Live Oak County News

The annual Live Oak County Health Fair will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at the Swinney Switch Community Center on Saturday.

For the last six months everywhere Fermin Tamez goes in downtown Beeville, people ask the same question: "How many more days?" On Monday, he will hold up five fingers.

Local Red Cross officials said people who would like to donate funds for those who will be affected by Hurricane Ike can sign on to CLICK HERE and donate to the National Disaster Relief Fund.

I read through copies of old newspapers not so much in search for specific information as to get a feel for the times, or maybe just to read something that doesn't include a Web site.

Entry from August 22, 2008 "It looks like a toothpick in a pie" Folklorist J. Frank Dobie was no fan of the University Tower on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.

There were no new drilling permit applications for Aransas, Brooks, Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg or San Patricio counties.

COURTESY PHOTO Martin Mroz, a notorious outlaw, was born in St. Hedwig. He died in a gunfight with lawmen in El Paso and is buried in the Concordia Cemetery there. via The Wilson County News

The murder case KRIS 6 News first reported last month is now solved, thanks to the Corpus Christi Police Department, The Texas Rangers and the Live Oak County Deputies. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

“My experience with TSA was a nightmare I had to endure. No one deserves to be treated this way.”

The Federal Reserve will auction another $100 billion in April to cash-strapped banks as it continues to combat the effects of a credit crisis. via The Capital

Authorities said one inmate was killed and several others injured in a prison riot in south Texas Friday morning. via News 8 Austin

As many as 30 inmates were stabbed Friday after a riot erupted at a federal prison in Live Oak County, authorities said. via NBC Channel 5

Authorities say several inmates have been injured in a prison riot in south Texas.

Dispatchers with the Live Oak County Sheriff's Office say multiple inmates were hurt in the riot Friday morning.

Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Traci Billings says no personnel were hurt and guards brought the riot under control quickly.

San Antonio emergency responders are assisting authorities in the small rural county. The medium-security prison about 80 miles south of San Antonio has roughly 1,200 inmates. Read more

A federal correctional facility in Live Oak County is on alert following a riot at the prison this morning. via MySA.com

“Even my Dad. She encouraged him to carry on and continue. 'I'll take care of the kids. You get out there and do what you got to do.'”

A family photo of Warneta Overton, who has been missing since March 18. The highway patrol identified Warneta Overton after a crash involving her Buick sedan in Live Oak County. via KEYE-TV Austin

“Prison is the proper place for criminals who deliberately continue to drink and drive.”

Man was doing 75 mph in Cedar Park on Christmas Day 2005 A fugitive drunk driver was sentenced to 25 Years in prison. via Hill Country News