Beeville police arrested two adults and referred a juvenile to juvenile authorities in a case involving vehicle break-ins and a stolen gun last weekend, according to the Beeville Police Department. Jose Meza and Raul Velasco face charges of evading arrest or detention and burglary of a...
Beeville police arrested three people, two of them juveniles, after responding to a shots-fired call and an assault last weekend, according to the Beeville Police Department. Mark Mungia, 19, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was taken to the Bee County Jail....
Beeville’s City Council renewed the city’s drought emergency, signed off on added costs for two construction projects and heard a funding pitch from Beeville Angel Care Ambulance at its regular meeting Nov. 9, according to the Beeville Bee-Picayune. On the drought, council members unanimously adopted a...
A Border Patrol agent who was off duty was arrested Wednesday in Zapata County on a pair of felony warrants accusing him of indecency with a child, the Zapata County Sheriff’s Office said. The man is Lee Roy Zepeda, 47, who works out of the Zapata...
Zapata County has taken delivery of some of its new paving equipment, which was dropped off Oct. 28 at the county’s shop, according to a statement from county officials. Commissioners Court approved the purchase unanimously at a recent meeting and is paying for it with Certificate...
Hector Baldomero Esquivel was arrested Nov. 7 after barricading himself in a travel trailer in Zapata County and now faces three felony counts and two misdemeanors, according to the Zapata County Sheriff’s Office. Esquivel was charged with three counts of terroristic threat against a peace officer,...
Texas Tech University opened a new research program Tuesday that will test technology meant to protect critical infrastructure, according to the university. The Critical Infrastructure Telecom Ecosystem Incubator, known as CITEI, was marked with a ribbon-cutting and a series of live demonstrations at the Texas...
Tyson Foods plans to bring a full second shift back to its Amarillo beef plant by summer 2027, linked to a proposed partnership with a rancher group called Allied Beef Company, according to a company news release. Tyson said Monday that some second-shift work there has...
Andy Garcia Jr., 39, of Kingsville died following a collision between two vehicles Wednesday morning where U.S. 77 meets County Road 2120, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Shortly past 10:30 a.m. Nov. 11, Garcia was heading east on County Road 2120 in a...
Asbestos removal has begun at the 1914 Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi, the first step toward tearing down the building following lengthy debate about its future, according to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. County Commissioner Mike Pusley said the abatement is running a little earlier than...
