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
El Campo drivers needing to cross the Kansas City Southern railroad tracks may need to find an alternate route starting tomorrow. Seven local streets that intersect the KCS line will be closed at some point from Thursday, Oct. 13th. through Friday Oct. 21st for track maintenance. Only one intersection will be closed at a time … Read more
The decision of Mike Ferdinand to return to Matagorda County to his post as executive director of the Matagorda County Economic Development Corporation is being hailed as “exciting” by the Bay City Chamber of Commerce president Mitch Thames. Jessica Russell, who has been serving interim executive director at MCEDC, made the announcement last week of … Read more
Due to ongoing drought conditions, Matagorda County Commissioners have enacted a burn ban back in effect until further notice as of Monday, Oct. 10. The decision was announced during Monday’s meeting of commissioner’s court. County officials pointed out that the county has experienced dry conditions. With rain chances coming in the next week, county officials … Read more
For more than a decade, El Campo Ricebird senior running back Rueben Owens the second has been carrying the football and scoring touchdowns. While he’s still doing that on Friday nights, hours later Owens is calling plays for El Campo’s Bantam youth league football team on Saturday nights. Owens could be doing literally anything in … Read more