A change in leadership at Premont Independent School District will occur in June as Superintendent Steve VanMatre was selected as the new superintendent at Tuloso-Midway ISD. Recently, VanMatre received the honor to begin a new chapter in his career.
Alice Mayor Cynthia Carrasco and a small group of individuals met at the Anderson Park, near the COVID-19 Memorial Fence of Love, to honor the Jim Wells and Duval County residents whose lives were tragically taken due to COVID-19 pandemic.
BENAVIDES - Benavides Elementary recently celebrated Earth Day a day early since all students were excited to plant our flowers and vegetables. The campus has a flower garden in front of the school and a vegetable garden on the side of the school.
When rural residents need help, the first response is often from fire departments. That has been especially true this year for Jim Wells County residents who have faced wildfires, including the 60,000-acre Borrego fire.
The Tri-County Retired Teachers Associate (TRTA) members of Alice attended the Spring Leadership Development Conference in Corpus Christi on Wednesday, April 27. The Tri-County RTA is a chapter of the TRTA who advocates improved benefits for all education retirees and promotes the well-being for its members.
Domestic Violence Support Groups • Domestic Violence Support Groups are now forming. For information call the Women’s Shelter — The Purple Door, outreach office in Alice, Texas at 664-8598.
BEN BOLT - In a special called board meeting held on Thursday, April 21, the Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Independent School District's board of trustees voted unanimously to name Dr. Marcela Baez, as the lone finalist for BBPB’s next superintendent of schools.
The FBI is warning parents and caregivers about an increase in incidents involving sextortion of young children. The FBI is receiving an increasing number of reports of adults posing as young girls coercing young boys through social media to produce sexual images and videos and then extorting money from them.
WASHINGTON – House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy told colleagues Wednesday he never asked then-President Donald Trump to resign over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol as he defended private conversations around the siege that have spilled into the open and jeopardized his leadership.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year, and faces threats from high inflation and rising interest rates, yet economists foresee a return to growth for the rest of 2022 based on the strength of the job market and consumer spending.