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August 15, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

Cowboy honors taken seriously

The Cowboy of the Year and the South Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame are without a doubt the highest honors a person can achieve in Atascosa County. More...

Sports

Brush Country boys get ready for the season

-- VIDEO INSIDE -- See how the Brush Country boys are preparing for the 2012 football season. More...

-CAN YOU DIG THE BRUSH COUNTRY? -

The potential is evident

-- VIDEO INISDE -- The 2012 volleyball season has arrived for the five brush country teams. Coaches and teams are buckled down and focused on what they hope will be successful seasons. More...

Stating The Obvious

School will impact you for a lifetime

The 2012-2013 school year is around the corner. It is so hard to believe it will begin in just weeks. As the Brush Country Sports season has arrived, it will not be long until the school bells will begin to ring. More...

Opinion & Columns

The Way I See It

Ain’t our first rodeo

I know... ain’t isn’t a word, right? But this week I have the liberty of using it, OK? Because really, this ain’t our first rodeo. More...

Solutions

It’s the economy, stupid

High unemployment, low job creation, lack of consumer confidence, uncertain conditions, shock after shock to our financial institutions. Dependence on foreign sources for our fuel needs Sacred cows that politicians are fearful of changing. More...

State Capital Highlights

Education agency explains progress score

Forty-four percent of Texas campuses met federal Adequate Yearly Progress targets this year, the Texas Education Agency announced Aug. 8. More...

Obituaries

Cruz Garcia

Cruz G. Garcia, age 86, of Pleasanton, passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2012, in San Antonio. Mr. Garcia was born May 3, 1926 in Leming. More...

Roger Aguero

Roger Aguero, age 43, of Christine, passed away Saturday, August 11, 2012, in Jourdanton. He was born April 11, 1969 in San Antonio raised in Christine and graduated from Jourdanton ISD. More...

Wayne Wallace

Rupert Wayne Wallace, age 69, of Pleasanton, TX, passed away Sunday, August 12, 2012, in Floresville. Wayne was born February 15, 1943 in San Antonio. More...

Community Calendar

Community Calendar

August 16 •Local Longhorn group meets Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. at All Saint’s Episcopal Church in Pleas., Hwy. 97 West, next to Whiffeltree’s. •On-going classes at The Refuge on Thursdays. Parenting at 5 p.m. More...

Special Sections

Breaking News - 8/17/2012 4:27 PM

Keith Powell named Community Center project manager

The Pleasanton City Council selected Keith Powell as the project manager for the Community Center/Library Project at the Aug. 16 meeting.  Also included in the motion is that the city manager check with the insurance carrier TML about liability. More...

Breaking News - 8/17/2012 3:49 PM

YOUNG FARMERS ROEO THIS WEEKEND

Cowboy Homecoming and 5K Gallop in October

Tonight is the Young Farmers Rodeo at the Atascosa Showbarn. Go out and support the Young Farmers!Cowboy Homecoming and the 5K Gallop will be the weekend of October 27. Get your runnin' shoes ready! More...

Shots fired at Poteet Chief

The Poteet Police Department arrested five after shots were fired at the Poteet Police Chief. At around 7 p.m. last Wednesday, Chief Martin Chavez tried to pull over a pickup truck off of Avenue L and 9th Street for a traffic violation. More...

Rodeo Time!

By the looks of the articles and ads all about Cowboys....it must be rodeo time. The Pleasanton Young Farmers are planning for an even bigger and better event this year - lots more actvities for the two-day event! More...

News

FORMER COWBOYS OF THE YEAR

Gathering at the Pleasanton Express office last week were former Atascosa County Working Cowboys of the Year. More...

$5,000 CASH REWARD

Caliber Caper

The Atascosa County Sheriff’s Department along with Crime Stoppers is hoping that a FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR cash reward being offered for one week only will help solve a burglary that occurred in the 1800 block of Sandbranch Road, north of FM 2504 More...

PRIMROSE SMOKE

Lytle Volunteer firemen quell a fire that broke out around 3 p.m. in the 700 block of Crestway west of Primrose on Wednesday, August 8. Poteet, Pleasanton, Rossville, Primrose and Jarrett Volunteer Fire Departments also responded. More...

Living

A time to give back

Donations accepted at Pleasanton Express

The lines were long, literally around the whole inside of the fire station, as people waited patiently to pick up their barbeque plates at the fundraiser held Sunday, August 12 in Charlotte for the children of Sarah Luna. More...

Meet the Teacher

Jourdanton Jourdanton Elementary School will hold Meet the Teacher Night for third-fifth grade on Aug. 21, from 5:30- 6:30 p.m. The first 30 minutes, parents may drop off supplies in the classroom. From 6-6:30 p.m. More...

Thank You

To our friends of the Tri-City area, Texas and the world: On behalf of the family of Rebekah “Reba” Florez ; We want to thank all the citizens of the Tri-City and surrounding areas for all the love, support, and prayers offered to us in More...

Farm & Ranch

Disaster assistance available for small businesses

Small, nonfarm businesses in all 254 Texas counties and neighboring counties and parishes in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma are now eligible to apply for low-interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. More...

Verdilizer

Rodeo this weekend!

We are all just about baked, aren't we! We are so fortunate here in Pleasanton to have our own newspaper!! More...

Picture this

Arrowhead Ra nch

Pleasanton Express wants your photos of life on the ranch or farm in Atascosa County. Feel free to send new photos as well as old. You can email the photos, or drop them off at our office. More...

Church

Three-day ‘heart examination’ at Witnesses’ convention

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS—People may often hear the expression “Follow your heart” but rarely hear “Safeguard your heart.” The latter phrase will be heard many times this weekend during the 2012 “Safeguard Your Heart!& More...

Youth Day at Second Baptist

The Second Baptist will hold their annual Youth Day on Sunday, August 19 beginning at 11 a.m. Second Baptist Church is located at 539 East Adams Street in Pleasanton. More...

Summer preaching series to conclude

On Wednesday, August 22, the Pleasanton Church of Christ will welcome Lindsey Garmon as the featured speaker at the concluding session of their Summer Preaching Series 2012. More...