The EPA has approved the San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan area’s Ozone Advance Program as a way to voluntarily curb ground-level ozone emissions in the 12-county San Antonio region. According to a report from the San Antonio Business Journal, the Alamo Area Council of Governments put together an Air Improvement Resources Committee that drafted a plan to improve air quality across the...
South Texas News
August 2, 2012
The EPA has approved the San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan area’s Ozone Advance Program as a way to voluntarily curb ground-level ozone emissions in the 12-county San Antonio region. According to a report from the San Antonio Business Journal, the Alamo Area Council of Governments put together an Air Improvement Resources Committee that drafted a plan to improve air quality across the...
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August 2, 2012
(Seguin, TX) -- The Seguin Gazette reports that more is now known about the fatal fire this week that left 3 people, including 2 children dead. The mother and her two sons died in that Tuesday morning fire inside a mobile home in the 200 block of Los Nietos Lane, in far east Seguin. 34-year old Deborah Enriquez and her sons 15-year old Jorge Enriquez III and 5-year old Nicholos were found...
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July 30, 2012
(Austin, TX) -- Governor Rick Perry has appointed former State Senator Kyle Janek to lead the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, which oversees 5 agencies with a 30-billion dollar budget. Janek, who’s currently the director of anesthesia services at the Lakeway Regional Medical Center, previously served 13 years as a Republican in the Texas Legislature, including 5 years in the state...
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July 30, 2012
(Seguin, TX) -- The Seguin Gazette reports that jury selection was held yesterday in the capital murder trial of 32-year old Ronnie Lynn James Jr. who’s accused of killing 29-year old Vicente Garcia in 2006. James was arrested in November of 2010 and was indicted in March of last year on charges of capital murder and conspiracy to commit capital murder. James is one of 4 suspects charged in...
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July 30, 2012
One of the most highly respected and influential women in American history, Lady Bird Johnson, will be recognized by the US Postal Service with a commemorative Forever Stamp marking the centennial of her birth in 1912. The new Forever Stamp honoring the former first lady of the United States will feature her official White House portrait, as well as the artwork of stamps originally issued in...
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July 30, 2012
(Seguin, TX) -- The Seguin Gazette reports that Guadalupe County Commissioners are moving forward with plans to replace the air conditioning system at the county jail and renovating the 2nd floor of the Justice Center. This past week, Commissioners approved funding 7.7-million dollars for those projects with plans to finance the work by taking 5-million dollars from the county’s reserve funds...
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July 30, 2012
(Schertz, TX) -- The San Antonio Express News reports that three people died, including two good Samaritans, on I-35 after a wrong way driver slammed into an SUV early yesterday morning. The incident happened around 3am on northbound I-35 between FM 1103 and Schwab Road. The driver of a Toyota Camry was driving the wrong way on the interstate when the car struck a Dodge Durango carrying a...
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July 24, 2012
(Austin, TX) -- The Austin American Statesman reports that ongoing reconstruction work near the downtown area will have all westbound lanes on Oltorf Street closed from I-35 to Congress Avenue through this Friday. There will still be one eastbound lane open on Oltorf in that area. The intersections of Rebel Road and Oltorf and Alta Vista and Oltorf will also be closed during this time. Road...
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July 24, 2012
(San Marcos, TX) -- The San Marcos Mercury reports that a Canadian company is asking San Marcos City Council to create a public improvement district to help fund development of 495 acres on Centerpoint Road near the outlet malls. A public utility district would be able levy its own taxes on those who buy property within the development, which is being called the Gas Lamp District. Officials...
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