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Broncos Take Down Brady Bulldogs 47-12

Friday, November 9, 2018 11:27 PM

The Sonora varsity football team celebrated a 47-12 victory over the Brady Bulldogs Friday, November 9, 2018, in their last conference home game at Bronco Stadium this season.

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PUBLIC NOTICE: Hospital Budget Hearing

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 2:34 PM

The Sutton County Hospital District will hold a Public Hearing on its FY 2019 Budget Monday, November 19, 2018 at 6:00 pm at the Lillian M Hudspeth Memorial Hospital multi-purpose room at 308 Hudspeth, Sonora Texas.

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Veterans Day 2018 Commemorates 100th Anniversary of WWI Armistice

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 2:30 PM

At precisely 11 a.m. on Monday, November 11, 1918 World War I came to an end, thanks to an armistice agreement negotiated between Germany and the allied forces that included France, Great Britain, Canada, the United States and other world powers.

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Voters Approve School Bond and Tax Rate Increase

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 2:27 PM

The final vote tally shows that Sutton County, Sonora voters support a $1.5 million school building bond and $1.04 tax ratification to pay for building maintenance and upgrades within the school district. With ballots counted from all four polling centers, the Yes votes finished with 614 compared to the 562 for the NO votes.

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State Cross Country: Sonora Runners Bring Home Medals

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 11:05 AM

Evan Shannon and Camille Harris finished both were awarded medals Saturday, November 3, 2018, at the UIL State Cross Country Championships in Round Rock.

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Lady Broncos Claim Area Championship

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 11:01 AM

The Sonora Lady Broncos swept past the Friona Squaws in the Area round of Class 3-A Region I Volleyball Thursday, November 1, 2018, in Seminole.

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Curing Grass in Wet Soils

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 10:59 AM

We may wonder if our rangeland grasses will cure with all the rain we’ve had.

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A Man and His Dog

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 10:57 AM

This is NOT a story about a boy and his dog. Instead, it is a true account of Galveston icon Eddie Janek and his Rhodesian ridgeback, a canine companion nearly always nearby when his 91-year-old master is on the premises.

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Nightmare Scenario

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 10:55 AM

I guess everyone has nightmares. When my husband, Peter, is tossing and turning in his sleep, it’s a pretty safe bet he’s been transported back to his days as a children’s camp director. It is not the kids who are giving him nightmares. It’s the plumbing.

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Fun With Pigeons

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 10:53 AM

It was raining when I visited Mike Sutton of Andrews. He has a series of tin-roofed buildings where he keeps hundreds of homing pigeons. Rain on a tin roof makes a pleasing sound, which mixed well with the cooing of the pigeons.

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