Refugio News

Refugio, TX 78377 Refugio City Hall Club Room on July 11th & July 25th. Refugio Head Start Center, 400 booster Station Road, on July 30th.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Bee Community Action Agency will conduct a public hearing in order to present the Agency's proposed use of Community Services Block Grant American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.

Beatrice Rios and Bob Kephart are two of 22 people whose homes were selected for repairs by Neighbors Helping Neighbors.

The Refugio Country Club Ballroom was transformed into a tropical paradise for Jimah Lee Riemenschneidera s sweet 16 party on June 13 in the Refugio Country Club Ballroom.

In a blanket decision Monday afternoon by its review board, the county's appraisal district will continue to grant agriculture exemptions on nine parcels of property challenged by the town of Bayside.

Hilcorp Energy Company is applying to Railroad Commission of Texas for a permit to dispose of produced salt water or other oil and gas waste by well injection into a porous formation productive of oil or gas.

The spoiler of Gov. Rick Perry's midsummer's dream of a three-day special session could be the "Nichols language." The consensus seems to be that few problems exist with the first two items on Perry's session "call" - essentially the allowable agenda for the session - that would extend the life of five state agencies, including the Texas Department ...

The 50th reunion for the RHS class of 1959 will be be held on October 16,17 and 18.

Originally published June 23, 2009 at 6 p.m., updated June 23, 2009 at 6 p.m. A Victoria attorney will be sworn in as an associate judge on July 1. David Peeples, presiding judge of the Fourth Administrative Judicial Region, appointed John A. George to preside over child support matters brought by the office of the state Attorney General, according ...

Once upon a time, when I was still doing a lot of traveling in this state, I met a woman named Eulogia Espinosa.

Originally published June 13, 2009 at midnight, updated June 13, 2009 at 4:25 p.m. Week Ending June 12................................19 Week Ending June 5.............................20 The rig count is provided by the Victoria office of Halliburton.

A trio of entertainers highlight this month's entertainment at the Cuero Country Opry Thursday.

Calvin Robinson was lying face down in the ditch, his body covered by hundreds of bees when Officer Enrique Diaz arrived on Oak Street in Refugio last Thursday evening just after 7 p.m. The life-long Refugio man was cutting grass on the grounds of the Cozy Palace using a riding lawnmower when the bees attacked.

By Rob Boscamp Originally published 08:27 a.m., June 11, 2009 Updated 08:27 a.m., June 11, 2009 - A 36-year-old Corpus Christi man used a not-so-discreet method to evade authorities Wednesday night.

The Texas Department of State Health Services will conduct an immunization clinic at the Refugio Community Center on Tuesday, June 16, from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. and from 1:15-3 p.m. Immunization records are required.

There were no new drilling permit applications for Brooks, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, McMullen or Nueces counties.

One down, two to go. The West Oso senior nabbed a bronze medal on Friday after leaping 37 feet, 4.5 inches to finish third in the Class 3A triple jump at Mike A. Myers.

Area athletes win more medals at the state track and field meet in Austin. Industrial's Tre Flowers won a bronze medal in the boys Class 2A triple jump to add to his silver in the long jump.

Graduates of Refugio High School gathered Saturday evening at their high school auditorium for the last time as seniors.

Originally published June 3, 2009 at 2:39 p.m., updated June 3, 2009 at 2:39 p.m. A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for east-central Refugio County and northeast Aransas County until 3 p.m. The severe storm was 10 miles southwest of Seadrift and moving east at 10 mph.