Local engineering firm awarded RTA contract

Staff had recommended an Ohio-based company

• Shamsie appears to be on list of transportation applicants
• Woman: Stabbing came after 3-day drug binge
• Second accusation leads to felony charge for coach
• Ex-Robstown trustee sues election winner
• 8 held on drug charges; authorities still seek 2 others
• VIDEO: Tx. school bus driver swats 7th grader, caught on tape
• VIDEO: New hope for 'Gulf War Illnesses'
• VIDEO: Police chase ends in violent crash

Bobcats' line paves the way

Refugio offense runs wild behind powerful front five

• Isles men topple D-II Hilltoppers
• Lares lands national audience
• IceRays build on solid weekend
• TPW draws crowds for flounder meetings
• Hooks’ Pujols returns for second season
• VIDEO: H.S. football team takes field after bus crash
• VIDEO: Amazing shot wins basketball game

Parking rules latest delay for developer

Darlene Gregory says city rules have hindered her process

• Recession helps delay some port projects
• UAW grants concessions, exec warns of depression
• Stocks finish higher despite dismal economic data
• Recession helps delay some port projects
• VIDEO: Understanding the Beige Book

Lil Wayne gets 8 nods at Grammys, Coldplay 7

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• Photographer sues Chris Brown, Rihanna
• Kid Rock upset with judge’s punishment ruling
• K-Fed: I'd rather see my kids than Britney's money
• VIDEO: Pitt, Jolie in N.O. for 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ debut
• VIDEO: Klum says Victoria Secret’s show is better ever

Sinton Pirates VS. Robstown Cotton-Pickers

Thankful Thanksgiving

Students at Meadowbrook Elementary school tell reporter Elvia Aguilar what they are thankful for this Thanksgiving
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• Police chief retires
• Beeville 30, Calallen 28
• Gregory-Portland 28, Flour Bluff 15

Leanne Libby: Movie escape offers insight on life

Blame it on post-Thanksgiving indigestion or a city that keeps burping up conflict, but I began the week under the weather. I tried reading John Grisham's "Skipping Christmas." Protagonist Luther Krank's crankiness-past-the-point-of-likeability only made me grumpier. So I took my sorry self to the movies. ...

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