“Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” is a well-known phrase that we have heard over and over on the radio and television that advertises an alert product for seniors living alone. This product can most certainly be a life saver, but it is also easy for schemers to market sound-alike items that are actually a bad deal. Recently, […]

WACO — Health-care reform in the months ahead will change how Americans think about health care and deal with this critical aspect of their lives.  That, according to Brian Connelly, director of product development and strategy for Gilsbar Health and Benefit Management, as he discussed health-care reform with Texas farmers and ranchers Dec. 1, during the 79th Texas Farm Bureau […]

FLORESVILLE — The cause of a brush fire that destroyed an estimated 150 acres north of here remained unknown as of press time Dec. 21, according to Chief Lorenzo Ortiz of the Floresville Volunteer Fire Department. No one was hurt and no structures were damaged. Firefighters first were called to a property near the intersection of C.R. 331 and C.R. 304 […]

A new health center facility for Wilson County has been investigated by the staff and board of the Atascosa Health Center Inc. The staff of Wilson Community Health Center (WCHC) and its parent organization, the Atascosa Health Center Inc. (AHC), held its first community outreach meeting Dec. 12 in Floresville. “Floresville and Wilson County are growing and so is the […]

AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has revealed that the state is investigating a fraudulent tax- return scheme and warned East Texas residents to avoid recruiters from Syam Tax Services LLC. The Texas Attorney General’s office does not typically acknowledge investigations, but disclosed the investigation into Syam Tax Services in order to help prevent additional victims from being harmed […]

AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced that Texas and 32 other states have reached a $42.9 million settlement agreement with drug manufacturer Pfizer Inc. The agreement resolves a multistate fraud investigation into Pfizer’s unlawful promotion of two antibiotic drugs, Zyvox and Lyrica. Under the agreement, which will be formally approved as a consent judgment by a state district […]

U.S. Army Spc. Jasmine N. Irving has returned to the United States after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Operation Enduring Freedom is the official name given to anti-terrorism military operations involving U.S. troops and allied coalition partners. Active duty and reserve component members from all branches of the U.S. […]