News Staff The stacks of $100 bills thrown under the bleachers at Ricebird Stadium during the football game against the Bay City Blackcats weren’t quite what it seemed. Whether a crime has been committed — remains to be seen. Superintendent Bob Callaghan says the bills were movie props. A school custodian found the phony loot under the … Read more
The Bay City Lions Club is holding their Annual Rice Festival starting Thursday Oct. 20th thru Sunday the 23rd. The festival is a large event that is open among four days. In addition to the festival, the Rice Festival Parade, Rice Queen Pageant, and Rice Dish Roundup are also taking place. The event starts with … Read more
Two students were stabbed and three arrested Wednesday afternoon as the result of a fight in the cafeteria at Wharton High School. The high school and Wharton Junior High School were put on lockdown while law enforcement responded to the incident. The fight reportedly started when a student who had been bullied drew a “bladed … Read more
The El Campo Ricebirds will face a Needville Bluejay team hungry for a district win tonight on the road. Needville is coming off a blowout loss to Navasota on the road. The Bluejays at home have played tight games. They beat West Columbia by one point and lost to Stafford by one point in the … Read more
District 1 City Councilwoman Anisa Vasquez wants her record of being arrested after defying a El Campo police officer’s order cleared, 15 months after her neighbors complained about blaring music at her home. County Judge Phillip Spenrath will decide whether her no contest plea will stand or if the charge is without merit during a … Read more
Warm weather and good rainfall made August a good month for hay production, but missing the spring and summer hay growing period hurt profit margins. This year saw the most severe local drought since 2011, with a total average rainfall this year of 19.39 inches, as measured by the Lower Colorado River Authority’s gauge at … Read more
Last Tuesday evening the Bay City Police Department received a 911 call about multiple shots fired at the Roland Hilliard Apartments in Bay City, Texas. Subsequent calls to the police department dispatch center, reported a man was down in the parking lot of the apartment complex. Responding Patrol Officers arrived and found 21-year-old victim, Devante … Read more
El Campo City officials are calling the Fall Sweep Saturday last weekend a success although collection numbers were much smaller than during the April clean up. The Rotary Park event collected 444 tires, 520 cubic yards of trash/yard debris and 4,748 pounds of junk metal. That’s in comparison to 2,549 tires, 840 cubic yards of … Read more
Donations totaling $100,000 were presented last week to local and national organizations by the team at Beachside and Lynn Development. Stuart A. Lynn, Founder and CEO of Lynn Development, and his business partner Stacy O’Quinn presented $50,000 to the Women’s Pregnancy Center of Matagorda County, $25,000 to Matagorda County CASA, and another $25,000 to international … Read more
A Bay City live event concert featuring Popular Christian Artist Eddie B and his group Conviction from New Mexico will be at Amistad Park from 4 to 7 p.m. this Saturday, October 15th. The concert will also feature 4TheSon Band with Christian recording artist Martin Ortiz from San Antonio, Texas. The event, sponsored by Mobile … Read more