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A hearing was rescheduled on May 13 for Christian Blair Robinson, 21, of Edna, at the Jackson County Courthouse. He was arrested on July 29, 2010 and charged with capital murder in the death of his five-month-old son, Camden Robinson. According to Edna Police Chief Clinton Wooldridge, the infant was admitted at DeTar North Hospital in Victoria at 9 a.m. on July 14, 2010 with head injuries and other internal injuries, then transferred from DeTar to Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi where he died on July 16. An autopsy was performed by the Nueces County Medical Examiner who determined the cause of death to be abusive head trauma and ruled the death a homicide.

Election results are in, the Emergency Services District passes 441 to 260. In the Ganado City Council Election the three incumbent's Robin Bauerle, Calvin Callies, and Blake Petrash retain their seats. See the full article in the May 15th paper.

Carol Rogers of Edna was one of 189 participants in the Run for God 5K held at the Brackenridge Main Event Center on May 4.  Runners braved cooler than normal temperatures as the thermometer dipped into the 40’s early Saturday morning. Quintin Kirk of Edna came in first with a winning time of 18:45.9. Carson Price came in second with a time of 19:55.4, followed closely by Nacho Trevino with a time of 19:58.9. Rogers finished with a time of 32:02.8.

 Early voting for the ESD 3 and Ganado City Council election ended Tuesday. Voters will head to the polls on Saturday to cast their vote.

Charles E. Williams was driving his truck in front of Edna Junior High School on May 3 when a tree was blown over by a strong gust of wind onto his windshield. Williams was not injured in the accident. He called his wife, Mary Williams, and told her about the tree. Mary said she was surprised about it.