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.
The annual Jim Wells County Children’s Spring Festival was held at the Veterans Plaza Park on Saturday, April 23. Children and adults gathered for the event.
Agua Poquita Soil and Water Conservation District #321, located in Benavides TX, has partnered with the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Texas Wildlife Association, and Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association to highlight Soil and Water Stewardship Week and the importance of voluntary land stewardship in Texas. The statewide campaign is April 24 through May 1, and the focus this year is “Healthy Soils, Healthy Life.”
BEN BOLT - Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School senior members recently held a Senior Hooding Ceremony. All hooding were received by an educational hero. Each member was presented their NHS stole and cord by an educational hero of their choice who has inspired them or made an impact in their lives.