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Seminar talks features George Parr, The Freedom Party and political climate of Jim Wells and Duval counties. The Jim Wells County Historical Commission invites the public to a free history seminar centered on the political atmosphere of Jim Wells and Duval counties from the 1940s and 1950s.”It’s a collage of incredible issues that were happening in that era and George Parr was in the middle of it,” said Antonio “Tony” Bill, JWC Historical Commission co-chair.Bill will be presenting a paper on the Texas Ranger and George Parr confrontation of January 1954.Alfredo Cardenas,

Manuel Andres “Andy” Soto, author of Life in a South Texas Colonia presented his book and artwork to students at Coastal Bend College in Beeville today, May 3. Some of the students were from Kennedy, Runge, and other nearby communities, which are very familiar with the subject of his book.