Karnes County News

Falls City ISD School Board met in regular session Wednesday October 21, 2009. Falls City school board members hear a presentation of the school's FIRST during their October 21 school board meeting.

The Lone Star Loop 1000 group will be coming through Karnes County on October 17 and having lunch in Kenedy at Barth's and a driving tour through Karnes City, Helena and Panna Maria.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency is presenting draft flood risk maps to communities in Karnes County, Texas.

Plans are underway to build a new $10.7 million apartment complex located just south of Karnes City.The NRP Group along with Merced Housing Texas announced that the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs has approved the financing for an 80 unit multifamily development in Karnes County, Texas.

Arthur W. Fenner was born to Fritz and Alma Reue Fenner on October 6, 1910 on a farm in Reedville, Texas in Caldwell County.

July 7, 2009 Offer your condolences 1919-2009 Daniel John Moczygemba Sr. was a second-generation Polish immigrant.

Latin singer Jody Farias became involved in the regional Mexican music scene when he joined Increible, a band from Karnes County, TX.

NOOKS AND CRANNIES of Texas history are illuminated in the folklore that is preserved by the Texas Folklore Society.

Now in his 17th year of his law- enforcement career, Sgt. Ruben Galindo supervises Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol offices in both Wilson and Karnes counties.

Wilson County News May 5, 2009 KARNES CITY - A group of concerned Karnes County residents are recruiting members for a 'taxpayer watchdog political action committee.' Interested residents began signing up during a town hall meeting in the Karnes City High School auditorium April 28.

"Karnes County residents really demonstrated their spirit and inspired hope this weekend," said Gretchen Dupnik, volunteer chair for the 2009 American Cancer Society Relay For Life.

J.H. Kuykendall tells this story: In 1834, before the Texas Revolution, people in Victoria -- Martin de Leon's town -- persuaded the Tonkawas to wipe out some troublesome Karankawas.

Wilson County News April 21, 2009 Presiding Judge David Peeples of the Fourth Administrative Judicial Region of Texas issued an order April 13 dismissing a suit filed against Karnes County Judge Alger Kendall Jr.