Pettus News

Pettus High School graduate and longtime Moreno Junior High School teacher and coach has been picked as the new principal of A.C. Jones High School.

Coastal Bend College has received a federal grant to expand its distance learning and allied health program to five more area high schools.

Secretary Vilsack Announces Almost $35 Million in Funding for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Projects 11/13/09 USDA News Release November 13, 2009 Temple, Texas - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that 111 projects in 35 states have been selected to receive more than $34.9 million in grants that will increase educational ...

Bee County voters are not exactly flocking to the polls during early voting. Only 157 eligible voters had cast early votes in the constitutional amendment election as of 5 p.m. Thursday, the county clerka s office reported.

Former Bee County Tax Assessor-Collector Andrea Gibbud told commissioners last year that the fee the county charges other taxing agencies to collect their taxes far exceeds the amount the state allows counties to charge for tax collection services.

BEE COUNTY Sharon Resources of Houston has filed a permit to drill a 10,750-foot wildcat well.

A mediator will try to help Bee County and Beeville Independent School District settle the dispute over the cost of tax collection services.

Bee County commissioners will meet behind closed doors on Friday to discuss the legal action Beeville ISD has taken against the county.

Bee County commissioners voted last month to charge Beeville Independent School District $1.98 per parcel of property for tax collection services.

Drivers will soon be prohibited from using cell phones while driving through school zones in Bee County.

Skidmore-Tynan High School students have two words for those who feared President Barack Obama would push a partisan political agenda when he addressed school kids Tuesday: Stop worrying.

The Pettus-Tuleta VFD will hold its 11th annual fish fry and raffle fund-raiser on Sunday, Sept.

Ita s just after lunch on Tuesday and Leticia Perez, owner of Bellaa s Cottage, is talking to two friends in the specialty boutique store.

BEE COUNTY Anderson Oil, Ltd., of Corpus Christi has filed a permit to drill a 3,600-foot wildcat well.

The 12 people appointed to the July term of the Bee County Grand Jury met for the first time Thursday.

Vickie Milam, co-owner of J Doolittle & Co., enjoys finding artists, potters and craftsmen for her shop, which features largely all local art.

Beeville moved one step closer on Monday to getting its own inner-city bus line.

Originally published July 1, 2009 at midnight, updated July 1, 2009 at 6 p.m. 1909 July 7 - While enjoying an outing with a party of friends in the Warden pasture Sunday morning, Max Zahn, Victoria's popular barber, killed a large rattlesnake, shooting its head off.

Bee County deputies took a 40-year-old Pettus man into custody Saturday on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

Getting one child to attend school every day for one school year is tough, but how about doing it with five kids for all 13 years of school.