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August 18, 2008

Three jurors picked for murder case

Three jurors have been selected to hear a Jackson County capital murder case.LeJames Norman, 22, is charged with killing Samuel Roberts, 24, Tiffani Peacock, 18, and Celso Lopez, 38, during a 2005 robbery in Edna. They were shot in their home. more >>

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August 12, 2008

Cobras’ seniors accept challenge to become leaders

VANDERBILT – Ryan Richter has his Thursday dinner plans set for the rest of the football season. He also knows who his date will be for those meals. Richter, a senior linebacker and running back for the Industrial Cobras, and his teammates are starting a new tradition of meeting to eat together before every game this season. He believes having team meals the day before games will strengthen the bond and could translate into more wins for the program. more >>

August 09, 2008

Jackson County judge goes to Scotland

Jackson County Judge Harrison Stafford’s love for travel abroad began when he he was in college. The judge will leave Sunday on a 10-day trip to Scotland with 30 other Texans and his wife, Jeanette, visiting the western coastal city of Oban for the first half of the trip and heading to the inland town of Stirling for the remaining days. more >>

August 06, 2008

Center planned for Ganado

GANADO – Groundbreaking plans are being finalized on a new nursing and rehabilitation center in downtown Ganado. The $4-million facility will be called the Ganado Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and will be built on the old Mauritz Memorial Hospital site. more >>

August 05, 2008

Capital jury selection long process

Picking a death-penalty case jury typically takes longer than the trial itself. Jury selection for the shooting deaths of Edna residents Samuel Roberts, 24, Tiffani Peacock, 18, and Celso Lopez, 38, in August 2005, started for a third time Monday. more >>

August 04, 2008

Pedestrian killed on Highway 59 in Edna

EDNA – A 41-year-old man from Mexico died after he was struck while walking on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 59 in Edna on Sunday. Martin Oscar Hernandez Ovalle drove a Chevrolet Suburban which pulled two other vehicles, said Craig Repka, investigator at the Edna Police Department. Ovalle and another man stopped their trucks half a mile north of state Highway 111 at 2:27 a.m. to check the tires. more >>

August 03, 2008

Edna city manager retiring again

EDNA –City Manager Ken Pryor is planning to retire in October – again. The city has not found a replacement yet, a city official said. more >>

July 22, 2008

Ambulance wreck

EDNA – A Ford F-350 struck a Jackson County ambulance around 9 a.m. Tuesday as the ambulance was responding to a grass fire off U.S. Highway 59 South, injuring both drivers, a trooper said. They were taken to hospitals by private vehicle, Department of Public Safety Trooper Brandon Curlee said. Both were released after treatment. more >>

July 16, 2008

Left out to dry

When Marvin and Charlene Tobola honeymooned in 1990, they drove to their new home just outside Edna. Finally, they had each other and a place of their own. more >>

July 15, 2008

Jackson County bridge project to be discussed

A pre-construction conference for a bridge project on County Roads 256 and 276 in Jackson County will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Texas Department of Transportation office, 11401 U.S. Highway 59 N. in Victoria. Construction procedures will be discussed. Anyone interested in the project is invited to attend. For more information call 361-573-9251. more >>

July 14, 2008

One killed in Jackson County crash

GANADO – A 61-year-old man died and three others were injured in a one car roll-over wreck on U.S. Highway 59 about one mile north of Ganado on Sunday afternoon. more >>

June 30, 2008

Texana to host ‘Weekend of Speed’

Speed junkies in the Victoria area may be in for a treat this Fourth of July weekend. Texana Raceway Park will kick off its “Weekend of Speed” on Friday night when the American Sprint Car Series will visit Edna’s dirt oval track for the first time. more >>

June 28, 2008

Lights, camera, action!

EDNA – Summer had come for 11-year-old Jimmy Chase as he saddled his bicycle and headed toward the grocery store on Allen Street to run an errand for his mom. “As I was riding to the store, I heard a helicopter. And back then, you didn’t see helicopters in Edna very often, still don’t,” the Edna native said. “So I followed it.” more >>

June 27, 2008

A coffee club has no place to meet

EDNA – Men who meet at Edna’s McDonalds for a coffee club will need a new location after July 7. The McDonalds will close to be demolished and rebuilt, forcing the men to find another place for a few months. more >>

June 18, 2008

Edna street work on hold

EDNA –The city of Edna will complete only a little more than half of its street repairs this year, a city official said. “We’re feeling a pinch, just like everybody,” City Manager Joe Pryor said. more >>

June 14, 2008

Campers taught more than football

EDNA – After hearing a round of inspirational speeches, campers at the Fundamentals and Life Skills Football Camp were given an opportunity to ask questions. An awkward 30 seconds passed until a camper finally raised his hand to ask Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Laurent Robinson a personal question. more >>

May 28, 2008

Goliad’s Clemons, Edna’s Thompson sign letters of intent

Goliad’s Amanda Clemons and Edna’s Dustin Thompson will continue their track and field careers on the college level. Clemons has signed a letter of intent to attend Abilene Christian University and Thompson has signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Texas-San Antonio. more >>

March 05, 2008

Thompson makes narrow win over Hunt

EDNA – Steve Thompson received 50.6 percent of the vote to beat Joel B. Hunt in the race for the Democratic Party nomination for Jackson County Constable Precinct 2. The match-up was the only contested race in the Democratic and Republican primaries in the county. more >>

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