News Staff Billie Jones, a former executive director of the Wharton Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture and a longtime community champion and activist, passed away Monday night. Visitation is scheduled for this afternoon from 4-7 p.m. at Wharton Funeral Home. The funeral service will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. at first United Methodist Church in Wharton. Jones … Read more
The Whitehouse Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding $50,980,000 from the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Texas school districts including $790,000 to Matagorda ISD. The grants will help 13 school districts purchase 144 clean school buses that will accelerate the transition … Read more
The city of Bay City will construct new lighted soccer fields at Hardeman Park with help from a $50,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority. The Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with $580,000 in matching contributions from the city and private donations, will allow Bay City to build eight new soccer fields to … Read more
Two companies have announced the execution of a participation agreement to drill three development wells on the Grand Slam oil and gas production leases in Matagorda County. Canada Energy Partners Inc. executed the agreement with Arcadia Operating, LLC and Standard Mutual Assurance Company LLC on the development wells. The Grand Slam field is located 90 … Read more
Looking for a job? You might be able to find one at a Nov.10th job fair held by Workforce Solutions Golden Crescent. Henry Guajardo, executive director says the job fair is looking to fill as many as 700 positions in healthcare, business, finance, manufacturing and government. Those 700 jobs are available at the over 40 … Read more
Sugar Land’s Animal Services shelter set up a temporary shelter for more than 100 new animals that were discovered inside a Sugar Land home last week. After a family member of a Lakeside subdivision homeowner called the city, animal control officers said they found 138 cats and a few dogs unattended and in desperate need … Read more
Downtown Victoria was packed with hundreds of visitors on Saturday evening who were looking to celebrate Día de Muertos. The festival gave an opportunity for families to come celebrate with their children and cherish the life of loved ones who have died. The downtown event was organized by the VTX Día de Muertos Community Event … Read more
A grant from the federal government is expected to boost the Port of Palacios’ efforts to update critical infrastructure. The new funding is worth $9.6 million, according a news release. Grant money will be used to repair or replace about 5,600 feet of bulkhead and install approximately 20 vessel-to-shore power stations. Each power station would … Read more
Victoria County Commissioners want to trap an agricultural pest before things go hog wild. This year, the county will receive a total of $40,000 from state and federal funds to employ personnel who can eradicate feral hogs and other nuisances to farmland. Research in the last decade has estimated feral hogs can produce agricultural damages … Read more
Recent Ganado graduate Brianna Rodriguez made the President’s List at The University of North Texas. Students who earn a 4.0 gradepoint average, while maintaing 12 or more hours are awarded this honor. Brianna is the daughter of Christine and Valente Rodriguez. And three Edna students received the College Board National Recognition Program at a recent … Read more