Bee County News Archives

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.

Relying on an independent study by the Institute of Medicine, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki decided to establish a service-connection for Vietnam veterans with three specific illnesses based on the latest evidence of an association with the herbicides referred to Agent Orange.

Bee County commissioners voted in September to increase the amount the county would charge other taxing entities to collect their property taxes.

A mere 76 voters in Bee County have cast ballots during early voting as of 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Texas Constitutional Amendment election.

BEE COUNTY Welder Exploration & Production of San Antonio has filed permits to drill two wildcat wells.

In a move to beef up the law enforcement end of her job as district attorney, Martha Warner has hired on veteran Bee County sheriff's investigator Dan Caddell.

Susie Childress, believed in helping others less fortunate. So after she died, her children, Scott Childress and Casey Bridges wanted to continue her good deeds: by donating her household belongings to the womena s shelter in Beeville.

A woman who once owned a so-called eight-liner game room in Beeville was sentenced to two years probation on Tuesday after pleading guilty to a felony charge organized criminal activity.

A 29-year-old Beeville man learned a lesson about telling the truth to arresting officers last Friday.

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.

Former Beeville City Manager Ford Patton is running City Hall again, but this time the job is just north of the Bee County line.

The next guy who gives Beeville's police officers a hard time may end up getting the shock of their life.

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

Beeville police arrested two men on drug charges. According to reports on file at the Beeville Police Department, 35-year-old Oscar Franco was taken into custody on a charge of manufacture and distribution of a controlled substance, less than one gram, after officers found what they suspected was cocaine in his pockets.

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

Troubleshooter last week linked local, county and state authorities to thwart a contractor suspected of dumping construction materials on Daisy Lane after receiving reports of trash on about 10-acres of private land abutting Aransas Creek.

Christus Spohn Hospital Beeville's emergency room has seen a significant increase in the number of people showing up with flu-like symptoms.

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

After months of work, mySouTex.com just this week launched a mobile version of our web site.

There's a new man in town ... sort of. Laerdal's SimMan is fraught with medical problems, yet his appearance in Bee County is a lifesaver.

Eileen Elings' garage walls were full of honeybees until exterminator Bill Schroeder, owner of Corpest, helped.

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

The number of flu cases in Bee County has grown in recent weeks and will likely continue to increase until the end of February, the Texas Department of Health is reporting.

A high school senior and a former employee for the Bee County Chamber of Commerce have been found guilty of forging checks.