYPRESS HILLS RESOURCE CORP. announces that Cypress Hills Resource Corp., its wholly owned subsidiary and its partners have successfully drilled the initial test well on the Armstrong Ranch Project in Kenedy ... via Market Wire

Vice President Dick Cheney will be in South Texas this weekend for another hunting trip on the same ranch where he was involved in a hunting accident back in February of 2005. via The J-Walk Blog

“He doesn't have much to lose at this point.”

A convicted rapist escaped from a South Texas jail by dashing through an unlocked door, just one day after he was sentenced to life in prison. via The Brownsville Herald

“He's pretty distinctive. He's got tattoos all over his body”

Police are searching for a twice-convicted rapist who escaped from the Jim Hogg County Sheriff's office late Tuesday night by dashing through an unlocked door. via MySanAntonio.com

South Texas authorities are searching for a convicted rapist who escaped Tuesday night. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

A controlled burn at a ranch in far north Hidalgo County started blazing out of hand Friday afternoon. via The Brownsville Herald

“There was nothing we were going to do about it.”

By Sean Gaffney The Monitor JIM HOGG COUNTY -- Firefighters from across the Rio Grande Valley battled a massive brush fire Thursday night, the second large grass fire in the region this week. via Valley Morning Star

A massive brush fire has spread to 4,500 acres, but emergency officials say it should be under control soon. via Themonitor.com

"Oh, the raging of many nations - they rage like the raging sea! Oh, the uproar of the peoples - they roar like the roaring of great waters!" - Isaiah 17:12 A long, long time ago, when I was but a lad, I was ... via Cleburne Times-Review

“The baking was accomplished with corn meal and honey”

Enjoying the pecan, Texas holiday tradition U.S. Sen. John Cornyn 02.JAN.08 The pecan has earned a lofty place in our Lone Star culture over the years. via The Wilson County News