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Flashbacks Mackenzie Pilgrim Pleasanton Intern 10 years ago  Locals qualify to compete at the world’s largest rodeo- Cory Bader, son of Clarence and Karol Bader, A junior at Pleasanton High School and Cody Lawrence, a recent graduate of Jourdanton High School have earned a position on the Texas State High School Rodeo team and will be traveling with fellow teammates […]

2019-07-24 E-Edition

PLEASANTON PD OFFICERS HONORED FOR SAVING WOMAN’S LIFE

Pleasanton City Council honored three police officers at the July 18 meeting. The officers answered a call to the city park on July 2 where a female had overdosed on Heroin. Upon arrival, the female stopped breathing. Officers, who are trained in this situation, administered a dose of Narcam and the woman began breathing again, thus saving her life. Pictured […]

Free school lunches for Poteet ISD students



Poteet ISD released the information regarding their school lunch and breakfast program for the 2019-2020 school year. Student breakfast and lunch will be free to all students. The district will also be offering adult breakfast for $3.00, adult lunch for $4.25, visitor breakfast for $3.25, and visitor lunch for $4.50. Poteet ISD superintendent, Charles Camarillo, states, “Through the hard work […]

Safe sells for students, no trafficking



In the past week or so, individuals have been going door-to-door in South Texas selling an educational learning system from Southwestern Advantage, one of the world’s most successful and longest running programs for college and university students. One student is in Atascosa County who goes by the name of Agnes Jarvelaid. She is from Estonia, a country in Europe, and […]

PISD to drill water wells



Pleasanton Independent School District recently received a variance from the city to drill three separate water wells on district land. This variance has been a work in progress for almost a year. PISD received their permit from the Evergreen Water District for the approval of all three wells to be drilled in the district for irrigation purposes only. The wells […]

CAMINO REAL FY 2019 STATS

In partnership with consumers and community stakeholders, Camino Real provides services that make it possible for persons to live, work and play in their communities and become contributing members of society to their maximum extent possible. In July 22 Commissioner’s Court Meeting, Emma Garcia, Executive Director, Camino Real Community Services presented statistics reflecting unduplicated individuals served by the program in […]

Manager allegedly embezzled funds


On March 8, 2019 officers of the Pleasanton Police Department received a report from the Oakhaven Apartments Management team stating there was upwards of $15,000 not accounted for from rent payments. After a thorough investigation, detectives were able to determine the funds were allegedly being embezzled by Oakhaven Apartments manager Magdalena Flores Aguirre, a 66-year-old female from San Antonio. Upon […]

Out and About

Atascosa Running Club meets on Wednesdays Runners are invited to take part in the Atascosa Running Club Social Fun Run every Wednesday. They meet at 7 p.m. and run at 7:10 p.m. and are scheduled to meet again on July 10. They will meet at “The Office Bar and Grill,” run to the Pleasanton River Park, around town and back […]

TRI-CITY MARTIAL ARTS STUDENTS AT COUNCIL MEETING

Tri-City Martial Arts students opened the Jourdanton City Council meeting on July 15, with a prayer by Zach Ginn, pledge to the American flag by Bailey Brister and pledge to the Texas flag by Daeton Boyd. They were supported by the rest of Team TCMA who recently returned with numerous medals after competing in the NASTA TaeKwonDo Nationals in Shreveport, […]