San Patricio County News Archives

George Gongora/Caller Times PHoto David Vazquez works cooling down pipe at the Helix Ingleside pipeline fabrication facility.

A $25.2 million budget was approved for fiscal year 2009-10 by the Kerr County Commissioners' Court on Monday, along with various 2009 tax rates and salary increases for the county's elected officials.

Local lawyer Guy Williams, a Republican, was coy Wednesday when asked whether the rumors are true that he intends to run as a Democrat against Nueces County Judge Loyd Neal.

A San Patricio County boy is recovering from a bite by a baby rattle snake. He was bitten Thursday morning at his parents home on Highway 188 about five miles west of Sinton.

The De-Go-La Resource Conservation and Development Inc., a nonprofit agency serving 16 counties, including Nueces, Live Oak, Bee, and San Patricio County has organized a Hay Lift program to help bring hay to South Texas at a reasonable price.

The search continues for the suspect involved in a drive-by shooting that left a house just west of Portland riddled with bullet holes.

Four men were still being sought at 8:30 a.m. Border patrol agents about 5 a.m. were trailing a gray 2002 Chevrolet pickup about three miles south of the city of San Patricio, on Farm-to-Market Road 666, when the men exited the pickup, said Lee Cabrera, spokesman for U.S. Border Patrol Rio Grande Valley Sector.

Richard Longoria Story Created: Sep 16, 2009 at 6:46 PM CDT Story Updated: Sep 16, 2009 at 6:46 PM CDT Commercial wind turbines are becoming more prevalent.

The George West Masonic Lodge #1129 held its Appreciation and Awards Banquet last Thursday evening and awarded Mirabeau B. Lamar scholarships of $300 each to George West seniors Jane Riser and Whitley James.

Rodriguez remains jailed on bonds totaling $350,000. - SINTON - The man accused of stabbing a Sinton priest will undergo further psychological testing to determine if he is competent to stand trial.

The Rev. Shaji Varghese says he feels no anger toward the man who stabbed him repeatedly after a Mass in May.

Two Aransas Pass residents were released on bond last week after being booked on burglary of a habitation charges in connection with a Skidmore break-in. Bee County Sheriffa s Office Investigator Steve Martin said the burglary actually happened in January 2008 but deputies here had no leads in the case until recently.

The San Patricio County Fairgrounds will official open the new $1.2 million horse barn on Sept.

Manuel De La Rosa Story Created: Sep 1, 2009 at 7:10 PM CDT Story Updated: Sep 1, 2009 at 7:10 PM CDT 3 News confirmed swine flu cases here at home.

Manuel De La Rosa Story Created: Sep 2, 2009 at 6:20 PM CDT Story Updated: Sep 2, 2009 at 6:20 PM CDT PORTLAND--In San Patricio County, for the first-time ever, health professionals are planning to give out seasonal flu shots on every school campus in that county.