Taylor Bros. Funeral Home is quickly making its comeback. The cement slab was poured and this past week they’ve begun framing. They are hoping to be back in office by the summer of 2023 and to continue servicing the community as they have for the last 113 years. The family-owned funeral home and most of … Read more
Every year, Matagorda County police gather at WalMart for an annual Shop with Cop event.This year, the Shop with a Cop program helped spread some Christmas cheer to 39 local school children and their families. Each child was given a Walmart gift card loaded with $200 to spend on Christmas gifts for their families. The … Read more
Linda Lins was celebrated last week with a party in the Wharton ISD boardroom in recognition of her retirement after 27 years as the superintendent’s secretary. Serving as the backbone of the administration, she outlasted six superintendents and was on her 7th. Lins says retiring is bittersweet. Her advice to her replacement is to just … Read more
Victoria County residents called for jury duty at 8:30 a.m. on January 11th at the Justice of the Peace No. 2 can disregard the notice. The jury pool has been canceled and will not be rescheduled, according to a news release from District Clerk Kim Plummer’s office.
With the aid of a new radar speed trailer, the Bay City Police Department is looking to reduce the amount of speeding vehicles within the city’s limits. The radar speed trailer, a SAM model from Stalker Radar, can also track and store the speed and count of all vehicles passing the sign. SAM provides motorists … Read more
There’s some hope on the horizon for Louise residents on the other side of the demolished FM 647 bridge, as TxDOT is aiming to have the project finished in January depending on weather. Initially, the bridge replacement was set to be completed in eight months after it’s closure in July 2021, predicting a reopening around … Read more
El Campo City Hall will be closed Friday, December 23rd and Monday, December 26 in observance of the Christmas holiday. Regular business hours will resume Tuesday, December 27, 2022. There will be no service interruptions for trash pickup. All routes will run as normally scheduled.
This month, Wharton County Foods, a Division of Cal-Maine Foods Inc. , donated 39 bicycles to the Wharton Police Department’s Blue Santa Toy Drive in Boling. The company’s operations and feed mill divisions financially partnered on the project in order to fulfill the request from the organization. The donation should result in 39 happy kids.
El Campo ISD trustees unanimously approved the first campus Guardian plans last week following a two-hour closed session, furthering efforts to allow employees to carry firearms in some, not yet outlined, capacity. State-recognized and certified instructors from Strategos International, a defense firm in Independence, Mo., have been selected to train school district employees.
It appears that a second arrest has been made in connection with the alleged abuse of special needs students at Sivells Elementary School. According to a booking report at the Wharton County Jail, 26 year old Ebony Nicole Jefferson was arrested December, 8th and charged with failure to report abuse/neglect of an elderly or disabled … Read more