Live Oak County News

Contributed photo Purple Heart award recipient Albert Perez honors his fellow soldiers Wednesday by installing Purple Heart Trail highway signs in Live Oak County.

Jason Collins photo Tractor trailers, like this one, are frequently seen traveling U.S. Highway 181.

In the name of safety and pride, the George West Volunteer Fire Department proudly says it now has eight firefighting trucks in its department.

Birds chirping, bees buzzing and butterflies floating in the air accentuate the soft sound of the breeze through the old oaks' green canopy, resonating a bygone time when the first Irish came to Live Oak County in the early 1800s.

A Three Rivers man was indicted on four counts of aggravated assault by the Live Oak County grand jury on April 30.

Live Oak County is accepting applications for a full-time position at the Senior Citizens Center in Three Rivers for Head Cook - Current Food Handler and Food Preparation Health Card and Commercial Kitchen experience is preferred.

Management of Super S-Lowe's met with concerned residents Tuesday afternoon to hash out ways the grocery chain can improve.

If your property value increased in the last year, you will soon receive an appraisal notice from the Live Oak County Appraisal District.

Severe weather was reported in some areas, with tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings issued for some areas south of San Antonio.

Live Oak County Commissioner Tim Teal learned about Sherwin's company and promising products at a Eagle Ford Shale consortium trade show a couple of months ago.

Paloma II owns roughly 17,000 net acres in the Eagle Ford shale play, primarily in Karnes and Live Oak counties, Texas.

Divers continued searching Monday for an Atascosa man who fell out of his boat Sunday afternoon in Choke Canyon Lake.

The mammoth Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas deposits have clearly led to an economic boom in and around the small community of Three Rivers in Live Oak County.

A majority of the inmates being housed in the Jim Wells County jail have been moved to the Live Oak County jail.

"They're going to fix some things that are wrong inside the jail," said Jim Wells County Sheriff Oscar Lopez, adding that he did not know how long the work would take.

Speakers include extension economist Larry Falconer making a presentation on hay production costs and input systems and a talk by Live Oak County Extension Agent Dale Rankin on producing high quality hay and drought recovery procedures for area hay pastures.

Aurora participates in approximately 77,000 highly contiguous gross acres in the heart of the trend, including over 16,350 net acres within the liquids rich zones of the Eagle Ford.

A recording of each briefing conference call will also be available on the Company's website following the briefing at http://www.auroraoag.com.au listed oil and gas company active exclusively in the over pressured liquids rich region of the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas, United States.A The Company is engaged in the development and production of oil, ... (more)

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