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Senior Safety during Hurricane Season Perhaps the most vital topic under that heading is knowing how to best help the seniors in our community, should disaster strike. Author: Mike Gillaspia (KIII) Updated: 7:26 PM CDT May 13, 2021 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Between June and November of each year, the question of hurricane readiness becomes especially important for those of us who live along the Texas coast.  Perhaps of the most vital topics under that heading is...

Bee County officials bring in armed suspect after standoff FILE PHOTO and last updated 2021-05-11 11:02:14-04 NORMANNA, Texas — A suspect was taken into custody by Bee County Deputies after an overnight standoff in Normanna that took approximately four hours. Bee County Deputies say an overnight standoff ended around 2 a.m Tuesday. The incident began about 10 p.m. deputies responded to a call about a person with a weapon. Multiple law enforcement agencies assisted Bee County before the su...

One of the world’s largest producers of firefighting and fire safety equipment will soon call Bee County home. Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based NAFFCO signed a 50-year lease agreement with the Bee Development Authority (BDA) to build its first U.S. manufacturing facility at the Chase Field Industrial and Air Complex just outside of Beeville. The BDA, along with the Bee Area Partnership (BAP), announced the agreement in a release on April 28. Khalid Al Khatib, the CEO of NAFFCO, and Orland...

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The company is called National Fire Fighting Manufacturing and they are based in Dubai. Author: Michael Gibson (KIII) Updated: 6:51 PM CDT May 6, 2021 BEE COUNTY, Texas — One of the worlds biggest producers of firefighting equipment is about to open up operations in the US and theyre doing it in Bee County. The company is called National Fire Fighting Manufacturing and they are based in Dubai. The company has just signed a 50 year lease at the industrial comple...

Maria Criste Reynolds began to focus on her dream which was to open her own business.

Close Damaged fencing near the intersection of U.S. Highway 59 and Farm-to-Market Road 796 in Live Oak County is evidence of an April 19 incident involving a group of illegal aliens who drove through the fence while trying to evade capture by law-enforcement personnel. Scenes like these are becoming all too common in South Texas as lawmen grapple with a surge of undocumented people entering the United States via the states southern border.  Photo by Pink Rivera by William J. ...

The people were all reportedly weak and dehydrated for walking 12 hours before getting into a truck. Author: Haley Williams (KIII) Updated: 6:25 PM CDT April 17, 2021 BEEVILLE, Texas — 14 people in the country illegally were caught by Bee County deputies and DPS troopers after a short chase Friday.  Official said they were notified of a reckless driver near Highway 59 and Highway 281. The driver of the truck fled from officers before driving into a fence-line ...

The woman was reported missing Wednesday afternoon a little after 2 p.m. Author: Michael Gibson (KIII) Updated: 6:34 PM CDT April 15, 2021 BEE COUNTY, Texas — An elderly Bee County woman wondered off from her home but thanks to the sheriff department’s eye in the sky, she was found. A number of law enforcement agencies in North Bee County showed up to beat the brush to try to find 81-year-old Teresa O’Reilly. The Normanna woman was reported missing Wednesda...

Hurricane Harvey left behind damage that many in the Coastal Bend are still trying to recover from nearly four years later, including a Bee County veteran.