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A self proclaimed satanist, who on social media used the screen name "The Lord of Darkness," has been sentenced to 95-years in prison for molesting three little girls, taking pictures of the assaults and then trading those images online with other child pornography collectors. Luis Moreno, 31, was charged with 12 counts of production of child pornography, two counts of the receipt of child pornography and two more counts of the possession of kiddie porn. "This case is especially serious because of the number of victims. He lined them up on the couch and called them back up, one by...

GONZALES "COME AND TAKE IT" CANNON. The Gonzales "come and take it" cannon was a Spanish-made, bronze artillery piece of six-pound caliber. The gun was the object of contention in late September and early October 1835 between a Mexican military detachment from Bexar and Anglo-Celtic colonists. The disagreement produced the battle of Gonzales, considered to be the first battle of the Texas Revolution. On January 1, 1831, Green DeWitt initiated the new year by writing Ramón Músquiz, the political chief of Bexar, asking him to make arrangements for a cannon to be furnished to the Gonzales colonists for protection against...

Nine kids were injured when a school bus got tangled up in a four-vehicle crash on State Highway 123 near Foxtrotter Road on Friday morning. (Seguin) -- Nine Seguin ISD students were injured in a multiple vehicle accident this morning on State Highway 123 near Foxtrotter Road. State troopers say the crash involved the school bus, a gravel hauling 18-wheeler and two passenger vehicles. The accident produced a fire and severe damage to all of the vehicle. SISD Public Information Officer Sean Hoffmann confirmed the injuries during an interview this morning on radio station KWED. "There was indeed a Seguin...

President Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services has issued a requirement that all insurance plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as Obamacare, cover free-of-charge certain so-called “contraceptives” that are actually much more than that. Some of the drugs and devices required to be covered will actually cause abortions. The required drugs include Ella and Plan B, which can destroy a developing human being prior to, or even after, implanting in the mother’s womb. The government requirement also covers IUDs. These devices also prevent fertilized eggs from implanting in the mother’s womb. While some,...

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GUADALUPE COUNTY — A Thursday night traffic stop ended with Guadalupe County deputies seizing a large cache of weapons believed to be Mexico bound. Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Cpl. Clint Garza said a deputy stopped a black Ford truck for a traffic violation around 9 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 10 near the 604 mile marker. The driver was hauling a trailer loaded down with plywood and wallboard, Garza said. While taking to the driver, the deputy realized he was not being truthful and was given the OK to search the vehicle, Garza said. “During the search the deputy located a false...

MCQUEENEY - A McQueeney man who allegedly shot a dog in front of its elderly owner last November appears in court Tuesday in a case that has sundered a decades-long relationship between two families and divided a neighborhood. John A. Mueller, 58, allegedly shot Frances Martella's Labrador retriever mix, Hooter, in a rage after returning home from work just after 5 p.m. on Nov. 11, 2010, and finding it in the act of breeding his own pure-bred female. Mueller, 58, faces a felony animal cruelty charge along with a misdemeanor disorderly conduct allegation for discharging a firearm. A pre-trial conference...

SEGUIN - A little over a week after Guadalupe County commissioners asked to be moved out of his district, Congressman Henry Cuellar announced plans to close his Seguin office. "The closing of the Seguin district office is a budget issue," Jose Borjon, press secretary for Cuellar, said in a statement issued Wednesday afternoon. "Since taking office, Speaker Boehner and House Republicans have enacted a 5 percent budget cut on the office budget of every member of Congress. Over the past few months, Congressman Cuellar has carefully reviewed the budget to find the best way to continue providing high-quality constituent service...

To The People of Texas and All Americans Commandancy of the Alamo— Bejar, Fby. 24th 1836— To the People of Texas & all Americans in the world— Fellow citizens & compatriots— I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna—I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man—The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken—I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls—I...

SEGUIN - One of the signs recommended for installation in Walnut Springs Park drew an objection from a member of the Walnut Branch Committee during the group's meeting Wednesday evening at City Hall. Most of the meeting of the committee concerned city staff recommendations for signage, benches, trash receptacles and a bike rack to be installed in Phase I of Walnut Springs Park which is nearing completion and is scheduled to be dedicated in May. Phase I is the area along Walnut Branch between Court, Guadalupe and Nolte streets. Julian Leal objected to a sign noting the locations of the...

Police in New Braunfels have expanded the search area for a missing one year old child who apparently wandered out of his home late Friday and has not been seen since. Joshua Davis Jr. is about two feet tall and was wearing a red and blue shirt. He is asthamtic. Because the radius has expanded to two miles, search crews have been called in from the Texas Rangers and bloodhounds from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have been added. Teams from San Antonio and Austin have already been part of the effort. New Braunfels Police Lt. Michael Penshorn tells...

Increasing number of non-Hispanic illegal aliens passing through Gonzales County raises concerns, but federal government remains silent on the issue While politicians and social activists call one another names over the issue of illegal immigration and border security, more and more evidence is being uncovered that it’s not poor Latinos looking for work who are flooding across our porous southern border — it’s terrorists. “The border is wide open and they (illegal aliens and terrorists) are coming into our country,” Gonzales County Sheriff Glen Sachtleben said. “People don’t realize how much this happens here.” Department of Public Safety troopers, sheriff’s...

AUSTIN — Reports of the death Thursday morning of Seguin’s State Rep. Edmund Kuempel after a heart attack was confirmed just after noontime. CMC Steel-Texas Executive Vice President and General Manager Phil Seidenberger said his company had arranged a ride to Austin’s Brackenridge Hospital for Kuempel’s wife, Birdie. “We heard Edmund didn’t make it to the hospital in time — he didn’t make it,” Seidenberger said. The Austin American Statesman reported on its Internet website that Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell announced Kuempel’s passing at Thursday morning’s Austin City Council meeting. Calls placed to Kuempel’s offices in Seguin and Austin had...

My Daughter has some Government homework.. she needs to draw pictures that depict, these Basic Principles reflected in the Constitution. Limited Government: Articles I,II,III Republicanism: Preamble and Article I Checks and Balances: Articles I,II,III Federalism: 10th Amendment Seperation of Powers: Articles I,II,III Popular Sovereignty: Amendment IX and Preamble Individual Rights: Preamble and Bill of Rights

Eight illegal immigrants, including two identified as being of “Middle Eastern descent,” have been turned over to federal authorities following two related traffic stops by Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and other agencies near Gonzales this week. DPS troopers made seven arrests early Wednesday afternoon during a stop on a pickup truck which had been reported stolen. Troopers said the truck attempted to elude the stop on Interstate 10, but following a short chase the driver and passengers bailed out of the vehicle. Troopers were able to apprehend seven of those. Six were identified as Honduran citizens, while one...

Battle of GonzalesOctober 1835The "Lexington-Concord" of Texas  Centralista Dictatorship. Through the summer of 1835, DeWitt Colonists, the majority who were loyal Federalist Mexican citizens, followed closely with increasing alarm the assumption of dictatorial powers by Santa Anna, the annulment of the liberal Constitution of 1824, dissolution of the legislature of Coahuila y Texas and, particularly, reports of his brutal tyranny, rape and pillaging of any one who opposed. The news of how the dictator rewarded troops with two days of rape and looting of the citizenry of Zacatecas for their resistance was particularly frightening to those with developed homesteads...

General Motors Chairman Ed Whitacre has high hopes for the future of the American auto industry. In his first speech in Texas since taking his place at General Motors Company, Whitacre addressed a crowd at Texas Lutheran University about the future of GM, the outlook of the American auto industry, and the United States economy. The former CEO of AT&T and TLU business professor said he was happy to take the job at GM. “I told everybody when I started this that I didn’t know anything about cars,” Whitacre joked. “I know a little now about cars and I know...

SEGUIN — Guadalupe County Schools announced today plans to close all campuses between Friday, May 1 and Monday, May 11. Seguin, Navarro and Marion school districts, along with Lifegate Christian and St. James Catholic schools, are following the advice of the Department of State Health Services regional medical director, who said there are a number of likely cases of swine flu cases throughout the county. The closure includes all UIL and extra-curricular activities. SISD, MISD and NISD follow the lead of Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD and Comal County school districts, which are already closed.

The trial against Bettie and Ruben Steve Ramirez for the abuse and murder of their adopted daughter Crystal Ramirez, 8, and the abuse of her older sister Cassandra, began last Monday and continued through the week with more than a dozen witnesses testifying for the prosecution. The first witness was Gonzales County 911 operator Diane Taylor, who received Bettie Ramirez’s 911 call Aug. 23, 2007, the day Crystal died. The next witness to testify was Kenneth Schaeur, a member of the Belmont Volunteer Fire Department since 1989. Ruben Ramirez was a volunteer fire fighter and he had worked with Schaeur...

Rick Warren prayed his inagural prayer in Jesus,Yeshua,Jesus (spanish pronunciation) and Isa's name. So I have a question Is Isa Jesus? My pastor says and I quote "First, let me point out that “Muslim” is not a language and “Isa” is not the Muslim name for Jesus. Rick, I believe boldly, spoke the name of God’s Son in a language that Muslims could plainly understand. I am almost certain that few, if any Muslim’s considered Rick’s prayer in Jesus’ name to be flattering to them or their religion. I imagine quite the opposite is true. They hate the name of...