YORKTOWN – Loretta Thiele, Yorktown city secretary since Sept. 25, 2006, resigned Tuesday.“I loved what I did and have nothing but good things to say about Yorktown,” Thiele said. “I appreciate the people making me feel welcome and the city has an excellent staff who knows what they are doing.” more >>
George “Bill” Robinson and Toni Marek are immersed in Republican politics this week in Minnesota, but it’s unlikely they will bump into each other. more >>
TERRYVILLE – A group of friends spotted two possible chupacabras Saturday morning in Terryville in DeWitt County. Paul Jones’ grandfather detected the creature on the family land a couple weeks ago. When his grandson and friends came to mow in preparation for deer season, Brian Wilborn, an equipment operator from Victoria, saw it again. more >>
So much for easy openers. Beeville and Cuero have high hopes for the season and it won’t take them long to find out where they stand when they meet today at 7:30 p.m. at Cuero’s Gobbler Stadium. more >>
CUERO – Residents will have the chance to comment on a proposed property tax increase at 6 p.m. today during a special session of the Cuero City Council. The proposed tax, 33.917 cents per $100 valuation, is about two cents higher than last year’s rate of 31.835, and will generate $538,883 in revenue for the city. more >>
CUERO – The Cuero school board will meet in special session at noon Friday to receive public comment on the proposed 2008-09 budget and tax rate. The proposed tax rate is $1.29189 per $100 valuation, a slight increase from last year’s rate of $1.28875. Of that proposed rate, $1.13243 is for maintenance and operations and 15.946 cents is for debt service. more >>
Cuero made its third semifinal appearance in four years last season and the Gobblers had familiar company for much of their playoff run. Gonzales and Palacios advanced to the quarterfinals and the three District 28-3A teams could benefit this season. more >>
Pettus beat Shiner and made the playoffs in 2006. Losses to Flatonia and Louise by a combined nine points kept the Eagles from the postseason last year. Pettus proved it could compete in a strong Class 1A district, but the Eagles weren’t upset when the University Interscholastic League moved them into a new district. more >>
CUERO – Winning is still what matters to Tyler Arndt. The biggest difference for Arndt this season is instead of trying to win a job, he’s attempting to win a state championship. more >>
CUERO – The two-hour small-business conference scheduled at the Cuero Chamber of Commerce’s board room today was canceled due to a lack of applicants, organizers said. The event, a collaboration between the Texas Office of Rural Affairs, the Cuero Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Small Business Administration and the UHV Small Business Development Center, was developed to educate current and potential entrepreneurs about funding and programs available to get their businesses started. more >>
YOAKUM – Debbie Rollins’ philosophy of life and how she feels about painting mirror each other. On Sunday a reception to display some of her works will take place at the Yoakum Heritage Museum. Rollins, 43, suffers from nephritis that renders one of her kidneys non-functional. Yet she keeps her life and her art in perspective. more >>
YORKTOWN – Burglars struck two businesses Thursday taking firearms and computers at one, but coming up mostly empty-handed in the other heist. Sometime after 3 p.m., entry was gained through the back of the Little Red Apple, a breakfast taco restaurant at 118 S. Church St. more >>
CUERO – Elvis will be in the building along with hundreds of sock-hoppers and doo-woppers at the 15th annual Cuero Chamber of Commerce civic auction and celebration Saturday night. The “Elvis” is the Elvis lamp that bidders traditionally award to some lucky honoree who must display it in their business for a year. Last year the Elvis lamp brought $5,000 to the chamber coffers. more >>
CUERO – The Cuero Country Opry will feature 10-year-old Ally Cancetti of Woodsboro during its monthly show tonight at the VFW Hall on U.S. Highway 183 North. Other entertainers include the Chisholm Trail Swing Band, the Sisters Too of Port Lavaca, Wally Rogers and Scotty Decker. more >>
It was a one in 10,000 chance that Alexis Cooper would become pregnant with Monoamniotic twins, one of the rarest and most high-risk kinds of pregnancies. But it was a one in a million chance she would even become pregnant naturally at all. more >>
CUERO – A 35-year-old Cuero man is in DeWitt County Jail facing attempted murder charges and seven additional felonies. Police arrested Johnny Hargrove Friday after an investigation into allegations he attempted to kill a 25-year-old Cuero woman with a knife and threatened her children, ages 4 and 9, on July 21 in the 700 block of North Valley Street. Cuero Police Lt. Steven Ellis led the investigation that ended with the attempted murder charge, plus two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of unlawful restraint, two counts of abandoning/endangering a child, and one count of injury to a child, according to a news release from the Cuero Police Department. more >>
August 10, 2008
THOMASTON – A 33-year-old DeWitt County man died Sunday morning after apparently being run over by his own vehicle. The man was identified as Chad Dement of the Cypress Valley subdivision off Thomaston River Road. more >>
CUERO – The seven citizens named to review the city’s Home Rule Charter got organized during their initial meeting Tuesday at the Cuero Municipal Library. Charles Papacek was elected chairman, former mayor W.L. “Buzz” Edge is the vice-chair, and Sarah Meyer is the secretary. Other committee members include William Finney, Esther DeLosSantos, Isabel Patton, and former councilman Terry Stock. more >>
CUERO – David Ruiz thinks the Cuero city manager’s position has too much authority. The city councilman would like the city’s Home Rule Charter amended, giving the council back some of the power it lost from the original 1944 charter. more >>
CUERO – The council-manager form of government in Cuero is “working fine,” says former mayor W. L. “Buzz” Edge. A charter review committee, appointed every two years, will begin meeting Tuesday. City Councilman David Ruiz said he will recommend to the committee changes to give more authority to the council. more >>
