9+ hour, 48+ min ago  (977+ words) Summer school students leave a Dobie Middle School classroom in Austin on July 23, 2025. State officials began sending out the first notices to families awarded education vouchers last week, the Houston Chronicle reported. In the first round, 42, 644 qualified, mostly students with…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (406+ words) BAY CITY " Tenaris and Wharton County Junior College marked the 10th anniversary of their Manufacturing Technology Program on April 22, celebrating a decade of training local students for technical careers in manufacturing and related industries. State and local leaders joined Tenaris and…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (192+ words) Women loved him, fish feared him." James "Jim" Everett Ely was born on October 20th, 1946 in Stillwater Oklahoma to Joyce and Delbert Ely." In 1968 he married Linda Louise Lamkin Ely. They shared over 50 years and countless adventures together until her death…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (176+ words) MATAGORDA COUNTY " Gov. Greg Abbott on April 17 renewed and amended the state's long-running drought disaster proclamation, keeping Matagorda County on the list of counties covered by the order." The proclamation, first issued in July 2022 and repeatedly renewed since then, states…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (161+ words) A victim of sexual assault speaks about their experience during the Light Up the Square event in Bay City on Thursday. BAY CITY " The Crisis Center and Children's Advocacy Center will host a 40-hour Office of the Attorney General Sexual…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (266+ words) A surveillance image released by the Bay City Police Department shows a man investigators are seeking in connection with an attempted robbery Monday night at H-E-B in Bay City. BAY CITY " Bay City police are asking for the public's help…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (22+ words) The Bay City Tribune Dr. Carla R. Eastwood with her fellow competitors....

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (279+ words) Van Vleck and Palacios hope to make extended playoff runs when the University Interscholastic League softball playoffs begin this week. Van Vleck (20-6) will battle Onalaska (11-16-2) at 6: 30 p. m. , Thursday in a one-game Class 3 A Division 2 game at Cypress Park High School. Should…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (320+ words) LAKE JACKSON " The Brazoria County Petrochemical Council will hold its eighth annual Career Signing Day on April 21, recognizing high school students from Brazoria and Matagorda counties who are committing to careers in the petrochemical, construction and skilled trades industries. The…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (193+ words) Matagorda County hunters will see two of the biggest local changes in Texas Parks and Wildlife's newly approved 2026-27 hunting regulations. The county's wild turkey season is being closed, and the South Zone dove season will open earlier with the special…...