Beeville News

Crowds gather to watch a performance during the Texas Jazz Festival at Heritage Park.

More than a dozen skateboarders walked into the cafeteria at the Hampton-Moreno-Dugat Early Childhood Center Thursday evening to support a request for a delay of plans to build a skate park here.

When Leonardo de la Garza arrived to take over as chancellor at what was then Tarrant County Junior College in 1997, he found a community college district in serious financial trouble.

City Council members were told Tuesday night that the city has received a number of applications from people interested in the Beeville Main Street manager's position.

Don't have a cow, but voters have spoken and Maggie Simpson, Bart Simpson's younger pacifier-sucking sister, will get her image on a U.S. postage stamp.

The 22nd Annual South Texas Cattleman's RoundUp, benefitting Driscoll Children's Hospital Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, will begin at noon at the Beeville Livestock Commission on Hwy 59.

June 23, 2009 John and Laurey Wishert of Falls City, Texas, are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Wendy Gayle, to Ken W. Taylor II, the son of Kenneth and Denise Taylor of Beeville.

While Beeville Independent School District students and teachers have raised the TAKS scores in most grades and courses, it isn't clear, because of different standards that apply for larger districts, whether the district will achieve a "Recognized" status this year.

Fernando Galvan remembers waiting for the red light to change at one of the intersections in Beeville, and waiting, and waiting.

The City Council could approve a crosswalk on the south side of the intersection of West Carter and North Washington Street when they meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Editora s note: The Beeville Bee-Picayune makes it a policy to not identify the names of juvenile offenders or victims of sexual assaults.

A Nueces County jury convicted Martin Cox in June 1993 of driving while intoxicated.

Got an idea you think will make Beeville a better place to live and work? Got a beef with the way City Hall? Maybe youa ve got a question about why the city does some of the things it does.

Tired of the way the federal government is doing business these days? There will be a chance to sound off on July 3 on the north lawn of the Bee County Courthouse when local people hold the second Tea Party.

The city of Beeville will not impose a ban on the use of plastic shopping bags. City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to abandon the idea after listening to the concerns of management from the citya s two largest retailers, Wal-Mart and H-E-B. Cathey Anderson, manager at the Wal-Mart Supercenter, said the cost of switching to paper bags ...

A 20-year-old Beeville man accused of attempting to evade arrest was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation.

I've always found that when someone does not have a current inspection sticker, it is usually because they do not have insurance or because of a defect with the vehicle that would prohibit them from passing the state vehicle inspection.

Beeville Traffic Safety Commission is scheduled to consider a couple of requests that could have considerable effect on the flow of traffic in the city.

Beeville Police Chief Joe Trevino said this week that his department will be sending court summonses to the driver and passenger of a 2005 Dodge Ram involved in a fatal accident on May 29.

The city was considering a ban on plastic bags within city limits. The city council chose not to take any action on a ban during a Tuesday night meeting, citing the economy and the significant investment retail merchants would have to make to transition from plastic to paper.