Robstown News

One big inning was enough to put Robstown in an early hole in its Region IV-3A quarterfinal against Hidalgo.

The Robstown Hardware Company celebrated 100 years of being in the business of Friday, from its early days when it opened in 1913 to its now 12-acre location off Highway 77.

Sylvia Salinas Ramirez, of Driscoll, and Debra Jean Velasquez, of Robstown, were each indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, six counts of health care fraud, four counts of wire fraud and three counts of aggravated identity theft.

Caller-Times file A National Guardsman on duty at Starr and Mesquite streets during the state of emergency in Corpus Christi after Hurricane Celia in 1970.

Mark Molina Sports Editor It had several months since Roy Garcia had stepped into the ring, but after dropping a couple of matches, he returned to silence some critics close to him.

Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie speaks with Rep. Todd Hunter R-Corpus Christi and Rep.

Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times The Harbor Playhouse presents "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" on weekends through June 9.$RETURN$$RETURN$ HEALTH FAIR: Bethune Day Care's Health Fair is from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday at the center, 900 Kinney St.

The ability to change fleets of vehicles from gasoline or diesel to compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas is out there and cheaper than ever.

Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Queen contestants gather around to hug Tessa Flores on Saturday after she was crowned Miss Buc Days at the Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center in Corpus Christi.

Terri Bagley will discuss "Hummingbird-Attracting Plants" at 2 p.m. Sunday at Turner's Gardenland, 6503 S. Padre Island Drive.

Sheriff and constable deputies worked with the U.S. Border Patrol agents Thursday morning to round up more than a dozen illegal immigrants.

The immigrants were found near a Chevy Suburban on Highway 44 and County Road 77 about 8:30 a.m., Ramon said.

Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Calallen's Mike Leal watches his ball fly on a double against Tuloso-Midway Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Fairgrounds Field in Robstown.

Earlier in the day, Coast Guard personnel rescued seven surfers who were caught in a riptide near the south jetty in Port Aransas.

DRUM CIRCLE: The South Texas Alliance of Indigenous People will hold its weekly Drum Circle at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the garden of the Janet F. Harte Public Library, 2629 Waldron Road.

Robstown police are looking for three people caught on video burglarizing a warehouse over the weekend.

Robstown High School student Celeste Martinez has been chosen to receive a full ride through college as one of the recipients of the Gates Millennium Scholarship.

The trailer was staged at American GI Forum Village Apartments for a contractor using it for work inside the complex, officials said.

She was born February 28, 1917 in Rosenberg to Henry and Rose Mahler. Wilma was a homemaker and enjoyed fishing and watching baseball.

Contributed photo Students from two Robstown elementary schools helped break ground for a new Regional Transportation Authority transfer station.