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SECTION A: GENERAL NEWS
 Police respond to shots fired
 Deadly hydrogen sulfide disaster averted
 Area voters choose new leadership
 Afternoon collision causes one fatality
 Floresville City Council tackles traffic, zoning issues
 Hazardous waste collection May 18
 Veterans office to close May 21-22
 Click It or Ticket in Floresville
 Veterans expo is May 18 in SA
 Republican party to meet May 21
 County’s construction estimate pegged at $8.3M
 Eagle Ford: City’s growth spurs service, infrastructure needs
 Eagle Ford: Council updates building codes
 Today’s necessities
 Eagle Ford: Cattle theft arrests made in Bexar County
 Eagle Ford: Burglary suspect’s trial set for June
 Eagle Ford: Traffic alert for S.H. 123
 Commissioners Court talks septage dump ban for county
 Poth ISD targets delinquent taxpayers
 FCISD approves contract
 Iwo Jima Memorial dedication May 27
 Counterfeit bills infiltrate Floresville businesses
 Fire near La Vernia displaces family of five
 ESD No. 2 to buy brush truck
 Business moves to industrial park
 Mission Trail moves labor and delivery services
 Children’s Hospital of SA names interim administrator
 Ranger’s Cross unveiling is May 27 in Stockdale
 Elmendorf moves ahead with annexation process
 Editorial: Obama warns 14 governors, and it’s not front-page news?
 Editorial: Words that replace thought reduce us to moronic level
 Editorial: Read U.S. Constitution, claim your rights!
 Letter: No harm in background checks
 Letter: Poor, middle class better off with FairTax

EAGLE FORD NEWS

OBITUARIES
Janice Leslie Hilton
Marie F. Gonzales
Dorothy Pillow
Mary J. Lyssy
Wenceslao ‘Wence’ Vargas
Madalena Martinez Garcia

SOUTH TEXAS LIVING
 Armed Forces parade May 18 in Floresville
 SA Marine competing in Warrior Games
 Hondo Army Air Field Fly-In set
 Celebrate FHS band’s anniversary
 American Legion Picnic in St. Hedwig
 Armed Forces Parade May 18
 Symphony plans concert in SA
 Arte y Pasión to present ‘Travesuras’
 Leming church plans festival
 Daylily show in SA
 Artist receives honor
 Motherhood
 Tell us your love story and you could win a romantic getaway
 FHS class reunion set
 La Vernia Bluebonnet Fest: Clint Taft & the ‘Buck Wild Band’ to play Saturday night
 CEOs name Texas best state for doing business
 Small Business Videoconference
 A.M. Best affirms Catholic Life’s 30th excellent rating
 Stockdale News: Brahma Happenings
 Stockdale News: Mark your calendar for Jubilee time
 Businesses serve area for more than 35 years
 Polished Edge: ‘Turnpike Troubadours’ to perform at Stockdale Jubilee
 Polished Edge: Mindy Kaling of ‘The Mindy Project’ on Fox
 Polished Edge: Usher of ‘The Voice’ on NBC
 Polished Edge: Jill Wagner of “Wipeout” on ABC
 Polished Edge: Kristin Kreuk of “Beauty and the Beast” on The CW
 Polished Edge: Cress Williams of “Hart of Dixie” on The CW
 Polished Edge: Nancy Wilson of the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on HBO

OCCASIONS
 Seelig, Porter plan May 18 wedding

SPORTS
 Vanessa Espinoza will be two-sport athlete at TLU
 Technology helps elderly stay home
 Register now for Stockdale youth tackle football league
 Stockdale Junior High tennis team wraps up season May 4
 Wildlife banquet set for Thursday
 Yoakum to host softball, kickball tourneys
 Goalball team seeks athletes
 State issues fish warnings
 Snakebites a concern as weather warms
 Beaverette softball team falls to state’s No. 2 team
 La Vernia baseball team drops area playoff in extra innings
 Register for golf tourney
 Pro boxing comes to Event Center

AGRICULTURE TODAY
 Farmall receives new life, despite difficulties
 Bee swarms, some low insect populations may be drought-related
 Groups ‘COOL’ off about Canadian tariffs threat
 Roundup of EC FFA’s winning ways
 Floresville FFA Team Roping
 Gray, Marble to meet ‘Down on the Farm’
 April report forecasts tight corn, soybean supply
 Deer gear more toward nursery plants
 Texas Cash Market recap, May 4
 Hay & Forage report for May 10
 RODEO & AG VENTURES
 Local livestock market reports

THE 411: YOUTH
 Lyssy honored as senior merit award recipient
 Stockdale band plans awards dinner May 21
 H.O.P.E. Day is May 24 in Stockdale
 Team should not be disqualified for ‘thanking God’
 Rachel’s Challenge rally May 23
 Extreme Science camp in June
 Cub Scout Pack 393 holds camp day
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