Governor extends ban on fireworks in Wilson County
Wilson County Texas faces a New Year without fireworks as County Judge Marvin Quinney signs a 60 hour disaster declaration on December 18 due to drought. Governor Perry extends the ban on sale and ignition of fireworks in Wilson County through January 5, 2009, joining prior bans in Gonzales, Guadalupe, and Bexar counties.
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Wilson County
Marvin Quinney
Rick Perry
Perry
Gonzales
Guadalupe
Bexar
Floresville honors longtime judge R L Eschenburg II
R L Eschenburg II died at 78 in Floresville after a career as Wilson County judge elected in 1975 and later head of the 218th District Court. He served as visiting judge statewide and later worked at Soules and Wallace in San Antonio. Born 1930, he was husband to Barbara Draper with children Robert and Elizabeth.
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Floresville
Robert L
R.L.” Eschenburg II
Eschenburg
Wilson County
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
218Th District Court
Atascosa
Frio
Karnes, LaSalle
Wilson
Houston
del Rio
Edinburg
Soules and Wallace
San Antonio
Janie
Carl Eschenburg
Eschenburg Field
R.L
Eschenburg Hardware
University of Texas In
Austin
Southern Methodist University
Barbara Draper
Robert
Elizabeth
La Vernia student dies in rollover tragedy
A La Vernia High School student Kyley Brooke Wootan, 16, died after a one vehicle rollover on Sandy Elm Road around 8 13 p m. DPS reports show her 2005 Chevrolet Malibu veered left left the road and hit a barbwire fence then a tree ending upside down. She was wearing a seat belt and no other passengers were noted.
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Wilson County News
la Vernia
Tom Harvey
Kyley Wootan
Harvey
Wootan
Alexander Pugh
U.S. 87
C.R
Georgia Patrice Gates
Shannon Leigh Neal
Wood Valley Drive
Jon-Michael McGregor
Loop 1604
F.M
New-Online
New Berlin
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Kyley Brooke Wootan
Sandy Elm Road
Wilson County
Two Teens Die in Stockdale Crash Injures Five
A 15 year old Stockdale resident driving a 2003 Mercury Sable at high speed lost control after cresting a hill and rolled over. Seven occupants were involved. the driver wore a seat belt while others were not. This followed another teen death in Wilson County within three days.
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Stockdale
Texas Department of Public Safety
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Wcnin. Kilbey-Smith
Wilsoncountynews.com
Carol Hester
Sinclair
East Central
R.L. Eschenburg II
Rollover
Wew
Weather Youth
Stion
God Bless
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