Aransas County News

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.

Prison gang members are moving away from Corpus Christi to smaller towns in the Coastal Bend to avoid the gang units in the city.

The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. at Paws and Taws Convention Center, 402 N. Fulton Beach Road in Fulton.

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The Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce quarterly breakfast will be at 7 a.m. at Holiday In Emerald Beach, 1102 S. Shoreline Blvd.

Originally published 04-27-2009 at 7 p.m., updated 04-27-2009 at 7 p.m. The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for North Central Aransas and Central Refugio counties until 7:30 p.m. At 6:52 p.m. the National Weather Service Doppler Radar indicated a severe thunderstorm.

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is investigating an Aransas County bar and restaurant following a fatal accident last month.

Officials today will formally open $1 million in improvements at the Copano Causeway fishing pier north of Rockport.

County Commissioners scheduled a special meeting for Monday afternoon to consider purchasing, leasing or the donation of the property.

The Tour of Homes is a fundraiser for ArtLink for Kids, a free summer art camp for Aransas County children entering first through eighth grades.

These agencies will be closed Friday: -- Texas Department of Public Safety Driver License offices -- Public schools: holiday - Agua Dulce, Alice, Aransas County, Aransas Pass, Austwell-Tivoli, Banquete, Beeville, Ben Bolt, Benavides, Corpus Christi, Flour Bluff, George West, Gregory-Portland, Ingleside, Kenedy County Wide, Kingsville, La Gloria, ...

Firefighters begin to slow blazes Firefighters made progress in their bid to control a 15,000-acre wildfire that destroyed homes and forced the evacuation of the residents of Wheeler, a small Panhandle town.

Firefighters continue to make progress controlling a 15,000-acre wildfire that destroyed homes and forced the evacuation of residents in this small Texas Panhandle town.

Lamar fire chief Carl Stubbs said the fire flared up about 3 a.m. after crews contained the blaze about 10 p.m. Fire officials said the fire may have started again after two electrical lines hit each other.

Firefighters from the Texas-Oklahoma border to the Gulf Coast battled wind-whipped wildfires Sunday.

Richard Longoria Story Created: Mar 26, 2009 at 3:42 PM CDT Story Updated: Mar 26, 2009 at 3:42 PM CDT BULLETIN TXC007-391-409-262045- /O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0004.090326T2023Z-090326T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 323 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS ...

March 26, 2009 - 3:54 p.m. A new tornado warning has been issued for south central Refugio County until 4:30 p.m. It also includes Aransas County and eastern San Patricio County.

The U.S. Small Business Administration will be available for startup or existing small businesses in Rockport to explain SBA's loan programs, eligibility and free technical assistance from SCORE and Del Mar College's Small Business Development Center.

Ashley Cherrington became the bride of Kristopher B. Harris on Oct. 24, 2008, at Aransas County Courthouse, Rockport, Texas, with Justice of the Peace Martin DeLeon officiating.

What's old is new again. The Aquarium at Rockport Harbor, which reopened more than a year ago after being closed more than 20 years, is having another renewal, this time to its aging building thanks to the ...