Bee County News

A Weslaco man was arrested over the weekend for hauling about 175lbs of marijuana through Beeville.

The Beeville Junior Livestock and Homemaker Show Board will hold the annual membership meeting on Monday, Feb.

Compared to the number of Eagle Ford wells in counties north, Bee County has only 18.

Kacey Russell, who won the grand champion banner for her basket broilers during the Bee County Junior Livestock and Homemakers Show, does the chicken dance to help get the bids going.

The stranded relative scam is going around again, according to Bee County Sheriff's Office Deputy Lt.

So how much is a plate of cookies worth? Well, if they are baked by Sally Amthor, the current price is $20,000. "I thought they were putting me on," Amthor said.

At the opening hour of the first day of the Bee County Junior Livestock and Homemakers Show, the cavernous Expo Center is nearly empty.

Uranium mining might have gone quiet for a number of years, but it has not gone away.

Jay Kimbrough, 64, has been hired to fill a new Department of Public Safety post overseeing homeland security for the state's police agency.

A few South Texas Trail Riders already had bumps and scrapes on the first day of their ride after some horses were startled by a swirling helicopter, semitractor air brake blasts and a train whistle, the trail boss said.

Firefighters from four departments in the county were called to a fire on Corrigan Road Thursday morning that left a woman in her 80s and an 11-year-old child homeless near Skidmore.

District Attorney Martha Warner said Thursday that she would recommend that the Bee County Grand Jury return a no bill in a case involving the killing of a baby opossum in August.

On Thursday, Cuatro Schauer showed two steers at the Bee County Fair and took grand champion and reserve grand champion honors.

At least one person was hauled into jail Monday as the Beeville Police Department began looking for residents who have arrest warrants for not paying municipal court fines.

Community briefing: Charter committee to vote on Council representation; Storms caused more than $140,000 damage to Bastrop State Park roads The former Texas A&M System executive and close friend of Gov.

Tucked way among the entries in this year's adult division craft entries at the Bee County Junior Livestock and Homemakers Show isa a a corset.

The commissioners court voted unanimously on Monday, Jan. 23, to extend the burn ban for the unincorporated areas of Bee County.

On Tuesday, Dec. 20, the Live Oak and McMullen county sheriffs met with members of the South Texas Coastal Sheriff's Alliance in Sinton, including sheriffs from Victoria, Bee, Lavaca, Gonzales, Nueces, Kleberg, San Patricio, Karnes, DeWitt, Jim Wells and Brooks counties.

This will be the fourth branch for the Corpus Christi-based credit union, which opened in 1940 and serves residents living in Nueces, San Patricio and Jim Wells counties, according to the company's website.

Three Beeville residents ended up behind bars after Bee County deputies found high-grade marijuana in a residence and later in a vehicle Tuesday evening.