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5/24: Pair of thieves target Floresville store
5/24: Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson counties under flash-flood warning until 6:30 p.m.
5/23: Oil fire erupts near Karnes City
5/21: DPS Increases Patrols for Memorial Day Weekend
5/20: Four perish in midnight crash near Kenedy
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SECTION A: GENERAL NEWS
 Midnight crash near Kenedy claims four
 Bexar deputies search for missing woman
 Units respond to Sutherland Springs crash
 Trains could access Mission Rail Park in Saspamco by August
 FEDC’s purchasing policy to favor local businesses
 Floresville P&Z continues workshops
 Burglar hits home near Floresville
 Texans on the Battlefield event at institute in SA
 Appliance sales-tax holiday May 25-27
 Businesses, offices to close for holiday
 Veterans job fair set
 Property tax protest, appeal procedures
 Floresville cops investigate Walmart theft, graffiti
 County unemployment rate drops
 Eagle Ford: Council approves road repair project
 Eagle Ford: ESD No. 1 plans stations
 Eagle Ford: Register now for June business forum
 She wants to work
 Eagle Ford: Three new members join hospital board following election
 Stockdale ISD picks up pace for new track complex
 Stockdale residents dodge rate increase
 Webinar can help with protecting your business from storm damage
 TxDOT alerts drivers to new ‘move-over, slow-down’ law
 Click It or Ticket to save lives
 Falls City ISD board sees changes
 Poth trustees set sights on new school facilities
 Stockdale Head Start not closing
 ECISD cuts interest on bonds
 RK Group, Jim’s to be inducted into restaurant Hall of Honor
 Editorial: Is it uninformed, clueless, or is it ‘Obamagate’?
 Editorial: A domino effect of lies and Libya still evident
 Editorial: Texas must educate more than elite to secure future
 Letter: Money toward county road maintenance being wasted

EAGLE FORD NEWS

OBITUARIES
Roy A. ‘Butch’ Thomas Jr.
Raul Serna Ramirez
Fabian Alois Pawelek
Doris Lucille (Eckel) Swierc
Eugene “Gene” A. Stanush
Pauline Peters “Omie” Trost
Rudy Ramos Garza
John T. McMahon
Raymond Lee Kowalik Sr.
Barbara Grabert Cox
Gemma Mary Lyssy
Francisco ‘Chico’ Farias Tejeda

SOUTH TEXAS LIVING
 Remains of four Vietnam War MIAs buried at Arlington
 Register now for Bike MS
 Sunday dance at Geronimo VFW
 Cinderella Ball set in Seguin
 Deadline extended for art project
 SA Summer Art and Jazz Festival set
 Texas landscapes at Beeville museum
 Watercolor exhibit opens at SA gallery
 Las Comunidades — serving the community
 Healthy Living: Hypothyroidism frequently misdiagnosed, making it a silent epidemic
 Poth page: Poth sets summer movie schedule
 Poth page: Single Stream Recycling begins in Poth
 Taylor West, Miss Helotes 2013
 Blue Bonnet Club discusses truck traffic in Stockdale
 Polished Edge: Stoney LaRue to headline music at Jubilee
 Polished Edge: Carson Daly of ‘The Voice’ on NBC
 Polished Edge: Bill Klein of ‘The Little Couple’ on TLC
 Polished Edge: Ann Wilson of the 28th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on HBO
 Polished Edge: Usher of “The Voice” on NBC
 Polished Edge: Chris Messina of “The Mindy Project” on Fox
 Polished Edge: Tim McGraw of “ACM Presents: Tim McGraw’s Superstar Summer Night” on CBS

OCCASIONS
 McMeans, Grams to marry June 15
 Sullivan, Viator plan June 22 ceremony
 Mahulas celebrate 50th Anniversary
 Esparza, Moczygemba to wed

SPORTS
 Hall of Fame inducts Don Denson
 Feral hog workshop scheduled
 TPWD creates Marine Investigations Unit
 UIW opens fencing center
 Floresville, Stockdale plan summer sports camps
 In the end, the facts don’t support the gun-control lies

AGRICULTURE TODAY
 Falls City FFA claims a second-place win at state
 East Central FFA teams excel at state
 Antique tractor pull to benefit youth of county
 Rural leadership conference June 10
 Not much freeze-damaged wheat to be replanted to cotton
 New polls show support for COOL
 Osborne Stables Equine fund-raiser
 Conservation stewardship applications due
 Government predicts record corn crop
 Countries unite to form ‘MAIZALL’
 Officials request Mexico to live up to 1944 Water Treaty
 Farm Bureau urges Congress to keep current tax tools
 Calling all watermelon growers
 Horticulturist tells how to have a berry good farm
 Texas Water Smart celebrates one-year anniversary
 Central Texas trees at risk for deadly oak wilt disease
 Planting report forecasts slightly bigger corn crop
 Correct diagnosis crucial before treatment
 Texas Cash Market recap, May 11
 Hay & Forage report for May 17
 Local livestock market reports
 RODEO & AG VENTURES

THE 411: YOUTH
 Albert Saenz named BPA national champion in Prepared Speech
 Club to give away children’s bikes
 Texas A&M Kingsville grads
 Freedom Riders 4-H elects officers
 Preparing for college life
 Four things parents should know before paying for college
 Falls City library plans summer reading
 Stockdale pre-k registration
 Mixed emotions on high-stakes testing
 Fiction Writing Contest accepting entries
 Homes needed for exchange students

SPECIAL SECTION
 Senior Living: How to get help with Medicare
 Senior Living: Having trouble keeping up with medications?
 Senior Living: Make safe and healthy travel plans during your retirement years
 Senior Living: Specialty services help senior citizens on the move
 Senior Living: Low-cost cell phone plans available for seldom-calling seniors
 Senior Living: Gravesite care when you can’t get there
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